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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1917)
.1 1-:. CEoiittttt 1 i (TWICE-A-WEEK) I... i ah urr MIIUN Itl I PROMINENT IN loOL SESSIONS (Mm. Holman Re- ; and Secretary; LnatFalUCity. mmI convention of Sunday School as- Ili in the Baptist fence. February 9, It fifty visiting dele- i a large number people. At several I the house was iuii. sDecial music was I little Smith sisters Ire given by MJrs ung many delegates red at the church county president, trie with song and making a few re the delegates for sienment. moon session began ervice led by Rev. nville. W. S. Stu Baptist church, wel hon to the city. In Phipps, state sec Iw to Use Our Local 1 Answering to the hools gave a pleas- Dunsmore, being ab- Bpoke for him on I. Can Our City Sun- rove!" Rv. Plow- e Modern Methods and fjjeei in our Rural J lumber of questions Iby Mr. Phipps; he of the new course lor high school stu- after the praise Evendon of the ll school substituting t Bale of the Ore- ng school, gave an 'Boy and Oirl dur- Ja., period, '1,.. The jo evening program on the "Four Fold ning addresses were ind beneficial to all norning session be- a devotional, led by Dallas. Mr. Phipps Fbat the state asso- md for and means Oregon." He said people hi Oregon rgamzed classes and d in the U. S. are boots. Rev. Claud Christian church at 1 "What Type of Teaching gets best Jarnes spoke on the acher as Assistant Stuart on "Below e Teacher's Respon- service in the af- ps gnve an idea of raining is Doing for ioIs." Two clauses ir teacher training meeting the reports reasurer were read n nominating corn- He following for of- were unanimously (Fit, Frank Brown. -president, M. S. Mh; second vice- Lehman, Brush Col- Fresident, Carl Bing fti seeretarv-treas- Holman, Dallas; el- Pendent, Mrs. Addie k 'teen age superin- Aliee Riggs, Oak N home department. pis, Oak Grove; ed- pendent. Rev. W. S. Nenee. F. "Has the SundaT Mat" m-a diaeii)irl M West Salem. He f the movement that Vie who have held pon parte of the rrht tn tea down N up the Sunday J work. A. R, Ew Ptt told nf methods P oreessfnl with bi "Moon aefunnn i1ned P hour led by C. A service in the ev accepted an ia ' Falls City next 'Vnt lectin- were "feor Pittman of t Teacher," and whose aoHjeet In the afternoon the "'Teen Age munis were portrayed by Elsie For rette of Dallas, who Bpoke on "The Young Man Worth While," and by Guy Lee of Perrydalc on "The Young Woman Worth While." Mr. Phipps followed this up with a splendid ad dress on "The Heritage of Youth." Mr. Phipps then addressed a meet ing for boys only. In the evening a union service was held and the speakers of the evening were G. Evert Baker, an attorney of Portland, and C. A. Phipps. This meeting was largely attended and was a fitting close for the best conven tion ever held in Polk county. The state convention will be held in New berg, May 16, 17 and 18 and every school was urged to be represented there. Mrs. R, F. Holman, Secretary. DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1917 (THE HOME PAPER) SEATS ARE GOING FAST NO. 101 RECORD CROWD EXPECTED AT GAME TOMORROW NIGHT. Dallas Team and Fans Expect Vic. tory But Multnomah Will Be Stronger Than Ever. Dallas Boys on Rickreall Team. Fred Gooch and Chauncey Haves went to Independence Wednesd. night with the Rickreall basketball team, which was beaten 23 to 14 in a rough game. Manager Goocli mny take the Dallas second team to In dependence, soon. Oscar Hayter To Aid Defense. Oscar Hayter will appear with Vin ton and Burdett of McMinnville when the retrial of the Booth-Branson mur der case is started February 26. The attorneys for the defense failed to move lor a change or venue wnen Judge Belt opened his court in Mc Minnville February 5. Rumors pre vious to that date mentioned Dallas as the seat of trial. PLAN BIG CEREAL SHOW MRS. BRAD EN AND PROF. HYS- LOP START CAMPAIGN. Will Be First Show of Kind in Ore gon; Exhibit To Be in Agri cultural Pavilion. The first real cereal show,.e;er held in Oregon will be given m conjunc tion with the State tair at oaiem this fall, according to the plans of Mrs. Winnie Braden and Prof. G. R. Hyslop, of the department of farm crops at the Oregon Agricultural col- Th nlntn fair board has promised $150 towards premiums and a like amount will be solicited from im plement houses; this will assure at exhibitors. The .1... will he held in the center ot the agricultural pavilion and will be - a UtnoDA ll A V 1 1 1 1 1 in cnarge oi rn"' r. ti . he classes lor oam, i.t mo anil Dartev. grains' will be exhibited in bushel lots. The full classification and size nf nheafs have not been definitely de cided upon, yet, but wu e ed by Mrs. Uraden, later. -,ject of the show is to stimulate in terest in cereal growing and to ex plain by comparison the relative mer its and peculiarities of the different varieties. f Polk county has tne repuuu" : h heat oats in Me "" D. Nairn oi rerrjuu - t the Seattle Land froaucw show against the oats of Montana, -.,i,;om and Uregon i ber He also won the first prize two oer. i.ond Pro- years ago at tne rim" " ducts show. Polk county grows more baX than wheat. Most of the wheat in the county is grown around Ball In and i of excellent quality; the eaJin" variety is Red R-rssian. The mall amount of wait, winter wheat it.i rmn nere ui mu to the best in the state. Can Are More PlentifuL o.n,.m Pacific company 1 ne . , .u.:. ..r .hortase prob- seems to na.. ------ ,. to the l.m nearly in nana, r, -- Willar -e Valley ""Z 'l plumber for carry m . South- . . U.- or lor em The r.r and Foundry headquarters at Chicago. Two hundred seats were placed on sale at Stafrin's Tuesday and they were practically all sold last night. Manager Fred Gooch expects a rec ord crowd for the big game with Multnomah tomorrow night. Anotner hundred seats have been erected and placed on sale and indi cations are that standing room will e at a premium, even then. The gamo has been advertised in Mon mouth, Independence, Amity, Perry dale, Rickreall and other near-by towns. The manager has not receiv ed definite word from Portland re garding the chartering of the spec ial train, as yet, but there will un doubtedly be many Multnomah sup porters in the audience. Multnomah's defense will have to work overtime if they shut out Carl Fenton from scoring tomorrow night. The big center is dropping them in with deadly accuracy from the most difficult angles. The rest of the team is not showing any extraordinary brilliancy in practice but Woods' and Boydston have the reputation of (playing better ball at home than abroad. This added to the advantage of playing on a familiar floor and with a house full of supporters has prompted the more enthusiastic fans to pick Dallas to win by six points or more. Dewey is the man most feared by the local team; his lightning fast floor work and dribbling give him more shots than is conducive to a Dallas victory, besides he drops in a long one every twice in a while. Sharpe will probably play forward and Dewey, guard, with either Mor ton or Edwards at center, and Too- mey and Twining alternating at the TO HAVE STRONG BAND CITY WILL PUT ORGANIZATION ON FIRM BASIS. Council Appropriates $420; Commer- ' cial Clnb Will Ka A alud Tn Pay Incidental Expenses. other -guArdM?-r r L a r ft V W railroads Pacific and C. . .r,trdCtion of most of .hes Uintbeh.nd.ofheAmenc . J aimmlT, WllD Dallas will probably line-up the same as tney did in roniana two weeks ago, although Woods may be drawn back as running guard, during Dart of the (fame. Homer Jamieson, premier reieree of the northwest, will handle tho game, which will be called at nine o'clock. Confectionery stores and amusement emporiums will likely close for the event. '.'; f entirely of men who have gone td'Sa-' Edward J- nimcs. city V. Monmouth, "? in at the nehHo,. city T h" artT:?Z that tb on "SNOW WHITE" HERE SUNDAY. Ia Popular Photo Play Which Dallas People Have Been Waiting For. Every real child the calendar does not count will remember with de light the charmine story or "Snow White," which has been declared by many to be their favorite. This ir resistible tale has been adapted by the Famous Players Film Company with Marguerite Clark in the stellar rnlft. Director J. Searle Dawley, who was in charge of the production, engaged seven real midgets to play the roles of the celebrated seven dwarfs in the story, in which Miss Clark is said to surpass even the wonderful work which she did on the stage in the theatrical adaptation of "Snow White" in which she starred under the direction of Winthrop Ames. "Snow White" is the Paramount Pic ture at the Orpheom bunaay anu Monday. ti i. Mid that this motion pieture poes straight to the original story for its souree and that the adaptation i, true to the Grimm conception in every detail. Espeeial attention has heen given by Director Dawlev to the machinations of the witch "Hex and of the wicked queen Brangoman, which ean be depicted on the screen as readily as the .a thor set it upon paper, beeanse of the trick photography of which the motion picture camera permits. Anniversary Celebration Monday. Marmion lodge number 96, K. of P will celebrate .we nniTn. v. the founding of the order next Mon dav niirht A banquet will be fea ture of the evening, following the an nn.l roll-eell and initiation work. The Dr.IL. M" is ordered one of the Iivest and best lodges u. - -. :. .rnrntare of raid-up ranting . - membership- The anniversary m ex pected to draw eel fZm fT among member, a. weU a. from risiting knights. yi Cora Boesiter fcaa " BBedV.er bom. recently with po- f 'Dallas will have a bigger and bet ter band than ever this year," said C4ri Williams, member of the citv's band committee. About 30 pieces will boi the strength at the first practice, March IS. The band will be placed on a firm-oj-; financial basis this year. The council has appropriated $420 or $60 a month for seven months for the director's salary, and the band mem bers expect to go before the commer cial club soon to ask them to meet the expenses for electric lights on the bandstand, music and a small in debtedness on lumber used on the stand last year. These expenses will agregate about $10 a month, accord ing to Mr. Williams. Last year the Commercial club subscribed $100 to wards the director'e salary and the business men were asked to contrib ute for incidental expenses. the oand will not need as much fi nancial aid as that, this year. They now have a library; last year they had to raise funds for it. The mem bers do not wish to spend their time and that of the business men in cir culating a subscription paper this year and if the Commercial club ap propriates some $10 a month, this will not be necessary. The band will practice four hours a week under Director Harry Kyle, beginning March 15. Members look forward to a better year than ever under the able leadership of Mir. Kyle. Members who are earnestly striving for a stronger musical or ganization hope to seeure outside mu sicians to come here, by co-operation with business men in giving them jobs. They point to the strong Sa lem band, which is made up almost wns impossible to see a block away. The thermometer hovered around I lie 15 below zero mark nearly all day. Ihe storm abated some during the night and Monday dawned bright and clear with a temperature of 12 be low. Seventeen head of cattle per ished during the blizzard on the farm four miles east of Rossville, owned by J. G. Laird of McGregor, and oper ated by Henry Snitker, who resides on the Brennan farm adjoining. There were about sixty cattle in the drove, the remainder of which found shelter about the straw stacks in the field. Chapman Improves Prune Orchard. As soon as Engineer Himes finish es tiling the lower ten acres of the prune land he bought from Kirkpat rick and Cridcr just north of Dallas, R. L. Chapman will reset the 19 acres now planted, and have the whole tract lined up together. BRIDGE BILL MAY DIE POLK LOBBYISTS WORK KILL IN COMMITTEE. TO Bill Would Place Building of Inter County Bridge in Hands of State Highway Engineers. lem to accept positions in the busi ness houses and state buildings. The new beginners' band started practice Tuesday night with 25 piec es; it is composed mostly of Dallas high school musicians, who are taking advantage of the opportunity to learn to play at the cty's expense. Members of the old band paid $2 a month for three years for a director to bring them to their present stand ing; all the beginners have to do this year is to purchase instruments. Elmo Bennett has been elected president of the yonnger organization. Puller's Swedish Dialect Entertain. Members of the legislature seem to appreciate W. V. Fuller's faculty for telling good jokes and stories in Swe dish dialect as well as his Dallas friends. He has acquired quite a rep utation among the solons as an en tertainer. The Oregonian reporter has hazarded the guess that "as one of the original promoters of the pres ent fire patrol system, it is a safe bet that Representative Fuller has won a number of points in building tip that system by his happy faculty for tell ing stories." After Money for Exhibiting Countfea Mrs. Winnie Braden is going tt Portland tomorrow for conference with D. D. Olds, secretary and man ager of the Northwest Land Products exposition at Seattle, to try to se cure $100 for each Oregon eonnty that exhibits at the show this year. Woman on Land Product Board. Mrs. Winnie Braden received notice Tuesday from the secretary of the Oregon Land ProdncU show that be had been chosen a member of tin advisory board this year. The abow wiU be held in Portland. Apprentice Graduate. Rhinehart Dornhacker ha finished his apprentice term at the Southern Puifie shorn and received a diploma entitling to the wages and privileges of a machinist George Martin 8cho ett has started as an apprentice: the term i four yean. Sone DiJerenee in Weather. I A J. Brbam left a copy of tbe Waukon. Iowa Democrat at The Ob server of!i"e vesterdav, from which was eliped the followinjt weather item, snowier ine ainerence in ru inate between this section and that of wintery Iowa: Bo real ia, the storm king, swooped down noon mum bs furv Sunday and Sunday night and rave na the wont blizzard in years. The wind blew a rle and at tunes the air was eo thick with anew it Moves Feed Store. J. L. Braden has moved his feed and poultry supply store from Mill street to the Barbara Brothers' ware house on Ash street. He has use i f half the warehouse which he opened for business Monday. He expects to take over and use the entire building next fall. Railroad Spur To Bunkers Completed The 460 foot railroad spur to the municipal bunkers haa been complet ed by the Southern Paeivc company and work will be started soon upon the spur to the rock quarry at Falls City. The city of Dallas is in a hur ry for the crushed rock for street work. LIKES NEW QUARTERS COMMERCIAL CLUB ASKS FARM ERS TO MEET THERE. Room Enough For County Fair Equip ment and Showing of Moving Picture Slides. The new quarters of 'the' Dallas 'Commercial club are beginning to acquire the earmarks of a metropoli tan organization. Opportunities for neat and attractive window displays, the showing of motion picture slides on topics of interest to the club and community, and the combination of county fair and commercial club ac tivities are some of the advantages of the new location. The larger quarters will lead the club to ask the farmer's union and all farmers' organizations to hold their institutes and meetings in the club room, and to extend an invita tion to individual farmers and their wives to make the club rooms their headquarter when in Dallas. Signs will be placed on the four roads just at the outskirts of the eity welcom ing the traveler to Dallas, the Prune City, and inviting him to visit the commercial club at 613 Mill street. Many of the new ideas of the club, which are in the formative stage, are alone the lines advocated by D. M. Lowe, who spoke at the clnb banquet recently on "From the Outside Loot ing In." An employment bureau on a small scale will be installed and the secretary will supply all available bulletins to farmers, upon request. Signs will probably be placed on most of the roads of the county, which will read as follows: "The Dallas Commercial Club Invite Yon to The Prone City." M Winnie Braden experts to make the room attractive and home like bv hanging picture of exhibit, Dallas industries, Company L and the like and by adding a long table for circular and possibly a ehair or two. Special exhibit will be hung on a lattiee frame toward the back of the room, which will be set off by screens. Already the windows have attract ed attention for their neatnes ana style of arrangement One is devot ed to fruit, prunes and peaches; and the other to ee reals, corn, oats ana barley. Mors Construction Work Now. The building and construction -on is Just starting ia Dalla. The Willamette Valley lumber company report that orders for local as are enmin in farter. The mill is snp- nlvfnr 25.000 feet of lumber ana some timber to Barham Brothers, for the eity bonkers. Soma BUers, These. Three steen weighing a total of 4160 pounds were bmeht bv the Dal las Meat company this week from A. C StaaU on the Lockiamnte. Mr. Staats M paid for the animals at the rate of 8c per pound, reeernng 1332.80 for tb beeves. "Spirited lobbying" best describes the inter-county bridge squabble dur ing the past few days. The Polk and Marion county courts have brought all the influence they can command to bear upon the legisla ture and even upon the governor. Judge Kirkpntrick, R. E. Williumi and Walter L. Tooze, Jr., have been arguing this county's cause and be lieve that the bill w.'U not get through the senate. But even if the bill is not thiu squelched, and the best plans some times go awry, it is doubtful if Mar ion county can force a steel bridge down Polk county's throat and msk. tbem help pay for it. "The ae'.on of the Marion comity court with ref erence to House Bill 375 amounts to coercion," said Walter L. Tooze, Jr., who has been a close follower of the question from the start. "If he can not win one way, Judge Bushey in tends to win in another. Under House Bill No. 375, Judge Bushey will un doubtedly throw the matter into the hands of the Highway Commission (steel sympathizers) at once, and seek thus to force upon the people of Polk county something that they do not want. It has been well said "Yon can drive a horse to water, but you cannot moke him drink," and this may be the case in this instance. Polk county, and its officials will list en to reason; but coercion is another thing. The Courtg might bold House Bill No. 375 constitutional, and Mar ion county might construct and pay for the bridge; but when it came to forcing Polk county to levy taxes to pay its proportion, another very an noying question might arise. In Mis souri, county eonrts of a certain eoun- , ty, for forty years, were regularly committed to jail on contempt of the United States Supreme court because they refused consistently to levy a tax considered unjust, and in Polk county there are many of the "Show Me" type of citizenship. The engineering question seems to be the main stum- bling block." The bill passed the house 43 to 4; those voting against it were Fuller and Stafrin, Peck of Coos and Bar ber of Yamhill. The fight yesterday waa to get action against it in the senate. Judge Kirkpatrick spent the day in Salem on the job and did not return last night. . THE EYE OF THE NIGHT" Orpheum Picture Saturday Depict Wonderful Scenery. The picturesque scenery of North ern California's coast is said never to have been depicted on the screen with more success than it i in "The Eye of the Night," the Triangle play which shows at the Orpheom Saturday and in which Thomas H. Inee present William H Thompson, the "dean of the American stage," a star. Departing from the usual run of recent pictures, this drama is a story of the sea rather of a sea coast vil lage in England and consequently a vast majority of its seene demand ed a natural setting similar in ap pearance to the British coast The shore that fringes Ineeville is on of the beautiful wonder spots of Southern California, yet it in nowise resembles the rock-bound coast ot Encland. Heaee ia staging ths snb ieet Director Walter Edwards was compelled to take Thompson, Marjory Wilson, who supports bun, and some twenty other plays to a point about 600 miles np the coast and there ea- eamp for two weeks while the drama was in the process ot malting. Daring the stay of the company total of 7,000 feet of Mm was -pnted, the greatest portion of whicH iUuitrates tba matchless beauty of the rngged California eoast Amcnc I he more imposing of the seen-n i that which shows ths sunriae on the horizon. Methodist Church Note. Owing to the fact that tb ehnr auditorium is being repainted and re- paprred, the regular services for next Sundsy will be held in the eirenit court room at the court bouse. Jnug Kirkpatrick ha kindly donated the room for tbst parpoM Sunday school and Epworth leagoa meetings aa asaal next Sunday, rt ia the soart aoas. t i s 1. 3. j It on ox. the cbta grade. X rernlar awrriees