Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-01-20
ALL EYES ON OREGON
President Polling Reports Bright
Prospects For Polk County,
Dallas and Dallas College.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa, Jan. Ito
the Editor.)-I have just spent my
morning hour in reading the newsy
number of the Observer Of January 6.
1t is all interesting reading to us.
Even the lads" are carefully scanned,
SO that all who read in the home are
posted in what is doing in the home
town Of Dallas. Dallas, the beautiful
inland city, setting at the head of
most fertile and Eat valley" as
Grown upon the head of a beautiful
Queen. And the most beautiful Gem
in this Grown is the college midst
the Hills
have been waiting for an oppor-
tunity to pen a few jottings, but my
moments are so employed by the
many duties that crowd me, find but
little time for correspondence. We
have noticed with pleasure the many
new Improvements, the new residences,
and the enlargements in manufactur-
ing and business lines in Dallas, all
of which impress us with the idea of
increased prosperity We are also
impressed with the evidences of newly
found resources Of wealth Who knows
but Dallas may become center in
mining industry in the not distant
future? We can but hope this may be
the fact socn to be realized. These,
with many other reasons, cause us to
desire to soon be remembered with
the sturdy, strenuous citizens of the
Capitol Of Polk county.
We have been diligent, singing the
praises of Oregon, and especially the
Willamette Valley and reminding
the people of this old, slow-plodding
Keystone State of the coming Of the
Lewis and Clark Exposition, to be
held in Portland, the great Metropolis
of the Northwest. OF course, I always
urge those who contemplate this trip
to not fail to take the delightful run
up to Dallas on the Dallas cannon
ball' and see the fairest spot sentling
among the foothills Of Polk, and visit |
the various points of interest, and
especially the college midst the
Hills"
Your hotel men and livery stable
men should remember this fact and be
ready to accommodate the crowds of |
1905. They are certainly coming, and
many of them will make investments
in the valley, and in the future they
will settle in Oregon. Dallas and
surrounding valley will get her pro-
portionate share of these. Money ex-
pended judiciously in advertising our
section, in and around Dallas, will be
we'll invested and will bring large re-
turns
It is refreshing to read of your very
pleasant Fall and Winter, thus far, in
the Willamette. Here in the Allie
ghanies, until about December 20, we
were in the throes Of Winter and were
suffering for want of water. We had |
no rain in the Fall, and the streams
were about all dry. Many Of the
manufacturing plants had to close on
account of scarcity of water. In the
city Of Altoona, 40 miles East of us,
they were compelled to haul their
water by trainloads for so miles to
supply their engines. But a thaw
came, and with it heavy rain, which
filled the waterways and replenished
the cisterns and wells; then came
another heavy snow, and at the present
time we have about 20 inches of snow,
with the thermometer ranging from
10 degrees above to 5 below zero. To Ore
gonians whose feet are webbed and
whose backs are covered. with moss,
this weather is anything but welcome,
and is certainly not appreciated. But
we usually say, Experience is a good
teacher" and the instruction is
thorough; therefore, the result will be
that we will appreciate ''good thing"
better when we again possess it.
My work in the interest Of Dallas
and the College, for what is done for
the College is for Dallas,) is progress
ing favorably. Everything is now
taking shape so that permanent re-
suits will be realized. A great deal of
preliminary work has been done
plans with proper endorsements have
been laid, and we are now ready to do
personal and definite work in carry
ing them out. The task is great and
will require much more work, but 1
gladly give my time and energy to
the task, believing the cause is a most
worthy one.
Recently l spent a day at Myers
town, Pa, visiting Albright College.
This was a great pleasure, to meet the
men who stand in the front rank
among us as educators. They gave
me a royal reception, and asked many
questions concerning our work at
Dallas. I was glad could give a
good account of our work and the
workers. AS a result of my visit,
Dallas and Albright are drawn more
closely together.
Albright College is the alma mater
Of our genial Professor Dunkelberger;
and since Central Pennsylvania
College became the spouse Of Albright,
she is the alma mater Of our able and
smiling Dean Metzger and our faith