Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-01-06
DALLAS PROSPERITY
Brief and Concise Description of
POlk's County Seat In New
Year Statesman.

dustries and resources Of Marion and
Polk counties are set forth in an attrac-
tive style, and the entire paper is full
OF valuable information for the home
seeker Many thousand copies Of the
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ern States, and large number Of
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button at the Lewis and Clark Fair.
The information relative to Dallas
is presented in a brief and concise
form; and practically covers every
point of interest and Importance. The
article is as follows:
Dallas, the county seat of Polk
county, is so miles south of Portland
and IA miles west of Salem. 1t is on
the Yamhill division of the Southern
Pacific. 1t has motor line to Inde-
pendence and Monmouth, with cars
twice daily. There are two trains
daily to Falls City, and a stage to
Salem, daily.
Ninety new dwelling houses were
built in 1904.
Dallas has large number of sub
stantial brick buildings. One of the
best was built last summer by E. @.
kirkpatrick, the well-known hop
grower and dealer.
There are two newspapers, the Polk
County Observer, published by J. G.
Hayter, and the Polk County Itemiz-
er, by w. A. Wash.
Dallas Industries. Electric lights,
two sawmills, sash and door factory,
foundry, machine shops, Touring mill,
planning mill, hardwood handle fact
ory, tannery, brick and tile factory,
organ factory, wagon factory, ice
factory, stone quarry Polk county
court house built of this stone).
Churches. = Methodist Episcopal,
Presbyterian, M. E. South, Christian,
Baptist, Adventist. Allthese churches
have modern buildings.
United Evangelical-New building
just completed seats 800 people.
Educational.-Dallas College; 14O
students. The school is four years
old, and the endowment fund is near
ing $4,000. President Charles G.
Polling is now in the Eastern States
working to increase the endowment,
and is meeting with remarkable sue
cess. This is the only college of the
United Evangelical church west of
Iowa.
There are two public schools-40O
pupils in one and so IN the other.
Railroad to Falls City.-Completed
in 1903. Length, nine and half
miles. Dallas raised a subsidy of
$4,000 for this road. 1t is standard
gauge commercial road. 1t has a
large freight and passenger traffic.
Chief shipments. lumber and logs.
Rails are now being delivered for
three-mile extension into the big tim
ber beyond Falls City. This will
bring the road into one Of the finest
bodies of timber IN Western Oregon.
The road is owned and operated by
L. Gerlinger, capitalist of Portland.
L. Gerlinger, Jr., is resident mana
ger.
New Industries established during
the year 19O4.-"Charter Oak" saw
mill, owned by L. E. Knapp. Capacity, |
daily, 10000 feet. There is ready |
sale for the product 1t is located on
the terminal grounds of the Dallas &
Falls City railroad. The logs are de-
livered by rail from the oak hills be-
tween Dallas and Falls City.
Dallas Hardwood Handle Company,
Coovert & Weybright, owners. Manu-
factures axe handles, pick and ham,
mer handles, etc., pillow beams, tent
pins, insulator brackets, etc. Grub
oak is used. The quality of the wood
obtained around Dallas is said by ex-
perts to be the best in Oregon. This
factory finds ready sale for it's out
put in Oregon, Washington and Cali
fornia.
Dallas Ice Factory, John J. Fidler,
of the Dallas-Salem stage line, is
owner and manager. 1t is first-class
ice and cold storage plant. 1t supplies
ice for West Side towns, and has
agents in Independence, Monmouth,
Falls City and McMinnville.
Improvements on industries already
established.-The W. W. Johnson
Lumber Company, wealthy sawmill
men Of Minneapolis, are owners Of
the Dallas sawmill, Dallas leading
manufacturing concern. George E.
Johnson is resident manager. The
company spent $4,000 in improve
ments in 19O4-such as additional
boilers, machinery, lumber sheds, log
ponds, dams, ETC. Nearly the entire
product is shipped to California and
Eastern points.
Dallas Sash and Door Factory,
Frank J. Coad, owner. Built large
new building in 1904, and moved old
plant into it. Put in large amount Of
1t is a well equipped and
arranged plant. All on
ground floor, with skylights.
Municipal improvements city
water works completed in June. Cost
Of system $4,000. Gravity system,
mains. The water is
brought from Canyon Creek, a clear,