To the People of Polk County. County Spellers I mm ollaorzDliaorzDo 10 Monmouth Leads in Fo Grades Out of Six Here is This Store's Platform Day In and Day Out, Told in Three Short Sentences Owing to the fact that I was the only aspirant (or the nomination for District Attorney for Polk County on the Democratic ticket, I did not engage In an active campaign before the pri mary election. I wish, however, at this time to thank my friends and sup porters for the kindly Interest dis played in my behalf. It is my desire, and I shall endeavor before the coming election, to come In personal contact with as many of the people of Polk County as my time will permit. I appreciate the fact that the voting public is entitled to know something of the life of a man who offers himself as a candidate for office, especially an office which at any time might develop to mean so much to the taxpayers of t h! county. In addition to furnishing legal advice to all other county officials and assisting them In administering their offices to the best Interest of the county at large. It Is the duty of the Prosecuting Attorney to enforce law and order In your midst, and should be done carefully, conscientiously and without fear or favor. For the benefit of the voters whom I have not met, and who may not know me, 1 feel It my duty to make known the material facts of my life, touching my qualifications for the office for which I am candidate. Undoubtedly, after seeing my name the first lnqulrv would be as to my na tionality. My father was of Polish (as th" name indicates) and my mother of Swiss descent.' Althongh born in the United States, 1 am familiar with sev eral languages, the German language being prominent among them, My parents were among the pioneer set tlers of Nebraska, having located In St. Paul. In that state, in the early '70s I was born In St. Paul In 1881. I at tended the public schools there, grad uating from the' High School in the spring of 1898. Having secured the consent of my parents and permission of the school board to leave before the expiration of the school year, I enlisted with Com pany B. Second Nebraska Volunteers, and served nine months during the Spanish-American war. Upon my re turn, I joined the Nebraska National Guard and remained a member as long as I made that state my home. After the death of my father in 1908, I came to Salem, Oregon, and engaged in farming south of that city. Soon afterward I began to read law. and In the fall of 1911 I moved to Salem and entered the law department of Willam ette Unlverslty.from which I was grad uated In the spring of 1913. One of my classmates was Mr C. L. Starr, formerly of Dallas, and at that time Secretary of the State Tax CommlS' slon. After our graduation, Mr Starr and I went to Portland and opened law offices In the Corbett building, making a specialty of tax matters, with which Mr Starr was very familiar I soon developed an earnest desire to get into the general practice of law, and when I was offered an opportunity for gen eral practice In the office of Mr. Oscar Hayter, In Dallas, I lost no time in grasping It I moved my family to Dallas In the summer of 1914 and have been actively engaged In the practice of law In Mr. Hayter's office since that time. I am one of the directors of the Dal las Commercial Club and have also been granted commission as lieuten ant of Company L, Oregon National Guard. As to my honesty and Integ rity as a citlzen,I refer you to the local banks and business houses and also In vite your Inquiry at the United States National and Ladd & Bush's banks In Salem, with whom I have transacted a considerable amount of business. As to my qualifications as a lawyer, I am willing to submit to the Judgment of the local bench and bar. I seek election to the office of Dis trict Attorney with an earnest desire to serve the people of Polk County faithfully, honestly and efficiently, and on this platform I respectfully ask your support at the polls in November. E. K. PIASBCKI. (Paid Advertisement) Report sf Spelling Work for Polk County for the Conteit Held May 19. Class A (Schools of More Than 5 Teachers) Third Grade 1st, Dallas, 100; 2nd, Independence, 98.75; 3d, Falls Crty. 9S.3 r'otirtn Gra.le-lst. Dallas. 100; 2d. nauas. ss.3; .id, Monmouth. 98.7. Fifth Grade 1st, Monmouth. 100; 2d, Dallas, 9973; 3d, Falls City, 99.18. Sixth Grade 1st, Monmouth, 99 83; 2d. Independeuce, 98.92; 3d. Dallas, 98.8 Seventh Grade 1st, Monmouth, In dependence. 100; 2d, Independence, 99.81; 3d, Dallas, 99.69. Eighth Grade 1st, Monmouth,99.91; 2d. Independence, 99.6S; 3d, Dallas, 99.57. Class B. (Schools of from 2 to 5 Teachers.) 1st. Ballston, Rickreall, Brush Col lege and Buena Vista 100; 2d, Perry dale, 99.75; 3d, West Salem, 99. Fourth Grade 1st, Smlthfield, Balls- ton, Alrlle. Bethel and Brush College 100; 2d, Buena Vista, 99.5; 3d, Perry- dale, 99. Fifth Grade 1st, Smlthfield. Balls- ton, P.-rrydale, Rickreall, Buena Vista, 100; 2d, Bethel, 99.25; 3d, Black Rock, 96 8. Sixth Grade 1st, Ballston, Alrlle. Perrydale, Black Rock, 100; 2d, Smith- field, 99.66; 3d, Buena Vista, 98.66. Seventh Grade 1st, Ballston, Per rydale, Black Rock, 100; 2d, Buena Vista. 98; 3rd, Brush College, 96. Eighth Grade 1st, Smithfled. 98.66; 2d, West Salem, 98.28; 3d, Black Rock, 96.5. Class C (One Room Schools.) Third Grade 1st, Oak Grove, Coch ran, Concord, 100; 2d, Highland, 99.75; 3d, Sunnyslope, 99.33. Fourth Grade 1st, Cochran, Oak Point, Suver, Crowley, Concord, 100; 2d, Highland, 99.8; 3d, Eola, 99.6. Fifth Grade 1st, Eola, Lewisvllle, Polk Station, Gooseneck, Oak Point Suver, Sunnyslope, Mistletoe, 100; 2d, Concord, 99; 3d, Popcorn, Lincoln, 98.66. Sixth Grade 1st, Gooseneck, But ler, Suver, Crowley, Sunnyslope, Co cord, Fern, 100; 2d, Highland, 99 8; 3d, Montgomery, 99.6. Seventh Grade 1st, Bridgeport, Cochran, Oak Point, Suver, McCoy, 100; 2d Gooseneck, 99.33'; 3d, High land, 99.5. Eighth Grade 1st, Bridgeport, Su ver, Concord, Fern, 100; 2d, Cochran, Sunnyslope, 98; 3d, OJt Grove, 96. Schools Making Highest Average in All Grades. Class A 1st, Monmouth, 99.29; 2nd, Dallas, 98 73; 3d, Independence, 98.40. Class B 1st, Perrydale, 99.75; 2d, Buena Vista, 99.23; 3d, Ballston, 98.8. Class C 1st, Oak Point, Suver, 100; 2d, Crowley, Concord, 99.6; 3d, Coch ran, 99.5. The following schools made 95 per cent or over in the following grades: Third Grade Dallas, Monmouth, In dependence, Falls City, Smlthfield, Ballston, Alrlie, Bethel, Perrydale, Rickreall, Elkins, Brush College, West Salem, Buena Vista, Bridgeport, Polk Station, Oak Grove, Gooseneck, Coch ran, Butler, Antioch, Popcorn. Sunny slope, Concord, McCoy, Highland, Rogue River, Valley Junction, Lincoln. Fourth Grade Dallas, Monmouth, Independence, Falls City, Smlthfield, Ballston, Alrlle, Bethel, Perrydale, Rickreall, Brush College, West Salem, Buena Vista, Black Rock, Eola, Valley View, Oak Grove. Gooseneck, Cochran, Oak Point, Popcorn, Suver, Crowley, Concord, Guthrie, Highland, Fern j Fifth Grade Dallas, Monmouth, In dependence, Falls City, Smlthfield, Ballston, Alrlle, Bethel, Perrydale, Rickreall, Buena Vista, Black Rock, Zena, Eola, Bridgeport, Lewisvllle, Polk Station, Oak Grove, Gooseneck, Oak Point Antioch, Popcorn, Suver, Sunnyslope, Concord, McCoy, Pioneer, Rogue River, Mistletoe, Fern, Lincoln. Sixth Grade Dallas, Monmoth, In dependence, Falls City, Smlthfield, Ballston, Airlie, Perrydale, Rickreall, Elkins, West Salem, Buena Vista, Black Rock, Zena, Eola, Valley View, Oak Grove, Gooseneck, Butler, Pop corn, Montgomery, Suver, Crowley, Sunnyslope, Concord, C'thrie, Pioneer, Highland, Rogue River, Mistletoe and Fern. Seventh Grande-Dallas, Monmouth, Independence, Falls City, Smlthfield, Ballston. Perrydale, Brush College, West Salem. Buena Vista, Black Rock, Eola, Bridgeport Lewisvllle, Oak S THE MONMOUTH MERCANTILE CO. which pays highest prices for farm products ollcnotzp on Grove, Gooseneck, Cochran, Oak Point, Popcorn, Montgomery, Suver, Crowley, McCoy, Guthrie, , Pioneer, Highland, Lincoln. Eighth Grade Monmouth.Independ ence, Falls City, Smlthfield, West Sa lem, Black Rock, Bridgeport, Oak Grove, Cochran, Suver, Sunnyslope, Concord, Fern. Eighth Grade Graduates. Following Is a list of the Eighth grade graduates for Polk county for 1916: Dist 1. Eva Newbury. Dist. 9. Ralph Wlnetand, Carrol Ev erett, Wayne Haynes, James Klnsey, Flossie Reynolds, Richard Short, Max Graves, Helen Rand, Jane Rand, Ava Conner. Dist. 10. Merrltt W. Hart, Ella M. Aebl, Harry E. Brown Dist. 17. Helen Richards, Walter N Boyer, Frances C. Ingram. Dist. 19 Ruth A. Vincent. Dist. 21. Frances Genevieve Keyt, Luclle Keyt. Dist. 23 Frank Elmer White. Dist. 24. William K. Mackie. Dist. 25. Grace Wooden, Verlie C. West Dist. 26. Fred Vaughn. Dist 28. Dee NIel. Dist. 29. Inez Mix, Theodore Ger aid Richardson, Erma Lynes, J. Otis Scott, Opal Hewitt Ruth Girard, Mar garet Burroughs, Fay Johnson, Edna Mills, Norma Calbreath, Bessie Still well, Thomas Pickens, George Ober son, Francis W. Shatto, William Mc Donald. Dist 30. Geneva Harris. Dist. 32,-iDorotha Violet Douglass, Joanna Mae James, Frances Allda Becken, Mildred Mae Bunn, Dorothy Estelle Miller, Alice Mary Wood. ES' ther Naomi Sneed, Lou Bell, William L. Massey, Archie Schwartz, Barney Denzel Martin, Bruce McLean, Harold Elbert, Dist 33. Guy Prather.Merlln Pratb er, Louise Leonard, Harold Reynolds, Geneva Cryderman, Alma Wells, Elsie Schrunk. Dist 34. Georgia Spere. Dist. 36 Alan Duane Edgar. Dist. 37. William Levi Lockyear, Fred E. Lockyear, Frank M. Hill, Thomas Henderson. Dist 39 Grace Rowena Hastings. Dist 40. Mildred Burton. Dist 41. Frank Friesen. , Dist. 45. William Edgar. Dist 48,-Glenn D. Turner. Dist 49.-Golda Eggleston. Dist 52. Geneva Dent Dist 56. Gilbert McBee. Dist 57. Rheta M. Bowman, Mabel G. Teal, LaVlta Esther Howell, Chester D. Hunter, Mildred L. Reynolds, Mil dred Thompson, Ruth Gottfried, Viola Buell, Eugene Starr, Paul Sayre, George Paul, Luclle Flnley, Evelyn A Higher Standard of Quality A Higher Standard of Value A Higher Standard of Service Which is only another way of aying that we sell the right merchandise at the right price in the right way. o1cziopfo 30E PROTECT YOUR HOMES Against the Deadly Fly! By purchasing your Screen Doors and Blinds piies are disease carriers JJve and breed in all kinds of filth Jfect food and drink by germ laden feet ach female can lay 150 eggs gcreens can be used to keep them out Willamette Valley Lumber C. Phone Main 202. Monmouth, Oregon Good Printing is the Product of the Herald Print Shop Books. Magazines, Tobaccos Ice Cream and Sodas WE HAVE THEM D. C. Walker & Sons Monmouth, Oregon Haley. Dist 60. Ida Crawford, Louis Craw ford. Dist. 61. Jean F. Bailey, Laura A. Norwood. 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