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THE FIELD MEET IT DALLAS The following is taken from the Polk County Observer: Dallas pallopod away with the honors in the Polk county schixl field and track meet held in this city last Saturday before one of the largest crowds ever gathered here to witness an athletic event. The meet well repaid the crowd as it was exciting from first to last. Dallas gathered in 74 points; Independence 41 points; Airlie 28 points: .Monmouth 10 and Dfthel 1. Although Dallas has a heavy lead in the points it i no indica tion that the meet was not with out its sensational features. Mulkey. of Dallas, ma le a thrilling jump of 21 feet 5 inches which comes near being the rec ord for a 16 year old lad. The interscholastic record for the country is 23 feet and 5 inches, made by E. T. Cook, of Ohio, in 19.K5. Mulkey's ju no is just t wo feet behind the wolrd'sinterschol astic record. Considering the fact that Cook had been in splen d d training for years ' for the event and a much older iad than Mulkey, Mulkey's jump is re markable. Dallas took the ball game and the county championship from Airlie in the morning by a score of 5 to 4. Many were of the opinion that Airlie had a little the edge on the local boys and it was certain at some stages of the game the visitors did. Some squabble arose because it was claimed by the visitors that Dal las allowed Bevens, its pitcher, t rest for half an hour near the close of the game and that the r st allowed the Dallas boys to win. The game was fast throughout, however, although marked 'by strong hitting. Airlie played fine bail and in the early frames it looked like a cinch for the south enders. The Dallas band did itself proud during the day and ren dered one of its fine concerts du ring the afternoon and another one at night on the court house lawn. SUMMARY OF EVENTS Following is the summary of the day's events: 100 yard dash. V. Williams, Airlie, first; D. Alcorn. Airlie, second; Butler, Independence, third. . Pole vault. Balderee and Boydston, Dallas, tied for first place; Eakin, Dallas, third. 880 yard dash. Hoisington, Dallas, first; Seeley, Indepen dence, second; Campbell, Dallas, third. Running high jump. Gooch and Boydston, Dallas, tied for first; Seel. y. Independence, third. 120 yard hurdle. Butler, Inde pendence, first; Winert, Airlie, second; Shepherd, Dallas, third. Running broad jump. Mulkey, Dallas, first; Barham, Dallas, second; Boydston, Dallas, third; Richardson, Independence, fourth. Protest will probably be made on Barham, so the fourth place is allowed subject to the protest. 220 yard dash. Barham, Dal las, first; Butler, Independence, second; McKee, Bethel, and Rus sell, Independence, third. Shot put. Linn, Independence, first; V. Alcorn, Airlie, second; Barham, Dallas, third; W. Wi nert, Airlie, fourth. 440 yard dash. M. Butler, In dependence, first; J. Winert. Air lie, second; Richardson, Indepen dence, third. Hammer throw. Heistand, Dallas, first; V. Alcorn, Airlie, second; Barham, Dallas, third. Standing high jump. Seeley, Independence, first; Mulkey, Dal las, second; Boydston, Dallas, third. 220 yard hurdle. M. Butler, Independence, first; Williams, Airlie, second; V. Alcorn, Airlie. third. Discus throw. Seeley, Inde pendence, first; Barham, Dallas, second; Winert, Airlie, third: Mix, Independence, fourth. Standing broad jump. Wil liams, Airlie, first; Mulkey, Dal las, second; Burkhead, Mon mouth, third. Mile run. Hoisington, Dallas, first; Burkhead, Monmou'.h. sec ond; Campbell, Dallas, third. Relay. Dallas, first; Airlie, second; Independence third. Tug of war. Forfeited t Mou rn, u;h. Not only the work done at the meet but the excellent mani.e:' in which the events were hat, died deserve the highpst praise for the authorities in charge. Next Saturday the winners of the first, second and third in the events of the meet at Dallas will compete with the winners of Yamhill county at McMmuville lor honors lor the two counties The Smile of a Child j Bv EDITH V. ROSS -1 Jim Gorton was wrkiii for a sate an J loci company. He wan very poor and had not lunjr been ulven em ploy meiit-iinleed. lie whs in debt, lie had a wife and several small chlldre.i and round it diltieult to keep tbew in fund and clothing. One da.v .lim was summoned to a gentleman's house fur tlie purpose of picking tlie lock of a silverware and Jewel sale. It was an elcpint holm;, and when Jim walked un the baud gome thick rims he thought of the bare (lours in Ins owu home and could not be reconciled to this mini having so mill b and he having so little, lie was shown into a small room where a safe was inserted Into the wall. The combination bad been lost, and he wan di:vi 'e I to open tlie safe by pickins the lock. He found the Job not a ditU cult one and. having arranged n com bination, jrnve It to the lady of the house ami went his way. Time came when the concern that Jim was with determined to reduce its working force, and he lost his Job Ills wife cot sick, and the condition of the family was deplorable. Jim thouirht what a difference a little mini ey would make to him and those he saw sufferi:i5. He remembered the wealth scattered about in the house where he bi'.d fixed the lock ami espe cially the (.'cms and silver plate he found in the safe he had opened Then came the temptation to net at that safe, open it and take enough ui its contents to relieve the frightful condition of his family. For awhile he resisted. He had a boy. little Jim. the apple of his eye. and shuddered af the Idea of that boy when he prew to manhood knowing that his father hnd been a criminal. Rut he could not bear the strain of his children crying for what be could not Rive them, and one night in a fit of desperation he determined to get into the safe. One small diamond it would scarcely be missed -would make a great difference in Ids home. At midnight, when not a light ap peared in the rich man's house. Jim raised a window with a jimmy and. entering the kitchen, made his way softly upstairs. He remembered the location of the room where he had worked on the safe and went straight to it. or. rather, to an adjoining room that led Into it. A light was burning In the hall, which enabled him to see his way. Softly turning the knob of the anteroom, he saw some one. a nurse, sleeping soundly with her face to the wall. He withdrew and tried the door leading from the hall into the safe room. It opened easily, and he entered Ny the dim light that came from without he saw a child's crib. A gas jet was burning low, and he turned it slightly on. , For a moment it seemed to him that his own dear little Jim was sleeping in that crib. At any rate a boy Just like Jim was there, his two chubby arms outside the covers. Jim studied for a moment what to do. He could shut the door, turn up the gas Qd within a minute open the safe, for which he had the combination. The boy might not awaken, and if he did Jim could keen him quiet. He turned Governor Sulzer Pours Woes Into Patsy's Willing Ears w II I v . X f. It "Ml t-iS,Y 4 ttiviit1-- Photo by American f're wcliitlnn IF this Keiitlemaii were uoi one of the governors of our ! lilted Hlnteii and If this don were not I'litsv Ibis picture would not ! particularly wortb your attention In fact, you could pose Just us gooil as this with youi pet dog In your own back yard Hut. you see. the man Is Ooveruor Sulzer of New York, and the dog Is bis closest confidant If Tain ma ny ctiicltiniii wulil hear all the things thai l'alv's boss has poured Into lil wllllnu etirs th y might reel more uncomfortable than they did even when they uaw Unit Governor Sulzer hud made his principal appointments without consulting theiu I'utsy thinks a lot of the governor, and the governor thinks a lol of I'Htsy up the llfrht and was working on the knob when, glancing at the crib, he saw that the child's eyes were open and fixed on him. When Jim looked at him his face broke Into a smile. That ended Jim's attempt at bur glary. Within a few seconds what he needed would U' within his grasp, hut he couldn't take It past that Innocent smile, lie left the safe anil, advanc ing to the hoy: bent down and kissed him The little chap sei.ed his linger and helil It in his little list. Jim gent ly loosened the elnup and. giving the boy another kiss, left the room. He was about in go downstairs when b heard a mail's voice sny: "Stand! I've got tlie drop on you." Jim obeyed. A limn In a dressing gown came out of a ro un and. keeping Jim covered, inarched blin downstairs into the dining room, where he com manded him to throw the plunder he had taken on the dining room table. "I haven't uuy pl.iudcr." said Jltn. "though I could have taken the eon tents of your safe I know the com til nation.'' "Know tlie combination: How did you get It?" "I'm the man who opened your safe for you not long ago." "Yon that uinn! I thought your fea lures were familiar." "Yes." snld Jim. turning his pockets Inside out Then he told the gentle man his story, how he had been tempt ed to come there and how he had been saved from taking iil.v plunder by the smile of nn Innocent child "if you will come up to the safe room." he added. "I'll show yon tflut I had com pleted the opening of the safe." The gentleman went with lilm. found the safe unlocked and tlie contents un touched. He took Jim hack with him to the dining room, gave him what he could find In the larder and what mon ey he had in his pockets. "Tomorrow." he said, "come to my office and I'll give yon some work to do in the factorv of which I am presl dent, I will send my physician to your wife find otherwise aid yon. A man who Is only incited to crime by the suf ferhers of his wife and children and kept from It by the smile of a little boy Is worth saving." Jim Is now at the head of the me chanical department of the Chesterton mnmifaetory imd prosperous. Gold Horseshoe In Olden Times. Roman writers inform us that Cornitiodiis caused the hoofs of his horses to he' covered with gold leaf and even the fetlocks to be gilded. Nero's short journeys were invari ably performed on white mules wearing gold shoes' on their fore 71W V J : I jff :... ail W . ' t r - ' V II ill II feel anTI lver lieliinil. The lit'iists which drew the cluirinu of his wife. l'oipilc, were slinil all around with jrnld. Several others anions the dignitaries ami potentates of tlie riotous iliivs of the Human empire shod tlici horses with ro!d and used the Mime material for bridle bits hurkles, spurs, etc, Uncomplimentary Huibanda. In t'liinn the wife is seldom men tioned hv her hiisb-iml, hut when he does mention her it is always in some roimihiliont wuv. He has Home niiine that he culls her in his flowery liiii(!niijre which takes the place of the word "wife." One man calls his wife "mv hand the clothes." an other calls her "mv dull compan ion." another "my I horn in l he rih." another descrihes her us "the mean one of the inner rooms. " Helping It Along. "It's almost certain Hint she'll tnarrv Hint o, ',,r ni hi n; chap." "I Ins the eiiiiirciiieni ,eeu an nounced !-" "Not vet. Mut they'll jfet mar ried nil riirhi." " "WIiii! makes von think so?" "Her mother iiml father have hor!. -Inrieil jn 10 knock him."--I let roil 1'i ee I 'l ess. j Sound of Light. Curiously enough, a I team of light 1 may he made to produce sound. A ray of sunlight is thrown through a lens on n glass vessel- containing j lump hliicli. colored silk or worsted, j or any like substance. A disk hav ; ing slits or openings cut in it is made to revolve swiftly in this beam of light, so us to "cm it up." thus i causing allernnle flushes of light and shadow. When one places his ear to Hie glass vessel he hears strange sounds so long as the flash ing lientn falls upm Hie vessel. i ' Encouraging. i The hirsnii (about to improve the ! golden hour) When a man reaches your age. Mr. Ihxld, he cannot, in the nut ii iv o i lungs, expect to live much longer, and I The Nonagenarian I dunno, possoii. I be stronger on my legs limn I were when I narted. Lon don Opinion. Professional Cards Dr. Laura Colby Price. Olliceund Residence Noil li wcsl fonier Mailt nd College streets, one block went of the I.ibeitil store. TeUphon 58. Dr. J. O. Matthii Physician and Surgeon Office in Postollice Ituildiiig Calls answereil promptly both day and night. I5otli I'hones. V. O. BOOTS Fire. Life and Casualty INSURANCE Losses Promptly Paid B. F. SWOPE, Attorney at Law ami Notary ! Public. j Home l'boiie: Otliee, No. lii'JO, Residence. No I '2, : (XI ii i in Cm, per build. im. i Indcpendenc. rejj i Church Directory. j EVANOI.I.Il'At, I'lll 10 II I W. A. it KKKKov, i'asli r. i Morning Het vi.e at 1 1 :00 o i ::o ii Jf.tJO !i.:.n 'clot k Villi k N. le. p. m. mnj,:. Kvftung service at Sunday Schisil ut Y. I'. A. .Mevlil'g ut Prayer Meeting W CHRISTIAN ( IIUIU !i. J. M. OKHIi'K, i'MStoi. Morning Service ul II. no Kvcning Service at 7.;iU Sunday School 111, (III Y. f. S. C. E. fi.Hti Prayer .Vvctintj Wednesday 7;o0 iiAI I'lST I HL'UCIl. (i. A. Pol.l.AIU, I'AMolt iiuiuluy School at - P;0, Morning worship, - II;(hi Kvening worship, - H:0n a. ri. p. r.i. a. ni. p. m. p. 1 1. a. m. It. m. p m. W. C. T. U. Ix'al Union meets every .sc.--ond and fourth Friday in the K vnr.gelical church at 2:;) p. m. KXHCUTOK'S SAl.K. Notice is hercny given that under nml by vinue of the terms of the last W.ll Hi Testament of kocnn K. Meeker, rie ceased, the undersigiual executor of the estalo of Roona K. Meeker, ilereascrl, will from and after the 2uth day of June, 1913, proceed to sell the follow ing r:-il estate, to-wit: Lot No. I in itlock No. 5 in the city of Monmouih, Polk County, Oregon, belonging to said estate, at private sale, to the highest bidder for cash, in accordance with tlie terms of said will and in thu manner 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. Mekkkr, Executor of thu estate of Roena K. Meeker, deceased. H. F. Swoi-K, Attorney. OVER 68 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Iu4l ftsiuns rFTT' CopvniQHTa Ac. Aflfnne Kcntllng a Hhch-h find donnrlpttnii my qiilnklT fufitriniii our oiininii free wliiiilmr an InviiiiMon In prnlmtilf piilontiihlii, C.iniiiMiiilrK. tloiin Bt rlnlly t.Mitl(K-iO I'll. HflHUHOOK onl'nKmts liuit Irna. OMnnt aunnry for Burui-lng prttentri. 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