Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-22
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FALL SGTY, Or. Aprile 19
Mr.. Editur:

FALL S1rY, Or. Aprile 19
Mr.. Editur:
After I writ two yore papur last
weak I started back two my clame In
the Basun, stoppin few days with
nv old friend Zim hinshaw at Fall
Sity I had a fine viset with Zim ne
bein old nabur of mine fer a long
time. Fall Sity is gittin two bee
nice town. thay has two we'll regulated
salunes & L got kredit for sevrul
dollers until 1 sells my timbur cIame.
Fridy mornin / started from Fall Sity
brite & erly but hadn't got far on the
rode afore I met Jack Morrisun comm
out two the dimmykrat konyen8hun
at Dallis Il Jack he sed sez he cum go
Back & see the fun Il i iing L climed
in his Wagon Il cum back but it
warnt hardly werth the time, kauSe
the dimmykrat party aint what it was
long back in them days when [ used
to belong two it.
When the konvenshun got together
KIRKLAND of Independence kalled EN-
two order & Sc the first thing was two
eleckt cheerman & Jedge Sibly he
got up and lowed that Jorge Myer
wood bee the best fer the phase, he
havin bin in the legislator thataWay
& 50 Jorge were it, then Il feller from
monmuth by the naime Of Jimmorson
was eleckted secketary & then sum
boldly lowed he needed help q 50 hoyt
Eallin was appinted q he was it two,
then thare was sum komittys appinted
& then thay stopped until aftur
dinner.
I never went two dinner, jest sircu-
lated round e. shook hands with the
boys Il kinder renude old friendship, l
met my old friend that sterlin old war
boss Ben Haden & we talked about
old times but Ben he sed times were
changed sence we used two go two
the konvenshuns long time ago. Ben
he says we air degeneratin q i jings
it maid me feel kinder loansum.
aftur dinner the konvenshun met u
komitty toald en- who We're delly-
gaits Lea Fentin he had two proXeyz
from Fall Sity & Jorge Seeforth he
were thare from that presink 4 as
Lea warnt a dellygait & wanted in,
that let him and Jorge voat for the
hole dellygashun. Then sum fellers
that was on the komitty fer Resolvin
handed in a repoart & it toald about
how two run the government y prazed
up the kounty kourt & tride two maik
out as if the dimmykrats new it all. |
diddent like the repoalt l believe the
way the republicans done last sater-
day were much bettur kause you
kaint tell frum what they sed what
thay doc believe in. l diddent like
them thare things the edimmykrats sed
about the kounty kourt neither, Dad
burn it, it aint rite to spend good
money payin off diets & they orient
two have dun it nowhow, you can bet
if Seth rigs had of had his way it
woodent have bin done, kause Seth he
never wanted two pay off the diets, he
wood rather buy them kounty warrents
his self kause you doant have two pay
taxes on warrents & Seth is thriftie.
He always was n doant believe in
spendin good money payin kounty
diets when he can buy kounty warrents
& doant have two pay no taxes on EN-.
Then exShurf Vauorsdil he got up
& lowed he wanted two nommynate a
man fer the offs of Senatur & then
van he went on speachifyin & it were
a good speach two & purity soon he
sed it were Osker Hayter, then the
dellygaits began to cheer \ Osker he
were it & then thay called Osker up y
he maid speach & them dellygait:
cheered him a hole lot. Then sum
boldly nommynated Frank FalS fer
representative & by gum thay cheered
him two Then Jedge Sibly got NJ
& sed he wanted two nommynate
kounty Jedge but befoar he naimeC