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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1917)
I b ft. (TWICE-A-WEEK) I FROM POLK v I PAYS THIS OVER $100,000. if Sop Yards Ideal for Cannery Could .More Evergreens. j, fruit used by the Sa (fated by Hunt Broth- i t Polk county ; 90 per Vlett pears and 75 per Jffries come from this yer, The cannery pays i year to Polk growers 4 ij x iir -i . . accoramg w v. u jof Hunt Brothers' Sa- talked to the f ruit- "llas Saturday on the the cannery's wants ' e from these figures it-county bridge tangle & cannery and the f ruit- ftsounty, said Mr. Al ii mean a great loss to aers will lust) men uvsi i cannot run anywhere Mi without Polk county ay wil help some, but iwhether the ferry will idle the vast quantities illy transported; then ji9 will materially cut ,iers' income." aid especial emphasis on ft could use more ever- Anes man ail ine otner i t ii i. it iogeuwjr, yet iim ecr Ld around Dallas. The lion for the evergreen of any fruit on the ,Dp never fails because blossoms before the 'i : The yield per acre with 1 4tioii reaches 8 tons and -Mligh as 12." Hunt ifenng to write 10 year at $0U per ton and can led quantity. red raspberries will be las the hops are dug up, Jot Mr. Allen. "The of the hop yards are j ninety of berry," said araery man. v could sell three times supply of black cap I am willing to write (sets for 150 acres more WMr. Allen. "On the er, a new variety. be best type to grow; jt ft and less seedy than 4ti the American. Last a ton for these ber- ine nrst turnover was made Saturday noon and the amount was $74113.60 as against $1588.23 in a longer time, last year. The tax roll was not turned over to the sheriff until February 13 this year, ten days later than last year, but the amount collected is far in ad vance. People seem anxious to pay their taxes. Two citizens wanted to pay before Christmas, and inquiries have been coming in frequently 'dur ing the past six weeks. Although on, ly one half of the taxes have to bf, paid liy April 5, nine out of every ten are paying the full amount some thing unusual for ths county or any other. The sheriff's office is a busy place tnese days; Deputies Hooker and Riohter are on the jump collecting taxes 'and Sheriff Orr is serving pa pers all over the countv. DALLAS POT.TT nnrrmnr . , wmi, uMuun, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1917 LICENSE FEE REFUNDED WORK ONE DAY EXTRA COUNCIL DOES NOT COLLECT FROM JOLLY ENTERTAINERS Routine Business Transacted at Reg ular Meeting of City Fathers Last Night ; J ust Quorum Present The Good Averages at Gun Shoot. Averages were higher and the high individual score lower at the La Cre ole Gun club shoot Friday night. Five out of the six members participating. averaged 88 or better. II. A. Web ster again carried off the honors with an average of 92; Oscar EUis and H. W. Stump shot 90; A. F. Toner, 89; Ben Werner 88;' and H. M. Edgar, 77. PRUNE RETURNS URGE POLK GROWERS RECEIVED $210,- 000 FOR 1916 CROP. Sixteen Hundred Acres in County Produced 3,500,000 Pounds of Dried Fruit make their season as jitaous as possible, Hunt t with gooseberries, most get from West Salem. lire nmlifla trniwunt nnrl Y', hut there is no big 'm, according to Mr. Al io not eat the real tart, 1 days in the year. Still pe a few more contracts it jrt awtioned against the jwre loganberries. The established and there ps set out in loganber ry seems to be ahead of 'fen now. The same is to; production is nearly N, since the war. There much home eonsump ' there is abroad. f cherries depends up ability to find some P prevent their cracking fording to Mr. Allen. 4 simply because the ""ugh the pores of the 'J the cells until the pen." Mr. Allen be- aterproof spray will N which will stop this k a bright future for Fstry. The cherries will ripe and not just to crack in?, the season I tokened out and thelin y cash. "He if this handicap is I ij h,i m Bant Brothers are not ""tracts on cherries un- f dears no, but they lp handle from 30 to 40 Ipan tbey did last year. IHt use 200 tons of sour Tear but there is no W." said Mr. Allen, in ktalk. "There is al rd for this fruit and p not as apt to split Sixteen hundred acres of producing prune land in Polk county gave a to tal of 3,500,000 pounds of dri! primes in 1916. This was the largest crop ever produced in the county, n.n. it is conservatively valued at $210,- 000.00. This crop gave wage earners of the county over ffSO,000 in cash during the past year. According to figures compiled by a prominent prune raiser of Dallas, the average crop of prune (dried) was 2125 pounds to the acre, or in green fruit about 0200 pounds to the acre, worth $127.50. The harvesting of Polk 's crop cost $31.60 per acre, cul tivation $10 per acre and taxes $3 per acre. Figuring the value on an aver age of $500 per acre, the interest at 6 per cent amounts to $30 per acre, leaving an average net profit of $52.- 90 for the growers in 1916, and the actual profits after paying all labor costs for the handling of the crop were $84,640. Besides the 1600 acres in bearing, there were last year 1600 more acres which had not reached a productive stage. The increase in value on thesa $1600 acres is figured very conserva tively at $50 per acre per year, so thnt last vear these 1600 unhealing acres increased m value $80,0UU. ims year's planting has been quite heavy, tnn. and will add materially 10 mis. It cost $9,600 to cultivate the unheal ing land, and allowing $3200 more t?r interest on this acreage there was a net increase of $67,200. The packing plant employed a force of 125 people to pack the prunes, 40 men and 85 women, merr payruu $15,000. It cost to cultivate last year $16,000, and to harvest the crop $50,569, making a total of 81-0 which went to labor in handling the prune crop of the county. A typical case of one prune raiser is cited His orchard produced 4000 pounds of dried fruit to the acre. Li.h worth $240. It cost this man $60 to harvest, $10 to cultivate (including pruning) $3 taxes, and he figured interest at 6 per cent on i W. K him a net profit of $103 per ... 1 J I.--. f nav n DAT ct or II ne woiuu ' r-j - -eent'on. valuation of $1000 per acre he would have had left $73 per acre regular meeting" of Hia aitv fathers last nieht was nnavantf,,!- only four councilmen were present mm routine Dusiness was the order of me session. The council unanimously asm! in refund the license fee which the city was allowed to collect from the "Jol ly Entertainers." Cities all along the way have been letting tha knile musicians put on their show with out license. An ordinance was read for the first time which puts the repairing of buildings within the fire limits at the discretion of the council. The purpose oi rue ordinance is to allow repairs to wooden residences, which are in cluded in the fire limits and which will probably not be needed for the business district for some time. The ordinance will eliminate all hardships to this class of property. The budget system was finally adopted last night when all voted aye on the second reading of the ordin ance. The law provides that any sui- plies for the city must be ordered by the chairman of the committee involv ed. Upon presentation of the order, duly signed, the auditor and police judge shall issue a requisition. Anv- one violating the provisions of this ordinance is liable to a fine of not less than $2 and not more than $50. The case of two property holders who took advantage of the bonding act for street improvements but have failed to keep -up their yearly pay ments and interest, was referred to the finance committee with instruc tions to ascertain just what the delin quents intended to do, so that the council might act accordingly. Councilman Campbell volunteered to look into the value of the city's engine and boiler at the rock quarry, as Mayor Stone has- received inquir ies as to what the city would sell them for. Councilmen Muir, Sweeney and Young were not able to attend last night's meeting. LEGISLATURE FORCED TO WHEN BOND BILL HANGS House Ahead of Senate in Work No Working Majority in Upper Body; Lobbyists Also Blamed. REHEARSALS BEGUN FOR PLAY. And the prune industry just W its infancy in Polk eounty. Sells Confectionery Store. ttt p Lewis comec"""' -' PSJ TO PAT TAXES j iy Taking M T, ran So Far. wing in much f . ' lut: th .h.i-iffV 'ce .torTon "Main street ta .been , j-si. L Potter of Salem. r ,Bng,r!n. but expects to remain pias for the present Sherwood Gets Fine Eand. U C. Sherwood of Rickr 'Peg 0' My Heart" To Be Given By High School Soon. Rerearsals have begun for the stu dent body play, "Peg O' My Heart," which will be presented early in March, with Miss Elsie Forrette in the title role. Miss Forrette took the leading part in last year's production, "Polly of the Circus," and has re turned to school to take the part of Peg, the lovable, madcap, Irish hero ine. The play is a thriller from start to finish and presents many humorously pathetic situations. The student body is putting forth its best efforts to make the play an artistic and finan cial success. The cast is as tollows: Mrs. Chester, a widow. .Hallie bmith Ethel Chester, her daughter ; Maude Barnes Alaric Chester, her son, Walter Craven Pee O' Connell, their cousin Elsie Forrette .Terrv (Sir Gerald Adair) 1 -rr narry uravea rhristian Brent. Frank McCann Mr. Hawkes, a lawyer .William xoung t.t; (ha hnt er Samuel Halsey The play is under the direction of Miss Gladys Cartwngn. Hiwley'f Lime Bill Lose Out Senator Curtis L. Hawley'e biU to create a state lime board to prodnee agricultural lime by convict labor was reported adversely by the joint ways and means committee. Bean'i bill to nubsidise private quarrying com pany met the same fate. Instead, a resolution was adopted calling upon the bureau of mines to make a thr oueh investigation and report to the eit session of the legislature. Members of the Leerislative Assem bly of Oregon are one day late, this year, m returning to the bosom of their constituents. The immediate cause of the extra day without pay was the blocking of the $6,000,000 road bond bill in the senate Saturday. At 10:30 that night both houses agreed to adjourn until 10:30 a. m. Monday. The prolongation of the session may be traced to a number of other caus es, however. Men who have watched legislatures come and go for many years remark that this is the first time within their recollection that in the course of 40 days, 16 or more of the 30 men, constituting the senate, ihave not gravitated together as a working majority. There is practi cally no floor organization in the up per body. Lobbyists have been even more in evidence than ever this session. There has been an unprecedented amount of interference from special interests and individuals who have seemed to imagine that they were specially en dowed leaders and circles of public opinion. The 100 or more bills left over on the calendar may cause some to think that much important legislation still awaited action. As a matter of fact, the two houses had passed nearly all their measures of importance. Indeed, all that was needed to round out s record for real efficiency was adoption of the $6,000,000 road bonding meas ure. Among the bills passed ore a dozen that may be considered constructive. but they are constructive only in the sense that they benefit particular line of industry or particular phases ot morality. . Irrigation has been aided with need ed code amendments; -the insurance code has passed : the military code has been brought into conformity with federal enactments; the grain stan dard has been adopted; the bill to en force the bone-dry law has been hon estly drafted and passed ; rural school terms have been lengthened; streams have been opened to logging; needed revision in the Highway commission law has been provided; cut-throat competition in public utilities has been prevented by passage of the cer tificate of public convenience bill; sterilization act has passed and the anti-cigarette law has been strength ened. The rest of the legislation, for the most part, was of minor importance and of local interest. A poem from the St. Louis Globe Democrat, seems to apply to this class of law-making. It follows : Are your neighbors very bad I Pass a law ! . Tto they smoke t Do they chewt Pass a law ! Are they bothering yout Don't they do as you would dot Pass a law! Are your wages awful low t 1'nfig a law 1 Are the prices much too high f n i,A ,;fa anil hnhien erv . - 'Cause the turkey's roost so highT Pass a lawl Willamette valley. Owners of timber laud in Polk coun ty are holding; they expect to real ize a targe return on investment with in the next few years on account of this increased demand for lumber. I "For several years car builders were prejudiced against lumber and favored steel for construction pur poses," said Mr. Donober. "This feeling has largely disappeared during the past few months, as railroad men have found that freight cars with wooden frames and steel under frames are far more desirable. There are thousands of freight cars under con struction at the present time, and is a result of the change in the attitude of the builders the demand for lum ber has increased. Then, too, there is a large amount of building in pro gress in various lines throughout the United States. DALLAS WINS BIG GM.IE MULTNOMAH IS OUTPLAYED QT ALL DEPARTMENTS. New Sign For Gail Hotel Chas. Bilyeuv proprietor of the Gail hotel, has made arrangements to have a handsome new -electric sign install ed on the front of the building. The sign will be of the same type as that used at the Oregon Power company' ofhee and will be set an such a way that it can be seen from four direc lions. The Oregon Power company will install it about the 15th of March. rive Hundred People Sea Local Five Defeat One of Strongest Teams In The Stat. POLK APPROACH READY SALEM IS SLOW IN PREPARING FOR FERRY Only One Ferry Will Operate, Cap able of Transfering 80 Passengers and 16 Teams In One Trip. (By H, K.) Dallas completely outplayed Mult nomah Saturday night and won 16 to 9 before 500 wildly enthusiastic fans. "Pebo" Shaw was the individual star of the game; he played the fast Dew ey to a standstill at nil stages and slipped down the floor often enough to shoot three baskets, himself. The victory was not due to any one factor, however; the best team won. At times Multnomah would show some "brilliant floor work and passing, but they were unable to break through the Dallas final defense and were forced to shoot from near the center of the floor with the usual result that Dallas would secure the rebound and start their teamwork, which proved more effective, as the story of field baskets shows: Dallas 7, Multnomah 3 Multnomah drew first blood when Ira Mix landed a horse-shoe from the middle of the floor. Dewey rivaled his teammate's effort a few minutes later with a beautiful side arm "shove" shot from a difficult angle. Dallas had hard luck the first part of the first half; several shots flirted with the basket rim and seemed al most embraced in the meshes of Mr. Two-Points, but finally escaped, amid a groan from the expectant audience. Shaw broke the ice by eluding the Multnomah star, Dewey, and scoring the first counter for Dallas. Throe others followed before the whistle blew; one by Boydston was the result of some pretty passing and one was a "blue-ribbon" shot from the side of the floor ly Carl Fenton. Shaw finished the fireworks with a second basket, making the count 9 to 4 at the end of the first half. Laird Woods broke away from his hoodoo in the second half and scored two field baskets, despite the close guarding of Twining. Multnomah op ened up their long shot campaign full blast but none of the efforts were suc cessful. Amid the cannonade Toomey and Edwards had several ebancea to score short shots but missed by a narrow margin each time. Dallas played a safer game, content with their six-point lead, which they main tained throughout. The gam got a little rougher as it proceeded and Referee Jamieson call ed more foul in the second halt. Dewey shot three out of four and ' Boydston two out of as many tries. Clerin substituted for Edwards to wards the close of the game. The armory was filled to capacity with Dallas fans and admirers of the local auintet from the surrounding towns; there were about 500 paid ad missions. This game closed the bas ketball season in Dallas unless the team decides to play Willamette Uni versity, which is anxious for a game. Referee Jamieson handled ths game in an able manner, being especially efficient at calling out of bounds. JUVENILE TROUPE ENTERTAINS The Polk county approach for the ferry, which will provide the tempos ary means of communication between the two counties until the. bridge is built, is practically ready for travel but the work on the other side of the Willamette is of a dilatory nature, according to Roadmaster Waldo Finn. Up to this week the work on the Marion county approach consisted of cutting a few briars and. a fir tree but very little dirt has been moved. - The Salem Ferry company will have the only ferry on the run; the Mar ion county court and Salem Commer cial club offered a franchise to Ben Mitchell, a Portland ferryman, whose rates would have been about double Dhose of the Salem Ferry company, but he is unable to secure a lease on property on this side of the river for a landing, within the lone desired. E. C. Bushnell, a property owner ot weal Salem, and G. C. Skinner, of Inde-. pendence, are the owners of the Salem Ferry company. Mr. Skinner's gasoline lannen, which has been plying between in dependence and East Independence, will supply the power for operation. The launch will carry 80 persons and the ferry proper will be 120 feet long and 20 feet wide, capable of carrying 16 teams. The ferry will be operat ed on a water line eable and will make the round trip inside of 20 min utes. ' Tha rates, which the company will .i,.rro ! aarvice. will be determined Jiy the Salem Commercial dub and th. Pn h cnuntv eourt. acting winuj. ptl. i that nntiftt must be ine ww ictuuu. ... - i . . tr nntli before license can Musical rrosram sun " posted 20 days Prominent Masons Visit Here, wvi;. A Moore, grand master of Oregon Ma-ons, and James JK Robin- uu.rtarv. passed unuus-j Friday en-oute to Fall City, whr-e. pcft C(mIlt7 Xa thev will spend some in e Lrest of tleMse there. The two office are visiting n sonic lodges of the state. When M. D. finds new diseases, Pass a law 1 Got the mumps or enfermitis, Measles, croup or "expertitist" Lest we all should fly to pieces, Pan a law! Are the light a-burning red I Pass lawl Paint 'em green, or paint 'em white, Close nn all them places tight! Myl Our town is such a sight! Pass law! No matter what "the trouble is, Pass law! Goodness sake, but ain't it awful! fy! What are we going to dot Almost anything ain't lawful. And the judife is human, too! Pass a lawl LUMBER DEMAND IS LARGE. and Gooch Hel" Eickre-ilL Elmo Bennett and Fre ' Sooch seor aJ most of Rifkresll'f points .g-i.'t Buen. Vista Friday went; Buena .- ei Men Believs Timber Land Good Investment There is an increased demand for lumber throughout the Cnitcd Ststcs at the present time beeaune of the change in attitude of railroad offic ials, who for several years past la vored all-steal freight carriers, ac cording to J. E. Donoher, president ol the Bootn-Kefly Lumber company. be eranted for traffic and the two bodies will get together as soon as this time is np and fix the rates. The company has a U. S. Marine license, now, and needs only the permission of the Salem Commercial club and the Polk eourtboth of which have prac tically been assured. It is believed the ferry wUl be operating within s The Polk county approach is di rectly east of the end of ths old bridge approach, on a straight hne with the Dallas and Salem road. The c.in urnmirh is b-k of the old gas works, between r"t "d Cbe meketa streets. The fetr? will make a great difference to the Tanners oi West Salem in handling this yesr's crops; without it they could realize scarcely any mmn and on their investments. Dallas People. Twenty-four "Jolly Entertainers" pleased an enthusiastic Dallas audi ence last night with a spienaia musi cal program. Solos by miniature pri ma donnas, instrumental quintets, songs in cost u me and last but not least, the big band, full of pep, wer all heartily received. The troupe is in charge of Mr. and Mrs. a M. Draper, who have lally adopted the 24 kiddies and who mk a bring for theaoselves and Ahsir large family by these entertainments When not on the road their home is si DeMoines, Washington, not fsf from Seattle. During ths day ths young folks go to school, under ths inUruetion of Mm. Draper, from 19 a, m. nntil boob and from 1 :30 to p. au, much the same as publie te-hoo children. The juvenile troops gave a free eon cart at the bijrh school yesterday morning and the band was out on the streets sdvertisins; the big show. Most of the mntic is popular; for instance.. Salea May Have Paper MIR. Chas. K. Spanlding returned to Ra- lem recently from ban rTanciK.., -h.ra ha hu been interefting capi talists ir. the building of paper sndj,,!,, the Valley of ths Moon," "Acs pnlp mill in Salem. A eompanv ' Yott From Lhne" and l nuus which Mr. Spaulding U interd-ted " 'niekey Dula." Many of ths yoong eeutly bonirht the Sal am Flooring wpra entertained at homes of II property snd power site on j vj people during meir street Psper msnufscturers will b in Salem soon to look over the sitna tion. They f! that Salem offers ad vantages for the erection of a large mill bat wish to make a personal investigation. Ths company is easking a tour of the valley. The Odd Fellows will have work is ths initistory degree oa Thursday e- hiah has extensive boldinei in the , rfepjptg represer tr and oui"' P looon, yestei , . t, won 30 to 2. uooro F..j