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were incarcera.ed had nothing to do with

were incarcerated had nothing to do with
the case"
And on the trial of shifty and HIS gang
for this offense the jury refused absolutely
to retire to consider its verdict. The fore
man simply rose, and without consulting
his fellows nodded to the clerk.
Guilty" said the foreman.
Down in New York old Boneset Smith
heard about it. II don't believe it," said
he. II won't believe that Shifty Shift has
been convicted until ! see it with my own
eyes,"
He concluded he would make sure. In a
week or SO he boarded a train and alighted,
not at Monroe, but at Trenton.
He wendell his way to the states prison.
chap Of the name of Shifty Shift down
here?' He said 1t tentatively.
Sure said the warden, what of it?'
II want to see him. answered Boneset
Smith.
The warden shook his head. "Who are
your" he asked.
The New York man pulled out his Gre
dentials. Il guess you've heard of me- he
remarked. He had, and accordingly he
produced Shifty Shift. The New York man
shook his fist at Shifty.
II told you. Shifty," he said, ''that you'd
be brought up with a round turn"
Huh" grunted Shifty, that's all right,
too, but it took somebody besides you to do,
it. See?''
Boneset blushed. shifty had him there
After Shifty had been returned to the place
from whence he came, Boneset Smith
hoped on a train and hoped off at Mon
roe. He sought the chief of police.
Shake" he commanded; you did what
we tried our best to do in little old New
York"
What's that?" asked the chief, uncon-
cernedly.
by George said Boneset Smith, ad-
mirlngly, you jagged Shifty Shift and his
Shifty gang"
The chief slightly yawned. SIS that ALP
he said. Il most forgot about it. Say" he
ADDED, next time give me something really
hard to do
Little old New York is uneventful now.
ana 1t will be until the expiration Of the
term of Shifty Shift and his terrible strong
arm gang.
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would hardly be deemed a sufficiently Sc
cure repository. But in the bureau a 81
BILL a sheet of 2-cent stamps or a 500 u
bill is run through about the same hopper
and each receive the same extreme degree
of attention and security.
Good-Sized Town Under One Roof.
There are about 5000 persons employed
in the bureau. They get down to work
about 8 o'clock in the morning and work
until 4:3O or 6 o'clock p m. 1t might be
well to remember that they all work, too
1t is one of the busiest places as well as
most interesting workshops in the govern
ment service.
Of the 5000 employees there fully rs per
cent are women. The character of much
of the work is peculiarly adapted to wo-
men, Each printer has a woman assist
ant. She is equally responsible with the
man for the security of their joint work
They are bright and intelligent class of
women, too. In whatever department OF
the busy bureau one goes he will find them
holding Jointly with men positions of honor
and great responsibility
For the delectation of the thousands OF
visitors that make the bureau Mecca dur
ing sojourn at the capital, very attract
I've array of bank notes, treasury notes,
bonds and other legal securities of the gov
eminent is framed and hung up in the cor
ridor of the building There one can feast
the eyes on the money of the government
and, perhaps, learn of certain bills of high
denomination in circulation which he had
never seen. There is also neat frame on
the wall showing the new 81, So and $40
currency of the Philippine Islands. The
money has been described In former is
sue of The Star. The notes are very at
tractive and are much smaller than our
notes. The bills of large denomination are
in sums of $10O, $500. $1,000. $1,000 and
$4,000 1t is approximated that about 50
per cent of the money made at the bureau.
is in the form of 81. So So. $40 and $50 bills.
The remaining IS per cent Is left to the
production of 800, $500. $1,000. 5000 and
$4,000 bills 1t is stated that during the
recent year there were printed about ST.
OO0. 600 of 81 bills. $36.000.000 of So bills,
S213, COO, 600 of SIS bills, $24S,0000O0 of SO
bills and $137 Geo 600 of $40 bills.
officials place the period of usefulness of
a greenback at between three and four
years. This Is estimated on the continuous
circulation of the note.
How They Print and Make Stamps.
The next and most interesting feature OF
the work Of the bureau is the printing Of
the postage stamps. There are about
II 600 post Offices In the country, and the
70 600 persons WHO use stamps and buy
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The Country School House.

win L. Sabin in Youths Companion.
The little country school house-you
Remember 1t; of course you dol
Within the angle snugly set,
Where two long yellow highways met
And saplings planted here and there
About the yard, and boxed with care 49,
As IL to typify, In turn,
The youngsters caught and Gagged, to learn
Around the rolling pastures spread
With woodland patches garlanded
From which the breezes gladly bore
Sly Invitations to the door
Across the sills the bees soft hum
Was mingled with the muttered sum.
And from their covert In the vale
In plaintive pleading piped the quail.
With basket and with pail equipped.
Cear-eyed, tan-cheeked and berry Tipped.
Athwart the pastures, down the road,
The pink sunbonnet. broad -brimmed straw:
The bare brown feet that knew no law
OF fashions last; the bundled forms
That laughed aloud at cold and storms.
What tales the SCARED desks might relate
OF triumphs gained with book and slateI
What lore the clapboards loose possess
OF feats at noontime and recessl
And doomed how Oft the panes to see,
Back up the road. and Ger the lea
Haste boy and girl new worlds to find.
The little school house left behind
Oh, little country SCHOOL, In vain
May critics hold you In disdain.
The greatest lessons that you taught
Were not by chalk and pencil wrought.
As oped your door on fields and sky, c..
So likewise Just AZ wide and high, -
You opened to the eyes Of youth +
The principles ot love and truth. i *, IA
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Sermons in Song.

Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof
Matthew vii, a.
Some of us never seem TO learn
To take our troubles they come,
To meet each worry in its turn
We look ahead and borrow some.
Just when the is ruddiest
We gr:eve because II will not stay
Our hands upon the thorns pressed;
We make tomorrow of today.
Some people-that is, you and /
Hush half the laughter on their lips,
Send II a-scurry with a sigh;
Or stale the wine another sips.
BY brooding on some fancied grief
That may await the way,
To his own gladness each plays thief
He makes tomorrow of today.
We trade tn gold of one days Joy
For dross of doubt and discomfort
The fine gold dull with alloy
OF baser metals. m2anly bIent.
And yet tomorrow never shows
dawn so dark gray
As drawn by enc whose borrowed woes
Have made tomorrow Of today.
''Tis best to think each day is made
With all the goodness ii shall hold,
With all the sunshine and the shade,
And some small SORROW TO enfold.
Then waited from the Masters hand,
Where all Of the tomorrows stay
But still we cannot understand;
We make tomorrow Of today.
w. ID. NESBIT, in Chicago Tribune
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A State Secret.
From the Atlanta Constitution.

From the Atlanta Constitution
There's plot against me-" said the
married man. Pm to get three boxes of
family cigars this Christmasm
And what are you going to do with
'em?"
Don't mention it, was the reply. 1--WE
bribed the hired man to smoke 'em for mer'
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A Long Letter.

From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
II wrote you long letter yesterday"
why. it was only five words"
But it was in legal envelope"
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them daily from these post offices get them
from Uncle Sans shop.
The engraving of the plate is along the
same lines of work as that of the money
plates. Instead of having two or four bills
on a plate the engraved plate for printing
the stamps contains 400.
The paper for all the postage stamps
comes from the New York and Pennsyl-
vania Paper Manufacturing Company, and
it is obtained by the bureau from the
Treasury Department by requisition, just
the same as that used for legal tenders
When received al the bureau it is counted
wet down and put through a number or
hands before it is ready for sale to the
public. There are is presses, carrying 400
stamps to a press, with a man and young
woman to each press One press will de-
liver 5000 sheets daily-400 stamps to
sheet. There are about 40 workers alto
gether in this department. The work of
printing postage stamps differs from print
ing money in many ways. Money is print
ed by hand presses The metal plate on
which the money sheet is laid damp is too
hot for you to place your hand upon it.
The press is in roller shape. small and sim
pie in construction. The press for printing
the postage stamps is run by electric power,
and the printing is all done with one i'm
Scin
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Cumming Machine a Wonder.

The printed sheets of stamps are run
through cumming machines. The sheets
are fed into the machine by young wo-
men similarly to feeding a printing press.
The sheet passes around a smooth glass
cylinder, which is thinly covered with the
preparation of gum, applied by dripping
from receptacle over each machine.
The gum is made from dexterine, corn
starch and glucose. About % pounds are
used for every thousand There are eight
machines. which will gum about 15O00.0U
stamps daily. After the gummed sheets
leave the cylinder they pass into an air
tight box, which extends from the ma
chine the length of the room. The tempera-
ture of the box is about 135 degrees. Some
thing less than two minutes is taken for the
passage of the gummed sheet through the
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Dou,nstairs on the main floor is where the
designing and engraving of the plates for
nrintine the legal securities are done. There
are about eighty-three employees 1t is
here that the most important work In the
bureau is executed Money is never print
ed from the original plate me plate useo
for prin ting Is really the consolidation or a
number of engrayings or portions OF the
note put upon it by hard steel rolls. bear
ing in relief that particular part of the bill.
Only the faces OF the DEAD are USED 1or
vieneftes on all legal securities of the gov
ernment This was decided upon some
years ago for obvious reasons. These men
thus honored must have been distinguished
in official life.
the work and the employees Those little
rolls of steel and plates are very valuable.
They mean a great deal, not only in their
excellence of workmanship but also to an
outsider who If he could get hold of one
of them might very easily set himself up
in business as competitor of the bureau.
Hence every piece of work, every tool and
every movement of the employe is closely
accounted for by people who are also under
surveillance and resp onsibility for the care
and security of the work
Strict Regulations for Employees.
No employe can leave the room from the
time of arrival until quitting time, and then
only when everything is reported correct
and in the hands of the custodian of the
vault where everything is securely. kept.
If a workman needs a tool or some work 1t
"a delivered to him only by requisition
through a regular and specific channel. This
system makes a, chain of responsibility.
Therefore an employe is a veritable link In
a chain that enwraps his workshop.
The plates from which the money is print
ed hold two or four notes. In other words,
money is printed in the shape of two and
four bills at a time-four of the small de-
nominational values and two of the large
bills.
The finished plate goes to the printer in
another division, and it goes carefully
guarded. Nothing gets lost In transit in
fhe bureau. unless it be ones job! A visitor
is actually afraid to pick up a piece of
paper from the floor. There are employees
whose duty 1t Is to gather and preserve
these scraps, bits and spoiled sheets-after
the employe who is responsible for them has
turned them over to the proper person to re-
ceive them.
The back or green side Of note is first
printed Then follows the printing of the
face Of the note, which shows the fac
smile signatures of the treasury officials.
The sheets are then run through number
ing presses. There are about twenty of
these presses Each press occupies the time
of two persons-a young woman to feed 1t
and a man to operate and watch the work
OF the machine.
Gets It's Legal Value at Treasury.
The printed sheets are then sent to the
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-01-22
REBEKAHS INSTALL OFFICERS
interesting Ceremonies Witnessed by
Large Crowd of Invited Guests.

Almira Lodge, No. 26, Rebekah De-
gree, held public installation OF
officers in the Odd Fellows hall,
Tuesday evening. Each member Of
the lodge was permitted to invite a
guest, and about 125 persons witness
ed the impressive ceremonies, which
we're conducted by District Deputy
President Mrs. J. E. Sibley.
The hall was tastily decorated with
ferns and mistletoe, and was lighted
by Chinese lanterns. Pink and green
ribbon hung in graceful festoons from
the ceiling, and handsome decorations
we're in evidence at the several officers
stations. After the new officers took
their seats, short musical program
was rendered.
At 10 o'clock the members OF the
lodge and their guests sat down to
one Of the most elaborate suppers ever
served in Dallas. A table extending
the full length of the large hall was
laden with the delicacies of the season,
and, in the merry hour that followed,
full justice was done to the bountiful
repast. Shortly before midnight the
guests took their departure, with many
words Of appreciation Of the hospitality
their hostesses Of the evening.
The new officers Of the lodge are
Miss May Shelton, noble grand Miss
Edith Houck, vice grand Miss Eloise
Phillips, rec. secretary; Mrs. Hattie
R5b ftsoin IT, rtsasGfer SsSsSisfr WIS. ss GAIA Ei
Rowell, conductor; Mrs, r. J. Coad
inside guardian; Mrs. VIII Wagner
outside guardian; F. J. Coad, r. S. N.
G. Miss Halle Reynolds, L. S. N. G.
Mrs. HI. H. Chace, r. S. V, g.; Mrs
W. A. Ayres, L. S. V. G.; Mrs. J. G.
Gaynor, chaplain.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-01-22
JURY'S VERDICT SET ASIDE
Judge Benson Grants New Trial In
the Case of Riggs VS. Hall
Brothers.

Judge Benson, Of klamath Falls,
who presided at the December term OF
Circuit Court in Lincoln county, has
set aside the verdict of the jury and
granted a new trial in the case of
I. A. Riggs VS.. Hall Brothers. This
case was brought by Mr.. Riggs, a
Dallas merchant, to recover $2O55
damages for the defendants failure
to deliver seven tons of chittim bark
which they sold to him under contract
at 81 cents pound.
At the time the contract was made,
the bark was worth about 3 cents a
pound, but, before the time for de-
livery arrived, the commodity had
reached the unprecedented price OF Ii
to 20 cents pound Breaches Of con-
tract were not uncommon when bark
reached the latter price.
The case was tried at Toledo in De
cember, and resulted in compromise
verdict of 81 damages for Mr.. Riggs
Judge Benson set aside this verdict as
contrary to the law and the evidence
and the case will be retired at the
July term of the Lincoln County
Circuit Court. Hall Brothers are
merchants at Siletz, Oregon.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-01-22
BRIGHT'S DISEASE.

The largest sum ever paid for pre-
scription, changed hands in San Fran
cisco, August 80, 1901. The transfer in
volved in coin and stock $ll2, 10000 and
was paid by party of business men for
a specific for Bright's Disease and Dia-
betes, hitherto incurable diseases.
They commenced the serious investi-
CATION of the specific Nov. 10, 1900.
They interviewed scores OF the cured
and tried it out on its merits by putting
over three dozen cases on the treatment
and watching them. They also got ply
sicians to name chronic, incurable cases,
and administered it with the physicians
for judges Up to Aug. %. eighty-seYen
per cent of the test cases were either
we'll or progressing favorably.
There being but thirteen per cent Of
failures, the parties were satisfied and
closed the transaction. The proceedings
Of the investigating committee and the
clinical reports of the test cases were
published and will he mailed free on ap
plication Address IoHN J. FULroN
COMPANY, 490 Montgomery ST., San
Francisco, Cal.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-01-22
! BUSINESS LOCALS.


Go to Wilson Drug Company fol
books and school supplies.
L. d. Brown, Notary Public; type
writing. With J. N. Hart.
DR.. Hayter, Dentist. Office over
Wilson'S Drug Store. Dallas, Oregon.
One Of the best horse-shoers in the
state will be found working at Wagner
Bros. shop. Give him a trial and be
convinced
Pioneer Employment Company fur
nishes all kinds of help on short
notice free to employers. 2l5 Nor
rison St., Portland, Or.
Go and see those fine bath tubs,
sinks and lavatories at Wagner Bros.
A first-class plumber is in their en-
ploy, and will satisfactorily do your
work.
WANTED Trustworthy lady or
gentleman to manage business in this
County and adjoining territory for
house of solid financial standing. 500
straight cash salary and expenses
paid each Monday direct from head
quarters. Expense money advanced
ger, COS, Monon Bldg, Chicago.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-01-22
DALLAS GREATEST NEED.

Dallas greatest need at the
present time is more business
buildings and dwelling houses.
There is not vacant dwelling in
the town, and the OBSERVERS
census report will show that in
many instances two, and even
three, families are living under one
roof. More residence property is
being purchased than ever before
at this season of the year. Renters
having the houses sold from under
them are compelled either to build
or move away from town. The
same conditions prevail in the
business district. Not vacant
store room can be found, and every
old wooden shack on the side
streets is occupied by a business of
some kind. Rents are steadily in
creasing, and merchants who do
not own their buildings are con-
stantly in fear of having to seek a
less desirable and prominent loca-
ton, or Of having to retire from
business in the town. In another
column of this paper appears the
"closing out sale" advertisement of
one Of Dallas prominent and enter
prising merchants, whose building
has been rented from under him
and who is unable to find suitable
building in which to carry on his
business. Dallas needs more
houses, and needs them badly. The
demand for houses at this COM
paratively quiet season of the year
is nothing to what it will be next
Spring and Summer. The building
situation is one that deserves the
prompt and serious consideration
of men who have capital awaiting
investment.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-01-22

1t is not too early to begin max
ing plans for "a grand Fourth OF
July celebration in Dallas this
year. The county seat town has
not celebrated the glorious Fourth
since 1901, and it is up to US to
day ID this year of our Lord, 1904,
in a manner beftting Dallas repu-
tation as live and progressive
town. Preparations for a proper
observance Of the day should begin
at once.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-01-22
Wood Wanted.

Notice is hereby given that, by order
of the County Court of Polk County,
Oregon, sealed bids will be received
at the County Clerks office for 40
cords of big, body fir, and 40 cords of
clean, straight oak grub wood, all to
be feet long grub wood to be from
9 to inches in diameter; wood to be
delivered at the Court House at Dallas
on or before September l, 1904. Bids
will be opened on Wednesday, Febru-
airy 3, 1904, at o'clock p. m. Court
reserves the right to reject any and
all bids.
q. S. LOUGHARY,
County Clerk.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-01-22
COURT HOUSE NOTES
REAL EsTATE TRANsFERs.


Jessie B Read and nd to Emma
NIFTY, block 25, Eola, $40.
w w Smith to G E Hanna ct ux,
GA. % acres, n s, r3w W, $4,000.
Joshua Mcdaniel ct ux to I A Riggs
40. AS acres, tt s, + A and W, $32l425.
Lawrence Strayer to W G Mcclure,
100 acres, tss, W, $35O0.
James Shepherd ct ux to James
Wooden, 90 acres, t s, RI W, $l2O.
VA Gross ct ux to James NJ Wooden,
2.95 acres, 8 s, RI W, $50.
MS Lines and nd to A Oberson, lot
Z, block 6, Hills Independence, $3.50.
United States to G w Pagett 1O4.35
acres, S, W, patent.
Ann E Turner to L G Reeves, lots 2
and 8, block IA, Thorps add to Thorp's
Independence, $525.
HIS Portwood ct ux to Reese Nc
Reynolds, tracts in Monmouth, $3.50.
Harriet L Veazie to Charles H
johnson, 56-1OO acre, Dallas, $84.
English Cemetery Association to
o j Bagley, cemetery lot, SIS.
JR Marks ct ux to J W Myer ct al,
so acres, s,r5 W, $3.50.
JIM Wooden ct ux to V A and A A
Gross, 8 acres, s, RI W, $50.
Carey T Martin ct ux to A M Pat
rick and J H Albert, und one-half int
80. SO acres, Z 8, W, 5000.
w @ Brown to w H Reid ct ux, LOT
Q, block 6, Gem add to Dallas, $500.
JR Hubbard ct uX to Eliza M Dorm
sife, tract in Shelton add to Dallas,
$3.50.
Paul Romeo to Fred E Howe, one
half acre, $, W, So.
Elizabeth Jones to J NJ Jones, 4C
acres, t raw, 81.
A F Courier ct ux to VIM Nc
Ginnis, lot IA, block II, 1st add 10
Falls City, $50.
Ellen d Campbell to FL S Fudge,
35. 10 acres, 6 S, + W, $1,000
J R Hubbard ct ux to 0 Fl Dim
mick, tract in t 7 S, r5w, 5000.
w H Reid ct ux to J R Hubbard,
tract in Shelton's add to Dallas, $500
CL Jones ct ux to J M Pickens, east
} lots and 8, block II, Thorp's Inde-
pendence, $165,
Roy Newbill to Buford Stone, 6
acres, 6 =, row, $45,
Louis Pfandhoefer to George Z
Johnson, 100 acres, t8 S, 7 W. $780,
Sarah Davis to L Lennon, tract in
Monmouth, 81.
Allin A Rogers ct ux to J q Allen,
1872. 20 acres, TT s, raw, $1,000
HI G. Luker ct ux to F A Erixson
3.75 acres, t7 S, 8 W, $500.
FA Erixson ct ux to G A Gray, und
one-half 3.75 acres, t7 s, r 8 W, $50.
George E Johnson ct ux to W W
Johnson Lumber Co., 4S0 acres, t 8 s,
i IrY W, I'll.
9 Farlow ct ux to Mrs S e Harden
brook, lot 2, block l2, Hill's Inde-
pendence, $780,
Julia Connoway to Rachel Hawkins,
lot 4, block A, Levens' add to Dallas,
$1,000.
Jacob Schweitzer, Jr., ct ux to Mary
A Winn, 4573 acres, s s, Nv, $685.. 95
A w Thornton ct ux to G W New
bill, tracts in Ballston, 1926.
Dallas City Bank to J W Brown
843. 25 acres, t 8 S, r W, 81.
MN Ellis ct al to Dallas City Bank
Rlckreall Touring mill property
$685. 500.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-01-22
Notice to Voters.

Notaries Public throughout the
county, in the several voting pre-
cincts, have been supplied with regis
tratlon blanks, and registration of
voters will begin January 4, 1904.
Register early and avoid extra ex-
pense to the county.
U. S. LOUGHARY,
County Clerk.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-01-22

Andrew Carnegie offers to give
Eugene a $4,000 library building,
but Eugene doesn't want it. Eugene
is wise; and SO is the city of Grants
Pass, which recently refused a
similar offer. Generosity of the
Carnegie sort may be appreciated
in the Eastern cities, but out here
in Oregon the people are not look
ing for any gift with $1000-a-year
string to it.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-01-22
CIRCUIT COURT DOCKET
Department No. 2-R. p. Boise, Judg

Judge Boise held an adjourned term
of Circuit Court for Polk County last
Wednesday and Thursday, and made
orders as follows:
Sarah e. st John VS. Chas. Hazel
ton and D. D. Gorsline, suit in equity
Butler and Coad for plff. Answer to
be filed in time to be fixed by parties.
10 J. L. Elkins VS. James Morgan
ct ux, suit to correct deed; Oscar Hay
ter for plff; Hurley & Holmes for
deft. Decree for plaintiff.
IA J. w. Brown VS. Mary Kemp ct
al, writ of review; w. H. Holmes and
Butler & Coad for plff; Oscar Hayter
for deft Defendant to answer within
10 days.