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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-10-21

village, having opened store ther'
two years ago. He prospered from thu
beginning, and today no store in thu
valley is better known or more widel!
advertised. He recently built sub
stantial warehouse and fruit storage
room across the road from his stor'
and is prepared to handle all the pro
ducts of the valley. He is assisted il
his business by Mrs. Shelley and his
son, Ralph. Living in the most beau
tiful portion of the famous valley
where the soil is rich, the climate is
delightful, and the surrounding
scenery is grand beyond description, il
is small wonder that the family is
contented and happy. Mr., Shelley
still has warm spot in his heart fol
Polk county, and wishes to be kindly
remembered to his old friends in
Dallas and Independence,
EDITORS IN CONVENTION.
The 18th Oregon Press Association
held two business sessions in the
rooms of the Hood River Commercial
Club, and also public session in a
large auditorium adjoining the fruit
pavilion. EThe latter meeting was
open to the public, and the large build
ing was packed with citizens and
visitors, who availed themselves of the
opportunity to hear the speeches and
discussions.
The members of the press in attend
ance united in declaring that the Hood
River meeting was the most earnest
business session ever held by the
association. OF the business trans
acted at the meeting, we shall have
more to say hereafter.
At the closing session the following
officers were elected: r. J. Hen
bricks, Salem Statesman, president; f.;
J. G. Hayter, Polk County Observer,
first vice-president; A. D. Moe,
Hood River Glacier, second vice
president; Albert Tozier, Portland,
secretary Francis E. Gotshall, Port
land, treasurer; George H. Hines,
Portland, historian. Portland was
selected as the next place Of meeting,
the date to be fixed later.
Robert J. Hendricks, the newly
elected president, is a native Of Polk
county, and is one of the ten charter
members of the Oregon Press Associ-
alton. He is the last of the ten to fill
the office of president, and is the only
one today engaged in active news
paper work. Mr.. Hendricks is a
progressive newspaper man, and will
give the association a good business
administration.
VISIT 1905 FAIR GROUNDS.
In response to an invitation from
the Lewis and Clark Fair Commission,
the Association appointed a committee
Of 10 to visit Portland and go over the
grounds Of the exposition. The COM
mittee arrived in Portland Saturday
evening, and spent Sunday forenoon
at the grounds. Here every courtesy
was shown the committee by Vice
President I. N. Fleischner and Secre-
tary Henry E. Reed. The buildings
and grounds were examined, and all
the visitors expressed surprise at the
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-10-21

magnitude of the proposed fair and
the progress that has been made.
After returning from the grounds, the
party was entertained by a luncheon
given by Mr.. Fleischner in the Port
land Hotel grill room. Here Director
General Goode Joined the party, and
the fair and its advertisement was
thoroughly discussed. The officials
were Informed that the members of
the Oregon Press Association stand
ready to do all in their power to adver-
tise the fair, and that this publicity
will be given without thought Of
remuneration.
The committee visiting the fair
grounds was composed of Albert
Tozier, r. ?. Bacon, w. G. Woodward,
J. w. Macarthur, William J. Clarke,
G. L. Starr, William Matthews, Walter
Lyon, S. L. Moorhead and J. G.
Hayter.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-10-21
October
Sunset Magazine
gives fine pictures of
CALIFORNIA LIFE
October

Gen. Macarthur and other army
officers describe the recent military
maneuvers in California, each
article being profusely illustrated
with half-tones and colored draw
ings by Edward Cucuel. Interest
ing articles on California and
Oregon, How Olive Oil is Made,
How Almonds are Grown. and
fine descriptions of Plumas and
Suffer, two great California
counties. 224 pages OF articles,
Western stories, sketches and
verses. 10 CENTS A COPY.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-10-21
You q Nice Lamp?

OF why delay buying, when
= night for the next 5 or 6
tbs you will have constant use
{ 1hlnk Of the pleasure and
fort to be derived from a good
when after supper you take
ome Interesting book or work
spend the disagreeable eve
hF vcuF own fireside.
s e can furnish you with a
y decorated lamp and globe.
g fine swing lamp.
, 1904-01-13

Abraham Lincoln, president of the
United States. Her marriage to Sena-
tor Smoot took place in Salt Lake City
nineteen years ago, and they have six
children-three boys and three girls
the eldest, Harold, being seventeen
years of age. Their home is now at
Provo, about forty-five miles from Salt
Lake City.
Abraham O. Smoot, father of the
senator, was a polygamist, and Reeds
mother was his third wife, Annie Kir-
slime Mouritsen, who was born in Nor
way. Reed was her third child and
the Oldest son of a family of seven
children.
The senator's first work after he
graduated from the University of Des-
eret, now the Brigham Young acad-
envy, at Provo, was as a porter in the
Provo Cooperative Mercantile institu-
ton. a year later, at the age of eight
cen, he became manager of the concern,
in which his father held a large inter
est. His fortune is now estimated at
a million.
He was called and set apart" as an
apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints in 1900. The
Mormon church is ruled by a first pres
idency, consisting of the president and
his two counselors. Next in authority
Is the quorum of twelve apostles. Their
jurisdiction is the world, wherever the
numerous qualifications of the church
extend. Devout Mormons look upon
the president of the church as the di-
rect representative of God on earth.
The apostles are the agents of God.
Senator Sm6ot is in the line of promo
ton, and, being younger than most of
his associates, may one day become
president of the church.
, 1904-01-13
ELEVATING A CITY.
HOW GALVESTON is TO BE RAISED
ABOVE THE DANGER LINE.

A Mighty Measure of ~PrecautiOn
Against the Ravases of F1Ood-Im-
mense Area to BE FiIIcd-Lindon w.
Bates, Who Planned the Work.
When the city of Galveston completes
its work of self preservation. it will
have arisen so high above the waters Of
the gulf of Mexico that all fear of a
recurrence of the disaster of Septem-
Der, 1900, which destroyed over $780,
100000 worth of property and 5000
lives, will have forever disappeared.
Within a few weeks work will be be-
gun on the task of raising the grade of
the city an average of about eight
feet oyer an area of two square miles,
a work which will require II, 900
cubic yards of filling. This great i'm
provement is the final step in Calves
toms scheme for protection. Never be-
fore has a city of 10000 inhabitants at
tempted so great a work. Buildings
large and small have been raised, but
an entire city never.
Plan after plan was discussed by the
state legislature, but the situation was
a difficult one to overcome. Galveston
island, a long, narrow spit of sand
with the city on its eastern end, blocks
the entrance to Galveston bay, a great
sheet of water. Exposed to the full
sweep of every southerly storm, stand
ing even in its highest parts only a
few feet above the surface of the wa
ter, Galveston was at the mercy of the
gulf.
1t was finally decided to build a sea
wall. Work was begun early in 1902,
and an immense barrier three and a
half miles long, seventeen feet high,
with a width of seventeen feet at the
base and five feet at the top, is nearly
completed. This great breakwater of
granite and concrete will cost the city
81, 19S,000, exclusive of the driveway
which skirts the top of its entire
length. 1t was shown, however, that
without some additional security this
protection might itself become a men
, 1904-01-13


ace. The great tidal waves might
wash in behind it at the ends, and the
wall by preventing the return of the
water to the gulf would become an
evil.
Then the great project of %elevating
the entire city was adopted. When the
plan of raising the city was considered
there were many engineering problems
to be solved before the work could be
proceeded with. 1t was necessary to
get the material for filling at a short
enough carry to make the venture prof
liable as a business proposition and at
the same time not strip the beach front
of its protecting sand. Dredging along
the wharf fronts was also prohibited,
because of the great impeachment to
business. These and a vast array of
lesser difficulties We're stumbling blocks
in the way of the work.
The credit of the solution of these
problems belongs to Linden w. Bates,
whose plan for the raising of Galveston
has been adopted. He conceived the
idea of a distributing canal dug be-
AAA tAAN " AAS I LII
By this canal material can be con-
yeyed to within discharging distance
of the sections to be filled, the material
~eXcavated from the canal being in the
meantime used to back up the wall.
Without disturbing in the slightest de-
gree the commerce of the city the
whole area can be filled by the mix
ture of water and sand which the
dredges will suck up, and the water
will drain back into the canal. Then,
when the work of filling in the city has
been completed, the great dredges will
back out of the canal, filling it up SOL
idly as they go, and Galveston will be
left high above the danger of floods
from the gulf.
Mr.. Lindon Wallace Bates, author of
the canal plan which made the raising
of Galveston feasible, though still in
the early f%orties, is known in his pro-
fession throughout the world. He first
came into prominence as engineer and
manager of various railway docks and
terminal facilities in the west. During
the past seven years he has been en-
gagged in many important engineering
works abroad. From 1895 to 1902 he
was engaged in seaport and railroad
Improvement work for the English,
Russian, Belgian and Australian gov
ernments. He also prepared a project
for the improvement of the port of
Shanghai. In 1900 he was decorated
by the French government for dis
tinguished services in science" Mr..
Bates is a member of several European
and American engineering societies.
, 1904-01-13
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Any one who thinks that fools and
children tell the truth is not very init
mately acquainted with children.
Marriage is not always war; often it
is an armed truce.
No woman thinks that her picture
does her justice.
It is easier for a woman to live with
a man without a heart than a man
without a stomach.
If nature never made a mistake it
would only send earthquakes into hick-
DRY nut countries at the time the crop
was ripe.
Chickens do not always come home
to roost when a colored man lives a
mile or two down the road.
When a man wants to make n New
Years resolution that he can keep he
swears off swearing off.
If a man has the last word 1t does
him no good, because the wOman is
asleep by that time.
People who live in glass houses
should pull down the blinds.
We cannot take any of our wealth
with us when we die except the filing
in our teeth.
1t must provoke our multobillion-
aires that the earth is so awkward a
shape for fencing.
To get the best results why not put a
corr doctor at the head of the agricul-
tural department?
Would you call kissing free trade OF
reciprocity?
1t is a lucky man who "a smoke the
year round cigars as good as those his
wife gives him at Christmas.
No patent medicine man takes his
own medicine. He can afford to hire a
doctor.
, 1904-01-13
II Is International

"Love has a universal language"
"Yes, indeed, and it is expressed in
stocks and bonds"
, 1904-01-13

1t may be that nature is charming
When dressed in her garments of white,
But when from your nose clear down to
your toes
Jack Frost feels around for a bite
1t comes to your mind the poet to find
And tell him you're out for a fight.
For aides the snow is alluring
Who have a gallant with a sleigh,
But that kind of talk don't suit those who
walk,
And most of us travel that way;
Which makes it quite hard the man to re-
gard
With favor who printed the lay.
, 1904-01-13
AUTHOR AND PREACHER.
DIR. Everett Hale, Who Is to
Be Chaplain of the Senate.


DR.. Edward Everett Hale, famous
author, lecturer and preacher, who, be-
ginning the new year, is to be chaplain
of the United States senate, is a sur
viyor of that class of writer's and
thinkers of which Emerson, Lowell
and Parkman were conspicuous repre-
sentatives.
He was born in Boston, and after
graduating from Harvard in 1899 he
studied theology and became a Uni
tartan minister. From 1916 to 1856 he
was pastor of the Church of the Unity,
Worcester, Mass, since which time he
has been pastor of the South Congre-
gational church, Boston.
DR.. Hale has published a large num-
Der of books. but the story that first gave
, 1904-01-13

him international fame was THE Man
Without a Country" which appeared
In 1861. DR.. Hale celebrated his eighty
first birthday last April and is an hon
ored man in a green old age.
Personally DR.. Hale is a very strik-
ing figure, tall, slender and alert in
movement, nearly always walking in
stead of riding or driving. He gener-
ally carries a little leather bag and an
umbrella. His face, framed in luxuri-
ant hair, reminds one a little of Web
ster, save that the deep set eyes are
not so solemn, but have a twinkle of
kindness or fun about them. 1t is
not a handsome face, but it is fascinat,
ing, for it is original.
, 1904-01-13
Where She Pulled Up.

His wife drove him to drink"
Terrible, isn't it,"
HE thought so. She pulled up the
horses in front of a soda water foun-
tain"
, 1904-01-13
a MORMON
Mrs. Reed Smoot, Wife of the United
States Senator From Utah.

Mrs. Reed Smoot, wife of the senator
from Utah, whose right to a seat in the
United States senate is disputed ON the
ground that he is a polygamist, is a
handsome. matronly woman with an
expressive face and charming manner.
As Miss Alpha NJ. Eldridge she was
one of the bellies of Salt Lake City
twenty years ago. She is a daughter
Of General II. S. Eldridge, a relative of
, 1904-01-13

If you don't like the slippery way
A single tiny bit,
To show you disapprove you may
With ease sit down on it.
, 1904-01-13

ANY one who thinks that fools and
children tell the truth is not very init
mately acquainted with children.
, 1904-01-13
Time Limit Had Expired,

"You told me you did not drink be-
fore we were married"
81 didn't drink-before we were mar
ried."
, 1904-01-13
Humor qne Philosophy
By DUNCAN N. SMITH
Copyright, 1903, by sampson-H Hodges Co.
THE G BEAUTIFUL.

A fellow once printed a poem
And called it THE Beautiful Snow"
But he left no address. and It's lucky, I
guess,
For him that the public don't know
The number and street of his quiet retreat
Or the proper directions to go.
When the weather is way below zero
And drifts are as high as the trees,
You labor and puff to shovel the stuff,
o neighbors impatient to please;
You wish that the bard were out in your
yard
At work in the drifts to his knees.
, 1904-01-13
Not Seasonable.

miss Jennie is a cold proposition"
"Then you would better ave her for
q Summer girl"
, 1904-01-13
Both EIy.

When you are waiting on a girl,
Alas, time quickly flies.
And when you count the cost o find
That money flies likewise.
, 1904-01-13

Marriage is not always war; often
is an armed truce.
, 1904-01-13

No woman thinks that her picture
does her justice.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-13
SHERIFF'S SALE,
State Of Washington. county Of Adams,

State Ut Washington, county OF Adams IS:
Under and by virtue Of execution and order
OF 81 e issued out OF the superior court of the
state OF Washington, in and for Adams county,
on the 18th day OF June, 1904, by the clerk
thereof, upon a judgment rendered in said
court on said date in favor OF John G. +.
Hieber, plaintiff against o. NJ. Lee, administra.
and Jane Wood, defendants, for the sum Of
$24i445, sloO attorneys fee. $500 costs, with
interest and increased costs, and to me directe
aad delivered, commanding me to sell the fol.
owing described property to satisfy said judg-
The northea, 1t corner of lot (5) Ave in blk, nine
~ original plat o. the town of Ritzville, not
occupied by brick building known as the "Lee
Block" and more particularly described as
follows, tOwit: beginning at the noftherly
corner of said lot 8. block O. of the town Of Ritz.
boundary line of said lot and block IS feet;
thence sOutheasterly, parallel with the easter.
~ boundary line OF said lot and block, about 94
leet to the northerly boundary line of the alley
in said block :; thence easterly along said bound.
easterly along said boundary line OF said alley
Is feet to the easterly boundary line of said lot
and block; thence northwesterly along said
easterly boundary line Of said lot and block
about "a feet to the place of beginning, situate
In Adams county, state of Washington.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given, That
on Saturday the 3Oth day of July, A. D. 1904, at
the hour of II O'Clock In the forenoon of said
day, will sell the above described property.
or NO much thereof as may be necessary to sat.
!sfy SAID judgment. together with attorneys
Said sale will take place at the front door of
the court house at Ritzville. IN said cOanty, and
state, and will be sold 1t public auction, for
cash in hand to the highest and best bidder.
Dated ut Ritzville, WASH. this 2sth day Of
sheriff
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-13

A mans lIf. 10 full of crosses and
temptations, remarks the philosopher
He comes into his world without hi.
consent and goes out against his will,
and the trip between the two is ex
ceedingly rocky. The rule Of contra
ries IL one Of the important feature.
OF the trip. When he is little the big
girls kiss him, but when he is grown
the little girls kiss him. II he raises
q large family he is II cbump, but il
he raises a small check he is 4 thief
II he is poor he is a bad manager; il
lie is rich he il dishonest. II he's in
politics it's for pie; if he's out OF poll.
tics you can't place him, and he's no
good for his country. If he dosen t
give to charity he is II stingy cuss; il
he does it is for show. If he dies
young there was u great future a head
for him; if he lives to an old age he
has missed his calling If il intro.
duced into this world aud to the next
by the same process. The road is
rocky, but man loves to travel it.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-13

The position Of legislator is one of
honor and responsibility. He who as
says to make laws for the govern me t
Of the common wealth should be in.
spired with the high motive of the
COR mon welfare. Whilst lie should be
loyal to the political party honoring
him with his position he should never
forget that he is the representative OF
all the people regardless of party.
1t is refreshing in these days OF
graft" to hear Senator Hoar. a man
who had opportunity to know and
who has improved that opportunity
declare that our moral atmosphere
instead Of darkening is clearing. He
says he does not remember time
when our judiciary, state and nation
al life was on SO high plane as now.
Good.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-13
SUMMONS

In tine superior court OF the state of Washing.
ton. in and for the county Of Adams.
W. G. Mitchell, plaintiff, VS.. Henry Frey de-
PENDANT.
The state of Washington TO Henry Frey:
You are hereby summoned TO appear within
sixty t6O) days after the date of the first publ
cation OF this summons, towit: sixty (60) after
the 10Th day Of June. 1904 and defend the above
entitled action in the above entitled court. and
answer the complaint of the plaintiff and serve
u copy of your answer upOn the undersigned
attorneys for plaintiff at their address below
stated and In the event Of your failure SO TO do
Judgment will be rendered against you accord.
ing to the demand OF the com plant which has
been filed with the clerk of said court
The object OF the above entitled action is TO
recover judgment against you upon two GER
ain promissorv notes described in said com
plant and to subject to the payment OF said
Judgment about one hundred if'y-fve Q55)
mead of cattle which have been levied upon bv
the sheriff of Adams county under a writ of at
tachment sued out by the plaintiff in the above
entitled Cause.
MERRITT & MERRITT.
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Suite 42i THE Rookery." Spokane Wash.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-13
PUBLIC LAND SALE.
United States Land Office.

Spokane Falls, WASH, June 1901
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of
instruction from the Commisi oner Of the Gen.
era! Land Office, under authority vested in
Statutes, as amended by the Act Of Congress
approved February 26. 1895. we will proceed 10
offer at public sale on the 9TH day of August
1904, at ~ O'Clock a. m, at the United States
Land Office. Spokane Falls. Washington, the
following tract of land, towit MI. neZ and sek
seq. Sec y, TIP 10 N, K SO E. W. NJ.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
lands, are advised TO file their
claims, in this Office on or before the day de.
signated for the commencement Of the said
SALE. otherwise their rights will be forfeited.
EUGENE b. HYDE, HAL J. COLE,
Receiver Register.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-13
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
limited Statps Land 0Hfpo

Spokane Falls. Wash, May I6, 1874.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions Of the act Of Congress of
June Sd. 1873, entitled, IAN act for the sale of
timber land in the states OF California, Oregon,
Nevada and Washington Territory" MS extend
4th, 1892, Martha Zietzke, of Kitzville. county
Of Adams, state of Washington, has this day
filed in this office her sworn statement No. 7Ss
tion % Township IS north, range 35 E. W. NJ,
and win offer proof to show that said land
than for agricultural purposes and to estab.
lish her claim to said land before the Register
and Receiver Of this Office at Spokane Falls
Wash, on Friday, the 5th day of August, 1901
She names as witnesses:
J. Harvey D0wney. Richard Karrach, August
Kuhn, Fred Albershardt all of Paha, Wash.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
abOve-described lands are requested to file
their claims in this office on or before said 9TH
day of Aug. 1904.
HALL. COLE,
Register
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-13
NOTItE FOR PUBLICATION
Land Office at Spokane Falls, Wash

Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support Of his claim and
that said proof will be made before George
r. Christensen, County Clerk and Clerk Of the
Superior Court, for Adams County, Washington,
ut Ritzville Wash, on August 6, 1904, viz:
joe NJ. Silveira who made homestead entry No.
l1423 for the neN. neA lots I, 2, 8, sec. 10, tip,
10. N X, 81 Z w NJ.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF, said land. viz:
joe 8. Tavares. of Keystone, WASH, Tony
Brown, Of Odessa, Wash, NJ. v. Simas. Of Key
stone, WASH, Robert Mason of Ritzville, Wash.
HAL ]. COLE,
Rapisfar
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-13

Here is the way u Wiscon.in edit or
describes n recent storm up IN North
D 'k"ta, says the WAlla Argus. "A
-'"i'h east w,nd hurled tumble weed.
and Russian thistles through the air
At 40 mile gait-and the gate went
too. Many stoves were drawn out
through the chimneys, and the strong
wind went down the neck OF bottle
and blew the bottom out. Nebraska
wagon tracks passed over the town
in thousands. The strain on the wire
fences Was 50 great that all the staples
were drawn out on the north side OF
posts. A kerosene barrel standing in
front OF grocery stone was sucked
out oil the hing hole and turned il.
side out. The Dirt firw u from post
on the h'llslde and LETT the hole stick.
out OF the ground about two feet, with
no dirt around it,"