Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-29
PROGRESS AND PROSPERITY
Dallas Is Experiencing the Busiest
Year In All Her History.

Dallas is busy and progressive
town. If anyone doubts this state
ment, a walk through the business
and residence districts will convince
him that it is true. New buildings
are springing up on every hand; the
mills are all running on full time
hundreds of laborers are at work in
the hop fields and orchards adjoining
the town; every man who has any
knowledge of the use of carpenters
tools finds steady employment; pipes
are being laid in every part of town to
supply business houses and residences
with mountain water, and plumbers
are rushed with orders to supply the
necessary fixtures and fittings; Con
tractor H. Y. Gates has a force Of
men steadily employed in the con-
struction of the water reservoir on
the hill west of town, and many
laborers are employed in laying the
foundation of the kirkpatrick build
ing on Main street.
The days OF the old wooden shacks
in the business district Of Dallas are
numbered. Last year a row Of the
worst fire-traps in town were torn
down and hauled away when Abel
UgIow and William Faull built their
row Of brick buildings on Mill street.
This Spring the good work goes on.
E. G, kirkpatrick removed two frame
buildings, one in very dilapidated
condition, to make room for a hand
some brick structure, and now r. e.
Williams is tearing out the old livery
stable on the corner Of Main and Oak
streets to make room for new frame
building. f. A. Stiles is preparing to
build a harness shop with modern
glass front on his present location,
and [. V. Lynch's blacksmith shop
will be replaced with a building more
suitable to his needs. It is be-
lieved that the time is not far distant
when the Crider brothers will replace
their wooden buildings on Main street
with substantial brick structures.
Another piece Of property on which
parties desiring to build a fine brick
building have their eye is the corner
now occupied by the Club saloon.
This is one Of the sightliest corners in
town, and it is believed that 1t will
not be long until some one will offer
Mrs. Smith q price that will induce
her to part with it. A great change
for the better has been made in the
appearance Of the business blocks of
Dallas in the last three or four years,
and it is apparent that the improve
ment is just getting fairly under way.
In the residence portion Of town,
substantial improvements are noted
on every hand. More dwelling houses
have already been built this season
than were erected during the whole Of
last year. Men with capital are be-
ginning to awaken to the fact that
Dallas needs more houses, and neat
dwellings are beginning to spring up
all over town. W. Fl. Mcdaniel is
building two houses to rent; Dr.
Mark Hayter has finished a neat
cottage and has force of carpenters
employed in the construction Of
another, making altogether five houses
that he has for rent; @. L. Hubbard
is preparing plans for two new dwell
ings, George CUTLER will build
two, and many other citizens are
preparing to build during the coming
Summer. 1t is conservatively esti-
mated that from so to 60 new dwelling
houses will be built in Dallas this
year.
The spirit Of progress and civic
pride seems to have taken a thorough
hold upon the people, and private