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FRIDAY. MAY 30. 1913.
Control of Streams.
The disastrous floods, during
March have stimulated thought
along the lines of preservation
as will be seen by the following
article from the Toledo Blade
which says:
"If the March floods taught
anvthing it was that there
should be some responsible au
thority in complete charge of
streams, navigable and innaviga
ble, and not alone over naviga
ble parts of rivers, but also over
shallows, sloughs, sandbars and
flood plains.
The government watches with
the utmost jealousy against en
croachments upon navigable
channels. Upon the other hand
it is indifferent as to what goes
ou in other parts of a navigable
body of water. We can recite
the local instances of successive
government officers wiping their
hands clear of responsibility for
Spike island and assuming com
plete indifference to the custom
of government contractors spoil
ing sailing ground for low
draught craft with material ta
ken from the commercial chan
nels. The government acts the
same way about bridges, being
careful only that channels are
kept open to shipping and not
the least careful lest a bridge is
constructed in such a way that
it acts as a dam in time of high
water and helps make destruc
tive floods more destructive.
There is a need of far better
supervision than this, is any
steps are to be taken to guard
against floods. Authority must
be exercised over every part of
a stream, its channels kept clean
in order that the water shall run
off as speedily as possible, its
shallows left unobstructed and
flood plains kept free of the kind
of railroad and road embank
ment which can turn a river in
to a broad and engulfing lake.
We once read of an Irishman
who, while the subject of "Irish
Bulls" was under' discussion,
said: "I don't believe that more
than about one-half of these lies
they tell about the Irish are true,
and from information received
direct from San Francisco, it
would appear that there is a re
semblance in that tale to the sto
ries which are coming out from
the Panama Exhibition work be
ing accomplished on the Expo
sition grounds.
England is noted as a con
structor of dreadnaughts, but in
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst 6he
has one dreadnaught more than
she wants and one that she does
not know what to do with.
We can say of the work at
Panama that the ditch is dug at
any rate, even if the water of
the oceans and the commerce of
the world do not pour through
it. Telegram.
Zook, the paper hanger, will do
your painting for you.
NEWS FROM COUNTY SEAT
Court House Notes.
PROBATE
Estate of Martha Simpson, pe
tition for letters of administra
tion filed, U. S. Loughary ap
pointed administrator and bond
of $16,000 approved. C. G. Coad,
F. J. Craven and Walter Vassal
appointed appraisers; letters of
administration filed.
In the matter of the guardian
ship of Florence Adams and Wal
ter Ray Adams, minors; new
bond filed.
Estate of Ruth Ruble; petition
to have will filed; will admitted
to probate; C. A. Conditt appoint
ed executor and letters to issue
upon filing of approved bond in
sum of $10,000.
In the matter of the guardian
ship of Charles M Chapin, et al;
W E Fuller. H H Dixon and A
Nelson appointed appraisers.
In the matter of the guardian
ship of Hallie and Lawrence
Smith, minors; petition to bor
row money to erect dwelling
house filed and prayer of petition
granted.
Estate of Horace G Chace; pe
ri tion for letters filed; Allen K
Chace appointed administrator
and letters to issue when ap
proved bond of $4,190 filed.
Estate of Samuel Thurston
Smith; executrix granted leave
to sell certain personal property.
REAL ESTATE
Sophia Essig to Wm and Dora
Ash, lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, block 2,
Highland Add. to Dallas. $10.
Matilda J Ridgeway to Cyrus
Blair, land in 6-6, $1.00.
Elizabeth L. Blair to Cyrus
Blair, land in 6-6, $1.00.
Sarah A Blair to Cyrus Blair,
97.62 acres in 6-6, $1.
Wm P Miller et ux to Dallas
City Bank, 50 acres is 8-5, $1.
Jerry O.Brien et ux to Geo W
Harding et ux, 25.75 acres in 6-7,
$10.
Jas H Wilson et ux to W J Mor-
ford et ux. e hf of ne fourth of
sec 35, tp 9, sr 6, $1.
E T Morrison et ux to Lowman
II Conner, 4-10 interest in 210.36
acres in 6-5, $5,000.
H L Pratt, A A Winter and D
M Metzger, trustees to Dallas
College of the Oregon Confer
ence U E C, land in 7-5, $10.
Kingwood Park Co to Geo F
Quaintance, lot 13, block 4, King
wood Park, $10.
Melvin Hollister to George F
Quaintance, lot 11 in block 14,
Kingwood Park, $400.
Wm P Miller et ux to Dallas
City Bank, 65.09 acres in 7-5, $1.
Wm D Estelle et ux to H P
Crawford et ux, 17-10 acres in
8-6, $10.
Eleanor F Butler to Wm D Es
telle et ux, one acre in Polk Co,
$100.
Reuben E Morris et ux to J H
Frakes, land in Dallas, $50.
Enoch Chamberlain et ux to 0
M Allen, 10.12 acres in 9-5, $300.
Ira J White et ux to 0 T Vin
cent et ux, 184 acres in 6-4, $10.
Mary E Brown to Charles M
Walker, lot 22, subdivision of
Academy block, $10.
POZZLES nfFTGOrTES; '
home of the Unsolved Riddlea In tha
World ot Numberi.
There arc many mysteries in the
world of numbers little things the
conditions of which a child can un
derstand, though the greatest minds
cannot master. Everybody has
heard the remark, "It is as hard as
squaring the circle," though many
people have a very hazy notion of
what it meant;. It is this: If you
have a circular piece of paper, how
are you to cut out another piece in
the form of a squaxe that shall con
tain exactly the same area!' Well,1
it cannot be done with exactitude,
though we can get an answer near
enough for all practical purposes,
because it is not possible to say in
exact numbers what is the propor
tion of the diameter to the circum
ference. But it is only in recent
times that it has been proved to be
impossible. Only cranks now waste
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Sale Dates:
Eugene and all points north including branch line points,
June 8 to 13 inclusive; stations south of Eugene, June 8-9-11-13.
Final return limit June 16.
For illustrated booklet on the Rose Festival and leaflet
giving full program, call on any S. P. Agent, or address:
John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent,
Portland, Oregon
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Herald and Weekly Oregonian one year 2.00
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their time in trying to solve thin
venerable puzzle.
Again, we can never measure ex
actly in numbers the diagonal of a
square. If you have a windowpatie
exactly a foot on each side, there iit
the distance from corner to comer
staring you in the face, yet you can
never say in exact numbers what it
the length of that diagonal. The
novice will ai- nre suggest that
we might take our diagonal first,
say an exact foot, and then con
struct our square. Yes, you can do
this, but then you can never shv ex
actly what is the length of the side.
You can have it which way you like,
but you cannot have it both ways.
Here are a couple of puzzles that
have not been proved to be impos
sible, but that nevertheless have
not been solved. They will give the
reader some fascinating employ
ment during spare hours if he hap
pens to be fond of figuring. First,
then, take the round table problem.
Nine persons are stopping at a
boarding house, and they all sit
down together to dinner on twenty
eight successive nights at a round
table. The rule of the house is that
no person shall on any two occa
sions have the two same neighbors.
Uow is it to be done, if at all ?
Here is another poser. If we
write down I he number, composed
of seventeen ones 1 1,11 1,1 1 1,1 1 1,
111,111 and ask you to find some
number other thaii 1 or the num
ber itself that will divide it with
out remainder the answer will give
you considerable labor to discover.
We will, however, say at once that
the only numbers that will divide it
are 2,071.723 aud 5,303,222,357.
Now add two more ones to the num
ber, and wc cannot tell you whether
it can be exactly divided ' by any
number or not. for nobody knows.
If you can find such a divisor you
will have done something that no
body else in the world has yet suc
ceeded in doing. And we cannot
say that it ist impossible.
THE
THE
-THIRD FARE
TEACHERS' EXAMINATION.
Notice is hereby given that the
County Superintendent of Polk County
will hold the regular examination for
applicants for State papers at the Court
House in Dallas as follows:
Commencing Wednesday, June 18,
1913, at 9 o'clock a. m., and continuing
until Saturday, June 21, 1913, at 4
o'clock p. m.
Wednesday Forenoon,
Writing, U. S. History, Physiology.
Wednesday Afternoon.
Physical Geography, Heading, Com
position, Methods in Reading, Methods
in Arithmetic.
Thursday Forenoon.
Arithmetic, History of Education,
Psychology, Methods in Geography.
Thursday Afternoon.
Grammar, Geography, American Lit
erature, Physics, Methods in Language,
Thesis for Primary Certificate.
Friday Forenoon.
Theory and Practice, Orthography,
English Literature, Chemistry.
Friday Afternoon.
School Law, Botany, Algebra, Civil
Government,
Saturday Forenoon.
Geometry, Geology.
Saturday Afternoon.
General History, Bookkeeping.
' Respectively,
H. C. Seymouk,
School Superintendent, Polk Co., Ore.
WALTER G. BROWN
Notary Public
Blank Deeds, Mortgages, Etc.
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Directory of each City, Town and
Village, giving descriptive sketch of
each place, location, population, tele
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Calls answered promptly
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Attorney at Law and Notary
Public.
Home Phone:
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Independence, Oregon
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EVANUHMCAL ClH.'HCH
W. A. Gukkkkoy, Pastor.
Morning service at 11:00 o'clock . -j
Evening service at 7;30 o'clock
Sunday School at 10;O0 a. m.
Y. P. A. Meeting Bt 6.30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
J. M. Ohiuc K, Pastor.
Morning Service at 11. (X) a. m.
Evening Service at 7:30 p. m.
Sunday School 10:00 a. m.
Y. P. S. C. E. 6:30 p.m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:30 p. m.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
G. A. Poi.lako, Pastok
Sunday School at - 10;O0, a. m.
Morning worship, - 11:00 a.m.
Evening worship, - 8:00 p. m.
W. C. T. U.
Local Union meets every sec-
ond and fourth Friday in the E-
vangrelical church at 2:.0 p. m.
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EXECUTOR'S SALE.
Notice is hereby given that under and
by virtue of the terms of the last Will
& Testament of Roena E. Meeker, de
ceased, the undersigned executor of the
estate of Roena E. Meeker, deceased,
will from and after the 20th day of
June, 1913, proceed to sell the follow
ing real estate, to-wit: Lot No. 1 in
Block No. 5 in the city of Monmouth,
Polk County, Oregon, belonging to said
estate, at private sale, to the highest
bidder for cash, in accordance with the
terms of said will and in the mannor
prescribed by law, subject to confirma
tion by said County Court.
Bids may be made to the undersigned
at his residence at Monmouth, Oregon,
or sent by mail.
Dated this 22nd day of May, 1913.
W. M. Meeker,
Executor of the estate of Roena E.
Meeker, deceased.
B. F. Swope, Attorney.
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