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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

A story is told in the Youths Com
panion of a newly rich woman who on
the occasion Of her daughters wedding
gave a large reception, for which mu-
sic was furnished by an orchestra Of
twelve pieces.
The leader of this orch estra was
violinist who had achieved a social as
well as a professional success, and the
rich woman evidently wished to recog-
nize this fact and make clear her
knowledge of it.
When the evening was half over, the
butler approached the musicians, who
were having a short intermission, and
in his loftiest manner he said, after re-
ferrng to a paper in hs hand
THE violin eats in the dining room,
the rest of the instruments eats in the
naufrV -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03
SIGNS OF SPRING

We know that it Is spring because
we see the roses tWines
We know that It is spring because
The carpets on the line;
We know that it is spring because
The loaded vans appear;
We know that It Is spring because
1ouse-cieaning time is hear;
We know that It Is spring because
we long to go and fish;
We also know It's spring because
We have sort of wish
TO quit our Job and 20 away
Out where the wild birds sing;
Oh, yes, indeed, by every sign
We know that it is spring.
The little birds have made their nests.
Ihey know that 1t is spring;
AZ ne cnappies now wear their white vests,
Iney know that it is spring;
wire has her Easter bonnet now,
She knows that It is spring.
Ihe 1cenan makes his morning row,
lie Knows thai It is spring;
our nelghoor mows his lawn at dawn,
he knows that it is spring;
And zshirtwaists now are made of lawn,
S1lrls know that it is spring;
me little coaxing ice cream sign
Makes us all know It's spring;
BY every twining climbing vine
We know that it is spring.
By every twining, climbing vine
We know that it is spring;
BY carpets hanging on the line,
BY tunes the wild birds sing,
~ every biushing flowers hue,
BY all the shades of green,
BY each days sky, rainwashed and blue
BY clouds that fit between
me azure dome and the green earth,
n BY a,l brooks ,,s that leap and run;
BY all the lifting fun
Ihat fills our hearts up trimming full
r, with JOY until We sing,
BY wish to fish that knows no lulI
We know that It is spring
Houston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

Governor Hoch says he is opposed to
the two-cent fare proposition until he
Is convinced that it Is a right and
proper one. Governor Hoch is correct
in his position. Not even a private citi-
zen should be in favor Of any PROPOSE
ton until he is convinced that it is right
But how long does Governor Hoch need
to investigate this question and what
does he me-. TO convince hin2 It was
a live issue In the last legislature and
a large number OF the Republican coun-
ty. conventions in Kansas this year de-
clared for it. It would appear as
though Governor Koch ought to have
informed himself somewhat on the sub
ject ly this time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

Governor Hoch as long as the story
lacked confirmation but when itswas
confirmed this paper believed that IFS
duty to It's readers and to the puohc
required It to give them the facts Its
duty has been accomplished, and as
the Republican. state convention has
eondoned Governor Hoch's action, the
incident Is closed so far as this paper
Is concerned
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03
REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR.
IRON the New York Press.1

Every man who stays married is a
hero.
Lots Of people would get up to see
the sun rise IL they could bet on it.
The trouble with being brilliant is
you can hardly ever make a living at
Mosquitoes show awful good judg-
ment by not appearing till openwork
shirtwaists come in.
A man can make up his mind he has
grown old when q girl isn't afraid Of
him in the dark.
One good thing about being in debt
is you don'1 have to lend money to
your relatives so they can pc.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03
A LITTLE DELAYED.

Hearst has waited until this late
time to take legal proceedings to vim
dictate his claim that last November he
was elected mayor of New York His
action strengthens the pre-
sumption that he would rather go be-
fore the people as a martyr than as a
mayor.-Troy Budget
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

A proposition that will appeal to the
average Kansan was that presented in
yesterdays convention by J. L. Bristow
that Kansas ought to stand right by
President Roosevelt in his fight for rail-
road regulation. and that the Republi-
cans of the state ought to speak in 70
uncertain terms on that question.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

Up at jamestown there are too
many school graduates to deliver their
orations all in a single evening. so the
graduation exercises viii be run in
installments. on the serial story plan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

There must be a lot of girls in the
east who, when they read of the in
crease in marriages in San Francisco
as a result of the earthquake. will wish
some such seismic CONFUSION would hit
this part of the country If it would have
the same effect on the matrimonial
market.-PhiladeIph Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

Senator I. D. Young really did not see
where either honor or opportunity for
usefulness lay in being made the minor
fly member of a railroad board set up
IN this interest Of the railroads. The
minority member in such a case some
times finds himself carrying much Of
the odium thai ought to belong solely
to the majority.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

The state hxers evidently had their
figures just about right. Last week
they were claiming Approximately 700
votes for Fitzgerald. and he fell less
than 25 below 1at figure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

Colonel A. w. Smith remarks that
Colorel William A. Harris won his
spurs in the rebel army" Which is. of
course. correct. but Colonel Harris also
won some spurs in the United States
senate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

II Speaker Cannon's prediction about
the laggard adjournment of congress is
confirmed. our legislative statesmen are
likely to undergo some unpleasant tests
of the qualities of Washington as
summer resort.@F1artford Times.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03
LOOK FOR IMMUNITY.

Unless the interstate commerce com
mission is exceedingly alert the coal
roads Will slip IN some immunity infor-
mation.-Detroit News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03
"a -COIINTER ATTRAcrION

LaFoIIette was asking too much Of
his fellow-senators to stay and listen to
a speech on the rate bill when newspa-
per extras with something really inter-
esting in them were to be had.-Balti-
more American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

Incidentally Henry J. Allen came out
of the Republican state convention big
ger than any man on the state ticket
and also bigger than any man on the
winning side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

In other words. California tells Uncle
Sam that she needs the money and asks
him to please pay up what he owes her.
Uncle Sam ought to be gallant enough
o. Ia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

Presumably it is not the prospect of
being permanently barred from the
pulpit so much as the possibility that
he may be barred from the profits that
is worrying Dowie.-Detroit Free
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03
ERO4 OTHER PENS

GETTING BACK AT THE ANTS.
In view Of the work of the United
States troops at San Francisco, even
Boston may admit that a. standing
army can have its uses.-New York
World
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

You viii notice that a farmer from
Baileyville. Kansas. got the real ova-
ton Of the convention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

Really now. just how much does the
average delegate have to do with run
ming = convention?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03
STRENUOUS CONFESS

Frank Ryan and George Kanayel
who are in a lively tussIe at Topeka
are trying to see which can wear the
loudest vest.-Leavenworth Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03
STIrRRs, Rn0M

w. R. Stubs has launched his SEN
atoriaI ship. It is on high sea with
uncertain passage .zIndependence Re
porter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03
THE DEsTRUCTION OFsTANFoRD.

THE DEF1 IftUNIiCIN u ? 7 IN SJls17'
While the Individual sufferers from
earthquake and fire on the Pacific coast
have first claim on our sympathy, the
disaster that has come to Stanford uni
versity will cause many heartache-
It is pathetic that the glorious struc-
lures, dedicated to liberal education and
raised to the memory Of the founders
dead son. a benefaction inspired by love.
should be DESTROYED by a CONFUSION Of
nature such as they were built to with
stand In beauty of design and charm
of surroundings there was no American
university like Stanford.-New York
Sun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

This is the season Of the year when
the tree lover" who knows nothing
about nature and her ways, gets out his
axe and saw and proceeds to massacre
his trees, under the delusion that he is
pruning them.=New York Evening
Mail
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

MT Aesop, think you have never met
4 p .ol ndunchausen- Gentlemen, allow me
20 present you to each othern
Baron, am delighted to meet YOU.
Sir 2'.-Chicago Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

DO you Underwriters ever make Jokes ar
your own expense2's
For the first few wears ali mr. sot-as
are made that way After that IL we're
lucky, we get paid for ,ern. 's-fcx
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

.yyimpson Is sluggish fellow. isn't he7'
o., = saw Sse14 nun going at dangerously rapid
Eli! Where was he gofng?''
To the nearest hospital He was too
lazy to get out of the way of 8 street
car. Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

place" - 1ia1
shl,,+ oo On see anything very attractive
~, y y, - WHAT hlnd OF place is it, any
p-sss an insane asylum New York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

7 see that a car containing soo ooo si,,,a-
dollars is on its way to New Yorir = 7--' .
Now is the time for the sociefv so,~
naliste to interview the owner - co.
land Plain Dealer. ASFs-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

,Tom-Oh, yes; can tell you that I
Philadelphia Press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

Elderly Man Greeting former acouafnt-
ance)-l remember your face perfecfIt-
HISS, put your name has escaped me.
me Dung WOman-I don't wonder II
escaped S,,l me three years ago am married
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-03

Maude-FIis auto bumped into the fenea
you say? What then?
Iom-I can't tell you what followed.
Naude-Why, don't you remember what
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-10-19
ENJOYABLE CONCERT
Musical Entertainment Nets Neat
Sum For Free Library
Fund.

The concert for the benefit OF the
Dallas Free Library at Woodman
Hall on Wednesday evening was one
Of the most enjoyable musical enter
tainments ever given in this city. A
large audience was present, and all
thoroughly enjoyed the evening OF
story and song. The entertainers
were Mrs. Katharine MacGregor,
pianist; Mrs. Sylvia Mcclure, reader
and Miss Ethel Lytle, of Portland,
soprano.
Mrs. Katharine MacGregor's two
piano numbers, the "Miserere" from
ii Trovatore and nocturne by Kar-
ganoff, we're received with favor by
the audience. Mrs. MacGregor is we'll
nigh perfect in technique, but her
execution lacks the expression and
warmth of feeling necessary to make
it thoroughly enjoyable. 1t should be
said in justice to her playing, how
ever, that the piano in the hall is not
one upon which the pest results can
be obtained in solo work.
A more pleasing reader and inn
personator than Mrs. Sylvia Mcclure
has not appeared before Dallas
audience. Nothing could be more
entertaining than her negro dialect
recitations, which, by the way, made
up the greater portion Of her numbers
on the program. Mrs. Mcclure is
Southern woman and has spent her
life among the people whose amusing
characteristics she is so fond OF por-
traying. 1t was worth many times
the price OF admission to hear her tell
of "Higher Culture in Dixie" and
'The Tanning OF Nicodemus." !" Mrs.
Mcclure has won National reputation
by her faithful portrayal Of 'darky"
life in the Sunny South, and the repu-
tation is we'll deserved.
After listening to the sweet soprano
voice of Miss Lytle, one does not
wonder at the popularity she enjoys
among the music-loving people of her
home city. Her voice is Of wide
range, and as clear as the notes OF
a silver bell, particularly in the upper
register. Artistic Interpretation and
purity and brilliancy Of tone-color
together with a pleasing stage pres
ence, combine to give her singing a
charm that is irresistible. Miss
Lytle's best numbers were Zardet
'Tonight" and the woodland Groom
Song" by Clutsam. The young lady
was gracious in responding to encorei
and sang some of the old familial
home songs in a manner that won the
hearts Of her audience.
The net receipts Of the concert vii
enable the Library to add larg'
/ number Of new books for the winters
reading.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-10-19
INDEPENDENCE NOTES

L. Damon was a Portland visitor
the first of the week.
Miss Emroy McDevitt, of Dallas, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. G. W. Conkey.
Roy Hawkins visited his father
.G. L. Hawkins in Dallas the last OF
week.
Dave Collins, of Seattle, visited his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. 81. Collins,
over Sunday.
Henry Patterson and daughter,
Miss Francis, of Portland, visited
relatives here over Sunday.
Dr. Eaton visited his family here a
few days during the week, returning
to San Francisco, Sunday.
Mrs. Ed ClodfeIter, Of Portland,
visited her mother Mrs. Cattron, at
Monmouth and relatives here last
week.
Mrs. U. G. Heffiey and Mrs. X. G.
Eldridge were guests Of Mrs. M. E.
Hendrick, in McMinnville, over Sun
day.
Walter Lyon spent a few days In
town this week. Mr.. Lyon has pur-
chased the Albany Herald, and will
take up his residence at that place.
The Oregonia made a trip up the
river. Sunday. the first Of the season.
Regular trips will soon be resumed.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-10-19
ONE DEAD; ONE MISSING
Fatal Dynamite Explosion at Sheri-
dan Lumber Company's Logging
Camp on Mill Creek.

Word reached Dallas yesterday
noon that the body Of young
man named Hill had been found
in Mill Creek, five miles above the
Sheridan Lumber Company's sawmill.
The young man and companion had
been blasting for the Sheridan Lum-
Der Company, and his death was
caused by a premature explosion of
dynamite. The men we're working
alone, and nothing was known of the
accident until Hills body was found
in the creek. On the bank were many
tons Of loose rock and an unused fuse,
indicating a premature blast. Hills
body was badly mangled and his
neck was broken. The body OF the
other man, Bennett, cannot be found.
Hill was a Russian Finn and had no
relatives in Oregon. Benefits mother
lives at the sawmill. Coroner Chap
man, G.. N. Cherrington and DR.. Boil
man arrived home from the scene OF
the accident at 8 o'clock this morning.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-10-19
Deafness Cannot be Cured

nv local applications, as they cannot reach the
Taeased portion OF the ear. There is only one
~ , to cure Deafness, and that is by constitu-
icnai remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
ae,n@1 Condition of the mucous lining of the
aSIstarfiar, Tube When this tube getsinhamed
jon hayo q rumbling sound or imperfect hear
NJ. ari when IL is entirely closed Deafness 10
he result, ald unless the Inflammation can De
,ondition. hearing will be destroyed forever;
,i.,e eases out Of ten are caused BY catarrh,
Mon u nothing but an infamed condition OF
he mucous surfaces,
,ase ~ Deafness (eaused by catarrh) that cam
t be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send FOL
yirculars, free. - ,u.,. N
AZ .'.1a nv Druggists. 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-10-19
Legal blanks at this office

Legal blanks at this office.
A. Q. !, Taylor, Of perrydale, was i
town, Tuesday. ""' iu
Many families from Tavoa
settling in and around Dallas @is
George Ball has moved from Mr.
Mlnnvllle to his farm near Ballston
A persimmon tree on John Young. !.
larm near Independence is making =
thrifty growth. . q
License to wed was granted t.,
Albert A. Siewert and Miss Nancv = n
Heise, Wednesday.
The North Dallas school opened for
Inc IN winter term Monday, with Mrs,
W. A. Wash as teacher.
1t is reported that Walter Lyon has
purchased the Albany Morning
Herald A good property. .
0. L. Carter left yesterday for
Klamath Falls, where he NAV decide
to remain for the winter.
Ralph Garter, agent for Portland
journal. Leave orders at Belt g.
Cherrington's drug store.
When in Dallas stop at the Cottage
Hotel First-class rooms. Excellent
cuisine. Reasonable rates.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Holman. of Falls
City, are the proud parents of new
girl, born Sunday, October IA.
The dance to have been given at
Woodman Hall has been postponed
until tomorrow Saturday night.
Mrs. J. M. Bum, Of North Yamhill,
was a guest at the home of Professor
and Mrs. d. M. Metzger this week.
Mrs. Lottie Hedges Doris and her
sister, Mrs. D. Davidson, of Inde-
pendence, were Dallas visitors, Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar J. Bryan came
up from Portland, Saturday evening,
and visited with friends until Tues
day.
Judge and Mrs. Ed. F. Coad will
celebrate their twenty-flfth wedding
anniversary at their home this eve
ming.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church are preparing to give "Aunt
Jerusha's Quilting Party in the near
future.
Judge William Galloway is holding
an adjourned term of Circuit Court in
Dallas to dispose Of some accumulated
business.
Mayor f. A. Lucas, Of Falls City,
passed through Dallas yesterday on
his way to Portland to buy goods for
his big store.
I have had my summer outing and
from now on will be at my photo
studio from until every day. t. J.
CHERRINGToN.
Lester Neal, a McMinnville young
man we'll known in Dallas, was
recently married to a Miss Newcomt
in Hoquiam, Wash.
W. r. Ellis, agent for the Oregonian
and Telegram. Leave your order
and have it delivered to your door by
the day, week or month.
have just received fresh line Of
"Lowney's" famous chocolates anc
bon bons in pound and half pound
packages. W. r. ELLIS.
The enrolment at the Agriculture
College this year is 655 students
which is nearly 100 larger than evel
before at this time of the year. Th'
probabilities are that there will be a
least 800 students in the institution
during the school year.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-10-19

Mrs. Eliza Emmons ceIebratad u,
09th birthday, Sunday. She Is eniov-
ing excellent health for one Of her
advanced age.
Don't forget those fine photos on
very very line cards, at $3.50 per dozen.
Bust full figure or group. This i a
special 7. J. oHERRINGToN.
u d. L. Toney, dentist; graduate
Of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Office up
stairs Uglow building. Hours 8 to 70
ana TO s. Examinations free. Phone
As.
A stranger suffering from smallpox
was sent to the Salem pesthouse this
week. He claims to have contracted
tne disease in an Independence hop
yard.
The Margarita Fischer Company
closed a successful engagement at
Woodman Hall, Saturday night. The
company went from here to Indepen-
dence.
F. G. Ebert, J. P. Wagner and FL.
doodenough, subscription solicitors
for the Morning Oregonian, are work
ing ID Dallas this week, and report
excellent success.
&. L. Whitaker and Miss Minnie
e. Smith, both of Independence, we're
married atthe Evangelical parsonage,
Wednesday afternoon. by the pastor,
Rev. N. W. Sager.
The cornerstone Of the new Masonic
Temple in Portland will be laid Satur-
day. Tt is probable that . large num-
ber of Masons from Polk county will
attend the ceremonies.
Frank Muscott is out again, after a
severe attack of pneumonia, and ex-
poets to soon be able to resume his
work as conductor on the Dallas and
Falls City passenger train.
Ernest Wickstrom and Frank Gill
lice, formerly Of Polk County, are
Chief Of Electricians and Engineer,
respectively, of the large new steam
heating plant at the Treadwell mine
in Alaska.
Hon, D. L. Keyt was up from Perry
dale on business visit yesterday.
He says the demand for the product
Of his Touring mill keeps the
machinery running early and late to
fill the orders.
Clay Shepard, the once active
Y. M. G. A. leader at o. A. G. is re-
ported as very low with tuberculosis
at his home near Salem. This will be
sad news to his host Of friends in this
city.-Corvallis Times.
John Helgerson and Miss Anna M
Darling were married at the home ol
the brides mother, Mrs. Lucy Darling
Sunday. Justice Hardy Holman pro
nounced the words that made then
husband and wife.
Henry Mckee, of Perrydale, narrowly
escaped losing his left hand by thu
accidental discharge of a gopher gul
one day this week. The shot tori
away the flesh from the thumb ant
first two fingers, making a very pain
full wound.
Thirteen colts we're exhibited at tn
Percheron colt show in Independence
Saturday. The first prize wa
awarded to John McClain, OF Suvei
on a colt months old and weighing
742 pounds. Clarence McCaleb's colt
Al months old and weighing So
pounds, was awarded second prize
Amos Holman, of Dallas, manage
the show, and Will Tatom acted a
one Of the judges.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-10-19
Prune Drylng Over.

The prune drying season is over
and all the big dryers around Dallas
have ceased operations. The crop
was heavy and of excellent quality
this year and was saved in good
shape. It is probable that the per
centage Of loss on account Of rain and
scarcity OF help was less in the
Dallas district than elsewhere in the
valley. Ready sales are being made
at prices ranging from 81 to 81 cents.