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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-12-15
Public Sale.

Luther Wallace will hold a public
sale Of personal property at his place,
one-half mile north of the Guthrie
schoolhouse, on Monday, December
Is, at 10 a. m. Among the property to
be sold are: 10 head Of goats, 20
sheep, 10 head of cattle, hay, straw,
oats, corn, chickens, etc. Frank Kers-
lake will act as auctioneer.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-12-15

In making its tax levy for 1906
prior to January /, it seems that Linn
county has not only "scooped" her
sister counties, but has exceeded her
authority as we'll The news of the
early levy has caused surprise in
official circles throughout the state.
The act Of the special session OF 1908
provides that the county court shall
make its levy in January, and it is
generally believed that if Linn county
has made its levy now it will be in
valid unless made again next month.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-12-15

A little crepe on Senator Mitchell s
desk in the senate would not have
blackened Senator Depew's reputa-
senatorial togas Of the balance Of the
virtuous and Immaculate senator's.
Salem Journal.
No; and it would not have lowered
Charles W. Fulton in the estimation
Of the people Of Oregon had he OBJ
served the time-honored custom of
calling attention to the death Of his
colleague and moving an adjourn
ment out Of respect to the dead sena-
tor. The virtuous Depews and Platts
might have objected, and the motion
might have been voted down, but in
such case the slight upon Oregon
would have been no worse than the
course that has been pursued by the
senators in completely ignoring the
death OF the senior senator from this
state. 1t seems to US that Senator
Fulton certainly owed it to the people
Of his state, and to the memory of the
man who made it possible for him to
reach his present high position, to
have performed this simple act of
respect. 1t doubtless would have been
displeasing to the odoriferous Depew
and few other sanity and dignified
hypocrites in the senate, but it would
have been appreciated by the people
Of Oregon, regardless Of party or
faction, and it would have done much
toward restoring the tranquility of
mind Of those who are beginning to
wonder whether Oregon's junior SEN
ator is a man or a mouse.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-12-15

The Salem Statesman says it would
be good thing for the capitol city
IL the Salem Portland electric line
never went any further than Wood
burn" And yet the Statesman wants
electric roads built into Salem from
Dallas, Independence, Silverton and
other valley towns. That was bad
slip Of the pen, brother editor.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-12-15
Christmasl

What will you give? We all like to
be kindly remembered. Would you
not rather get one of those fine Plati-
nun Photographs from a dear friend
than anything else? We have lots Of
new cards for this purpose.
I. J. CHERRINGTON.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-12-15
For Sale.

Farm OF 100 acres; all good land; 40
acres cleared; all lies well to farm
fine dwelling and barn; location cant
be beat; on R. F. D., right at school
near small town. A great bargain :;
$25OO.
H. G. CAMPBELL.
Dallas, Oregon.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-12-15

Boydston, J. D. Shaw, A. G. Rempel
directors.
19-Pauline Sears, teacher; J. G
White, F. Fl. Fawk, directors; J. r
Fawk, clerk.
20-Not represented.
21-Ellen Johnson, Sadie Lynn
teachers; w. H. Mckee, director.
22-C. J. Graham, teacher; boarc
not represented.
23-Myra Bowman, teacher; M. L
Miller, director
24-Eya Mulkey, teacher; J. H
Mulkey, E. Lorence, P. W. Sayres
directors.
25-L. F. Tharp, director.
2G-Fred S. Crowley, Inez Allen
teachers; w. E. Goodell, clerk.
27-Esther Savage, teacher; boarc
not represented.
28-Edith Fugate, teacher; J. F
Smith, A. q. Tedrow, directors.
29-T. J. Newbill. George Murdoch
R. V. Powell, Ivy Burton, Mary E
Scott, Ada Aldrich. Marie Church
Adona Cochrane, Mrs. Mary Tuck
teachers; d. A. Hodge, director.
3l-Jessie E. Smith, teacher; boarC
not represented.
32-Anna Jeffreys, teacher; A. Heise
director.
33-J. D. Butler, Bertha Rowe
teachers; board not represented.
34-W. r. Palmer, teacher; boarc
not represented.
35-Reva Buell., teacher; A. H. Wyatt
director.
36-EstelIa Dodson, teacher; board
not represented.
37-Naana Forbes, teacher; board
not represented.
3S-J. G. Reid, teacher T. S. Brown
J.W. Morrison, directors; ;J. H. Brown,
clerk.
89-Pearl Burk, teacher; A. G. Guy,
er, director.
4O-A. A. Roy, teacher; board not
represented.
4-Walter Ford, teacher; o. H.
Cobb, director.
42--Maude Hart, teacher; J. A. Bax-
ter, director.
43-Maude Cox, teacher; board not
represented.
44-Not represented.
45-Etta Waters, teacher; Finley Ed.
gar director.
46-Mrs. Wallace Brown, teacher ;
E. @. McTimmonds, Wallace Brown,
directors.
47-Leota Foster, teacher; VIM.
Simon director; John Simon, clerk.
4S-W. A. Yost, teacher; board not
40 - Sadie Richardson, teacher,
board not represented.
5O-Emma Damewood, teacher; J.
Boals, clerk.
5l-Lydia Campbell, teacher:J. NJ.
Farley, Ben Thompson, directors.
52-Not represented.
53-Cora Gay, teacher; J. NJ. Prick
,tt, director; Mrs. J. NJ. Prickett, clerk
54-Alice Baker, teacher; Mrs. w.
q. Mack, director, R. R. Riggs, clerk.
55-Not represented.
56-Mrs. w. A. Wash, teacher; J. J.
HcBee, ]. 1. Reasoner, directors; G.
". McBee, clerk.
57-H. @. Seymour, Ruby Reese,
Halle Morrison, Mrs. J. d. Meyer
eachers; G.. Nj. Tiee, director.
5s-Harriet Higgins, teacher; J.
Middleton, Mark Blodgett, Lee Hum
'hreys, directors.
59-Not represented.
6O-Mina Alderman, teacher; @.
L. Youngs, director; Frank Butler,
Jerk.
6l-NOt represented.
62-Not represented.
64-Caddie Hill, teacher; J. C.Peter-
on, director.
65-George Neathammer, director.
Christmasl
What will Won rive2 We all like To /
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-12-15
Land For Sale.

For sale, thirty-acre tract in Levens
donation claim, ope-half mile west of
courthouse in Dallas. Will sell in
one tract, or divide to suit purchaser.
FRANK ROWELL,
Dallas. Oregon.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-12-15
Notice

All our accounts have been placed
in the hands of Oscar Hayter for col
lection. All accounts must be settled
by cash or note by January l.
S. G. DODSON & co.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-12-15
Horses For Sale,

Two large work horses for sale.
A. BURKHALTER,
Polk Station, Ore.
Postal address, Dallas, R. F. D. |.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-12-15
Up.to.Date Dressmaklnc

Ladies' up-to-date tailoring and
dressmaking at the Big Store Of T. A.
Lucas, Falls City, Ore.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-12-15
Jersey Calves For Sale.

Two full blooded Jersey calves for
sale. Mutual phone, Black SIS.
O. E. DENNIS,
Dallas, Oregon.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-12-15

Lost in Dallas, a pair Of lady's tan
kid gloves; size, ST. Finder will
please return to OBSERVER Office.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-12-15
leat Hay For Sale,

Cheat Hay For Sale.
Choice cheat hay, SIS a ton. D. G.
order, Dallas, Or.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-12-15
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DR.. Hayter. Dentist. Office over
Wilson's Drug Store. Dallas, Oregon.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-04-26
Eat Your Pie and Have it Too.

This thing of eating pic and
still having it is ono OF the mooted
questions, but by the South Caro-.
lima lien system, we know many
cotton growers who eat their pie
bef"rs that pie 10 made.
The warehouse system enables
this same class Of cotton growers
as we'll as other classes to obtain
large advances on their cotton and
still bold control of the sale Of this
cotton until he can realize pro-
fitable price for it, when without
this advantage the farmer il forced
10 take what is offered when the
cotton is ready for sale, whether
current prices are profitable OF
ruinous. If this warehouse system
does put the grower who owns a
small minority interest IN The
warehouse cotton in control Of cot
Il Z. Z f.ga q q. #
ton, the major part of which he
! doesnot own-there Is as much fair
4 ness in this as in giving the tenant
the right under the lien law tc
control the product Of lands h'
does not own.
Cotton Is q world wide necessit.
on the market and consequentl,
the best collateral in the Who'll
world Of material things. soutl
Carolina cotton warehouse certifi
Gates, gotten ont by the proper eys
tom, sbonld be alont as good !
lCnelan.i 4 sif,i nth gu1.nline.
Nlie,ls d larlitpr fAs. a bale g
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-04-26

cotton IN q warehouse that is CON
trolled by himself and others mu.
tually interested, he has in reality
entered into kind of banking
business that may be ae good or
better than the ordinary banking
business for the reason that the
farmer here has the power to hold
his produce off tho market until
profitable prices may be had.
In China, the pawnbrokers are
the bankers Of the people, and We
may say that all articles represent
Ing invested capital are used and
utilized after the fashion of the
"thr,o ball gum when the time
comes to don the snmmer suit the
Chinamnn pawns his winter suit
and with the proct eds, supplement-
ell hy IL little cash, ho redeems his
previous summer suit. Articles of
evon such lrecarlrus value as
arms may be seen On parade With
the small pawn ticket dangling
frum oacn llflA, This is nn illus.
trAtlon Of a system tf business in
successful use by the heathen fol
centuries that ought to make the
Christianlzed South ashamed. Our
cotton is a real legal tendor on the
markets of the world and yet we
are just now trying to think about
utilizing this commercial powe,
that is vested in cotton, our grea,
staple crop.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-04-26
ORGANIZATIONS NECESSARY

Organization, Of course, is ono
of the essential features Of tho Ae.
sociation because without unity
there can be no strength. The or.
ganization Of the Association
throughout the various cotton pro-
ducirg States and Territories, is
patented after the political form
OF tho United States government.
Tho Association, III its head forms
alton, is made up Of representatives
from the l3 States ard Territories
producing cotton; each stnte divl-
sion is composed of a representative
delegate fromAachcounty or parish; !;
each parish or county organization
is composed of three representa-.
tlves from each civil sub division
and each civil sub -division IS made
up OF the units of the people. Thus
we have a centralized organization,
beginning from among the people
at the bottom aud working through
the counties or parishes up through
the state divisions and forming the
parent head The Southern Cotton
Association. The strength of the
Association is therefore, obtained
directly from the people, and it's
success must depend upon the peo-
pie whose interest it seeks to safe
guard and protect. 1t is move-
ment in which the sympathy, sun
port end active co-opeIlaa.,i,, af
every man Of bnsinss1aa = ,>.oe,a-
sion in tho SoyttkI-Isst ~ ,1,,:1 49,
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-04-26

,saa, q
. have the ready cash HnU Iarg'
stock Of strategy on their eide for
their use on their side for tho com;
ing campaign over the next cotWr
crop. Tho farmers have about five
months from now until the cotton
crop comes in to complete thoir Or
ganization and tain their forces
in business methods The cotton
grower has ten times the amount
of capital in his business that tho
cotton bears have in their business,
and if the cotton grower will con-
centrate only a very small amount
Of this c,pital into bonded ware.
houses he will foriify his position
and be able to take care of weaker
growers as we'll as others In order
to control prices the stronger and
better fortified growers must provide
protection for their less fortunate
neighbors. The best class Of grow
ers must take caro- Of the cotton Of
the weaker growers in order to pro.
tect their own cotton interest.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-04-26
EXISTING COND ITIONS.

F For the past fifty years the South
has directed its energies principally
in the production Of cotton; our
people have taken but little inter
est in devising the proper ways and
means for marketing the staple, OF
III obtalning proper and c rreot
knowledge Of the use to which our
cotton has been put and it's con-
sumption among the nations Of the
world. We have therefore known
but little of its value beyond the
price offered us by the people who
have come into our markets to pur-
chase 1t.
COTTON HAS NO COMPETITION
It is a we'll established fact that
the South holds complete monopo.
ly of the cotton crop OF the world,
and that no material which con be
woven into cloth can he used as q
competitor against American cotton
under 14c per pound. Our cotton
has but four competitors-wool,
flax, silk aud fortign-grown cotton.
1t Is only when American cotton is
sold at 14c per pound, that foreign
grown cotton can be profitably
manufactured as a competitor, and
the price Of the staple must to 25c
or 3Oc per pound to permit woolen
goods to bo manufactured as a
Competitor. The limited supply
of silk and flax places them beyond
the realm Of competition; hence,
we must conclude that the only
competitur to-day Of American cot.
ton is Surplus of American Cot
ton. The only reascn why the
price of our cotton has been depre
ciated below its maximum in Years
past and grne, has D. en- das to
either bad System Of marketing
with It ckless disregard Of lis sale,
or, to all over-production of the
staple, and PRINTING the over. pro.
ductiOn to he used as a hammer to
beat down The price of the staple
actually needed for consumption,
either through speculative iutlu
ences, or The combined energies OF
the exporters and spinning int crest
Of the world. With the knowledge
Of these facts, it is the imperative
duty of the cotton growers, aided
by the combined efforts of all the
allied business interest IN the South
to devise ways and means which
will protect the staple from depres.
sing influences winch haye annual
i ly robbed tho South from two
!, hundred to three hundrt Il millions
Of dollars thnt should have gone
Into tie p ckets Of Cur people.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-04-26
NON ANTAGONISTtC.

The Association does not propose
and will not antagonize any legiti-
mate line Of business CT industry
carried on iii tho SJuth, hut ON the
contrary, It's best energies will be
directed along the lines of higher
development Of agriculture, more
extended building of factories, wider
development of our commerce and
increasing our financial strength,
These are the foundamental under.
Lying principles Of this Southern
Cotton Association, and in that
work, It earnestly seeks tho active
cooperation Of III, entire agrcul-
tural, commercial an,; Fl AZ tei"l
Of the South.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-04-26
Three Best in Five in Favor of the
CDtt0n Growers.

We do1f our hat to tho cotton
growers. You remember that when
the big drop i'll cotton came last
fall Theodore Price as well rs many
other bears Said they would get
the balance Of this crop around five
cants and the farmers SAID they
wanted $50 or 10 cents ut ports,
who won? The grower has averaged
little over three Of tho tive csnts
at stake between the grower and
the speculator. This places the
farmer on record rs winning the
game against tremendous odds.
The farmers organizations are
in their infancy. 1t is hardly re
ckoned as being anything like
thoroughly organizsd, while th.
cotton bears have been at it ano
thoroughly organized for many
years. The farmer is now at hls
game. His side has had but little
training, but he has shown an i'm
mcnse amount Of pluck, grit and
good sense in this, tho first tussle
Of his campaign for fairness.
While the cotton bears have all
the advantage Of years of experience
and training, the cotton grower has
possession of tho coveted product
and he also has possession of eight.
tenths of the soil that is recognized
as the home Of the Gotten plant.
Besides these natural advantages
the cotton grower has it in his
power to reduce the acreage in cot
ton and absolutely control the sit.
uation of things by choosing his
own battlefield for his contest. The
cotton grow or has all the natural
! s-@-&==----A=sshilo the cotton bears
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-04-26
What the Southern Cotton Association
Stands For.
staple Gro

The Southern Cotton Association
stands for the South's supremacy
agriculturally, commercially and
financially. The present effort of
the association, looking to the re-
duction Of cotton acreage and use
of commercial fertilizer, Is merely
an incident in the great work which
it was organized TO perform. The
principal object of the s,ssoclation
is to unite iii one grand business
organization the Southern farmers,
merchants, bankers, cotton man
ufucturors und all ether allied lines
of business to develop the vast.s....gy
re
sources OF the South and to main
tain the price of our great staple
fcrop-COTTON, at fair and pro-
fitablo figure to tho producers and
cotton milling interest Of the coun-
try. 10 develop Southern ports,
extend the building Of cotton mills
and bring about closer trade rela.
tions between this country and
foreign nations. and more especial
ly with the Central and South
American Republics, to seek wider
al, ni ho L.
and cotton goods, 20 tho end, that
consumption may be made to keep
pace with the extended cotton pro-
duction. TO organize and perfect
a cotton company for the purpose
OF protecting the sale Of our cotton
and to Safeguard it from wide huc.
tuations that are brought about by
speculative influences. 10 encour-
age the building and maintaining
Of a first~:lass system of bonded
warehouses, iu which cott)n Can be
stored at q minimum cost, or en-
courage the proper storing of co.,
ton on the farm so that the crop
may be marketed in such quantities
as will meet the Legitimate demand
tor consumption. 10 encourage
the better handling of tho cotton
crop So that 1T may go to market
in the best possible condition and
thereby bring to each grover its
maximum value. 10 gather correct
and accurate statistics, bearing
upon the production, Manufacture
and sale of Cotton 80 thLt he pros
ducer will be as we'll informed upon
every phase of the great cotton III"
dustry Of the world as these who
handle the crop after it l'aoses from
the hands Of the grower,
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-04-26
GET TOGETHER AND STICK.

IOGErHItN AND SIlCh.
The Southern Cotton Association
will gladly cooperate with allied
organizations seeking to advance
and promote the general wolfare of
the farmers in particular and the
business interests of the South in
general. 1t will antagonize only
those interests tagonistic to the
general welfare Of our people. The
S ,uthern Cotton Association ex-
poets to havo member ship of two
million earnest, active workers be
fore the end IF the present year,
and rhrough it's broad, yet cornpact
business policies, absolutely pro-
tect and safeguard the future pros
perity Of our l6,O00,O0G pornla ton.
There should bo no antagonism
from any quarter among our own
people, but let us work in harmony
for II common cause and for a COM
mon purpose.
For detailed Information write
to the Secretary Of your State Di-
vision, Or to he Secretary of the
Southern Cotton Association,
Richard Cheatham, 921 Empire
Building, Atlanta, Ga. In unity
there is strength; in division there
is disaster. Let the New South
formulate its policies to SUCCESS
fully meet the changed conditions
inaugurated through Goth century
methods. In the meantime, meet
the present crisis which confronts
us at this timo by heavily curtaiI.
ing the cotton acreage for 1905,
diversity your crops and raise your
food supplies ut homo, theu all will
be we'll from North Carolina to tie
Rio Grande.
IN conclusion let mo impress
upon every man the high impor-
tance Of becoming at once a MEM
Der of this Association and earnest
ly work for its future success. 1t
makes no difference if you are a
member of another organization.
We need your corporation and as
sistance. This is a Southern m we
ment that should ut once appeal
t, tn, ondor som mt and loyalty Of
every Southern man.
Very truly yous,
HARVJE JORDAN
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-04-26
L s 7 y AGE
Conducted by the Farmers for the
Farmers.

Short Timely Articles that will be Benefit to our Readers vii, ba
Received, and Solicited for this Page Articles are to he
On any Phase or Subject Of Farming or Farm Life "
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-04-26

the splendid possibilities within
their reaca and how 10 develop
their great resources. Tie time
has come when the New South viii
iage it's stand in tho front ranks Of
the foremost nations Of the world.
I have absolute confidence in the
future of my country, and believe
tho time is rapidly approaching
when the South will be the richest
aud most desirable section OF this
great nation in everything which
pertains to advanced agriculture,
commerce, industrial activity aud
the highest type of citizenship Of
an educated commonwe ealth.
MEMBERSHIP DUES.
The annual membership dues
arc only 25 cents per member. The
fixed income Of the Association
and of the various State and Ter
ritorlal, County and Parish organi-
zations, is to be obtained by q II
annual assessment Of few cents
on each bale Of cotton produced by
its msmbers in 1906, and u small
psr cent. ON the capital stock Of its
members engaged in other lines OF
business throughout the South.
This system will distribute the
burden of maintaining tho Associu.
ton equitably Oh all iines of bust
ness alike and enable the Associa-
tion to safeguard and protect the
great staple crop Of the South
from the depressing inf1ue' Cas- of
foreign domination. Last Decem.
Der, without organized effort, the
spot holders Of cotton in the South
were forcAd TO submit to an actual
loss of 500 90 per bale, and it Was
nnly after thu great convention ut
Nv Orleans OH January Oath and
the CREATION Of the Southern Cot
ton Association buck ed by the
united efforts of the farmers and
other business interests in the
South that the tidal wave of de-
preston was checked. Snce that
time fully twenty-five million dol
lars in value have been added to
the spot cotton held in the South,
and this has been accomplished in
the face Of intense opposition OH
the part Of the strongest combina
ton over organized among the b AZ
clement Of tbs catstdoi'fn cagtsston interests of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-06
Very Dissipated.

There are a good many persons
who might be said to be dissipated
and "all broke up according to the
Japanese use of the word, illustrated
in the following anecdote:
They are telling in Boston of two
or three Japanese students of rank
who have been in the habit of dining
each Sunday at the residence of one
of the prominent citizens of the Hub.
On a recent Sunday one was absent,
and when the host asked why, one of
the guests said solemnly: oh, he
cannot come. He very, very dissi-
pated!' The host thought it best not
to make any further inquiry at the
time, but after the meal he ventured
to ask the same young man in prf-
vate. You say Mr.. MIN Shi is not
well?'
's'No, he not very well-he very dis
sipated.'
"'He hasn't been drinking?'
"tOh, no, no. he no drunk
mot gambling?'
"'No, no gamble
"'May 1 ask what he has been do
ing, then?'
"'Oh, he very dissipated. He eat
sponge cake alice time-he all broke
up now"