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Republican Assembly Nomi
nations. Delegates from the different
precincts of Polk County met at
Dallas last Saturday and chose
the following named persons to
be voted for as nominees at the
primary election and, also, chose
delegates to attend the state
assembly.
COUNTY TICKET.
Representative Ira C. Powell.
Clerk-E. M. Smith.
' Sheriff-W. L. Bice.
Commissioner John B. Teal.
Treasurer John L. Castle.
Coroner R. L. Chapman.
DELEGATES TO STATE ASSEMBLY.
North, South and East Dallas
-G. L. Hawkins. Dr. A. B. Star
buck, R. E. Williams, J. C. Hay
ter, U. S. Loughary, E. C. Kirk
patrick, F. J. Coad, Hardy Hol
man. Fall City-Walter L. Tooze,
F. K. Hubbard, J. H. Flower.
Falls City and Bridgeport R.
R. Riggs.
Eola-H. B. Brophy, Wes Hod
son. Buena Vista-W. H. Murphy.
North and South Indedendence
B. F. Swope, Charles E. Hicks,
J. E. Hubbard, E. E. Paddock.
North and South Monmouth
"Ira C. Powell, J. H. Moran.
Salt Lake-H. J. Elliott.
Jackson George Sargeant.
Douglas-T. B. Stone.'
Luckiamute and Suver R. M.
Fowle, J. J. Thurston.
Rickreall and McCoy -T. J.
Graves, W. H. Cadle.
Delegate-at-large R. E. Wil
liams, National Committeeman.
Going on record in favor of the
assembly of party members, and
endorsing the Administration of
President Taft, the Republican
assembly held in Dallas Satur
day was characterized by har
mony and enthusiasm unprece
dented in the h story of Polk
County. All recommendations of
candidates were made without
contest, except for the office of
Sheriff.
Nineteen precincts out of
twenty in the county were rep
resented by full delegations. The
only precinct failing to send rep
resentation was Spring Valley,
with a voting strength of five
delegates. A special train was
run over the Independence and
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Mr. K. Bogt-rt, local agent for the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph Company, at
Monmouth, has been authorized to an
nounce that commencing us 80011 as ma
terial cai I'111 11 1'011 the ground the
company will re-luild the entire plant
and install u common battery system.
This means that Monmouth will have the
same telephone facilities as the larger
cities. Mr. 1 J. Butche will make a can
vass for new business in connection with
the work outlined.
achievement' of the Republican
party; therefore, be it
"Resolved, that we, as Repub
licans assembled, declare anew
our faith in the party and its
leadership, and pledge to it our
loyal and enthusiastic support.
"Resolved, that we endorse
the wise, patriotic and progress
ive administration of President
Taft, and that we rejoice in the
fact that the pledges made by
the Republican party in its Nat
ional platform of 1908 have been
faithfully kept.
"Resolved, that we believe in
the rigid enforcement of the
anti-trust-legislation now on the
statue books, and in the enact
ment of such further laws along
the same line as may be neces
sary to safeguard and protect at
all times the interest of the con
sumers of matuf actured products.
THE EVIL EYE.
To Praise a Turkish Baby lit to Torrif
Its Mother.
Turkish women, even the most en
lightened of them, art very superstt
Monmouth railway and the South-: tions To praise a baby to its mother
ern Pacific road to accommodate;'8 " ?",,r '"V T''? 8hUHd '"e
, , . , , , bufiv happen to fall ill afterward.
the large number of delegates j Th; ,,vil eve )a tne most (.oinmorj be.
and Visitors from the Southern lief, and little children, who may be
end of the county. rtress,'d in ,ne t01 of Kuroneau
fashion otherwise, will wear under the
LOYAL SUPPORT PLEDGED brim of tMr ,mts a pW.e of garlic or
Following the reccommenda- otiwr potent charm against the evil
i i i j eve. Nitisav llanoum, a woman not
tion of a ticket, which is conceded; .. ,. hl nnsS(lss(1 of
Strongest ever ; an unusual mind, had four c hildren
to be one of the
proposed by the Republicans of
Polk County, the assembly re
solved itself into a genuine love-"
feast, and an hour was given to
speechmaking by the delegates.
All pledged loyal and enthusias
tic support to the candidates at
the September primary, and the
assembly adjourned with three
cheers for the success of Repub
lican principles and the Republi
can ticket at the polls in Novem
ber. REPUBLICAN FAITH RENEWED.
"Whereas, the Republican
party of the United S ates is the
party of great principles, great
achievements and
,, Whereas, under its benign
administration our Nation is en
joying a condition of prosperity
unparalled in the history of the
world; and
"Whereas, we believe he
principles of the Republican par
ty to be necessary to the perpet
uation and upbuilding of stable
government; and
"Whereas, the history of pro
ress in the United States for the
last 54 years is a history of the
They were faultlessly dressed in Im
ported English clothes, but each of
tliem wore some trinket against the
evil eve. 1 leased her about It. and
she protested that it was not her do
ing "The slaves put them on. and 1
do not wish to hurt their feelings by
taking them off." she said.
I resolved to test her enlightenment,
and the next time 1 saw the baby with
her 1 exclaimed. "What a lovely little
creature!"
"You wretch!" she cried. "Spit on
that child at once!"
I laughed at her manifest terror, but
hastened to add. "I do not think her
lovely in the least, for she has red
hair and freckles and a pug nose, but
I wanted to tiod out whether It was
you or the slaves who put that garlic
on your ha hies."
v She shrugged her shoulders. "The
slaves did It. but I suppose I do In the
bottom of my heart believe In the evil
eye. It la In the blood."-Mrs. Ken
neth Brown In Metropolitan Magazine.
BURIED HIS OPPONENT.
"Sunset" Cox Pronounced the Eulogy
and Wrote the Epitaph.
Adlai Stevenson In his renilulsceuces
tells some stories of the witty New
York congressman. "Sunset" Cox. Oue
relates how Cox got even with a uew
member who tried to crush him. and
another gives Cox 'a retort to Samuel
.1 Tilden's effort to win the dyed In
the wool Republican state of Vermont
in 17)1
A new member from a sparsely set
tied district entered the house. His
avoirdupois was In keeping with the
vast territorial area he represented
As a wit he was without a rival In his
section. The admiration of his cou
stitnents over the marvelous attain
ments of the uew member scarcely
exceeded his own OnJy the opportu
nity was wanting when the star of the
gentleman from New York should go
down and bis own lie hi the ascendau
The opportunity mi length came. In
the great speech made by the new
member Mr. Cox was the victim of the
hour, the recipient of many eonipll
ments much more fervid than kiud
The seven vials of wrath were opeued
upon him. A vast storehouse of wit.
ancient and modem, was literally ex
hausted for the occasion Even the di
minntlve size of the New York mem
ber was mentioned in terms of dispar
agetneiit.
The speech caused much merriment
in the house during Its delivery, and
its author, with an air of self satisfac
tion rarely witnessed even in that
bod v. resumed his seat. Mr. Cox at
once took the floor. No attempt will
be made to do justice to his speech
The manner, the tone "of voice, which
caused an uproar upon the floor and in
the galleries, '-hu never find their way
to print. KefpTltig to the 111 mannered
allusion to his ize. he said "that his
constituents preferred a representative
with brains rather than one whose
only claims to distinction consisted In
an abtiormal abdominal development"
In tragic tones he then proaouueed a
funeral eulogy over his assailant and
suggested as a fitting inscription for
his tombstone the pathetic words of
Byron :
"Tls (Jreece, but living Greece no
more."
Soon after the nomination of Tilden
for president Mr. Cox was Invited to
attend a political meeting at the state
capital and address the Democracy of
Vermont. When the scarcity of Demo
crats In the (Jreen Mountain State is
taken luto account the significance of
Mr. Cox's reply will readily appear.
His telegram was to the effect that
pressing engagements prevented his
attending, but "if the Democracy of
Vermont will drop into my library any
afternoon about 4 o'clock I will ad
dress them with great pleasure."
New In Olden Times.
Not many minutes after a statesman
has finished a speech nowadays the
news is selling In the streets and has
been flashed to every capital In Eu
rope. It was different in the elections In
the time of Pitt. He made a memora
ble speech one March, and the eager
public only learned exactly what be
said from the (Jentleman's Magazine
of the following November. -Loudon
Saturdav Keview.
Cashed Her Bouqueta.
A young womau walked Into a well
known florist's and. motloulng one of
the men aside, said a few words in a
low voice. They stepped back to the
desk, and he . gave ber some money
Some time after she had left he said
to one of the other men:
"Did you notice that girl? Mr. B
left a standing order to send ber a box
of flowers every Saturday. He's away
just 'now, and wbeu she sees some
thing that she had rather have than
ber weekly lxU(Uet she comes In here
and cashes her- flowers, so to speak.
She's not the only oue eitUer."-New
York Sun.
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