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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-01-05
QUIET HOME WEDDING
Mr.. Lee Smith, Of Dallas, Weds
Miss Bertha Barrie, of
Grants Pass.

The wedding of Lee Smith, of Dal-
las, Oregon, and Miss Bertha Barrie,
held at the residence of the brides
aunt, Mrs. J. X. Pigney, in Grants
Pass, Wednesday evening, December
81, was a quiet affair, only the immed-
late relatives of the bride and a few
intimate friends being present. Rev.
H. H. Brown, of Bethany Presbyterian
church, officiated and the ceremony.
was performed in an impressive man
ner. The rooms were tastefully deco
rated for the occasion, and light
refreshments were served and enjoyed
after the conclusion Of the ceremony
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith left on the early
train Friday morning for Portland,
where they will make brief visit.
after which they will go to Dallas,
where they will be at home to their
friends after January |.
Mr.. Smith is a machinist and pro-
prietor Of cyclery in Dallas, and is
man of recognized ability and
sterling worth Tho bride, with the
exception Of the past few years when
she has been following her vocation
as a milliner in Portland and other
places, has been a resident Of Grants
Pass since early childhoods She is a
talented and highly estimable young
lady, and has always been popular in
social and musical circles in this city
where she has very many friends and
acquaintance. Grants Pass Courier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith arrived in
Dallas this week and are staying at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E, Smith
until they can secure dwelling
house. On Tuesday evening. a re-
ception was rendered them by the
members Of the Epworth League. A
pleasant evening was enjoyed, about
so guests being present Mr.. aud Mrs.
Smith we're presented with beautiful
Bohemian vase as slight token Of
the esteem in which they are held by
their friends in the League.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-01-05
MASONS HAVE FINE HALL
Members of Amity Lodge Hold
Installation and Banquet In
Their New Building.

Amity Lodge, A. F. & A. NJ, held
its annual installation of officers in
the new Masonic Hall, in Amity, last
Wednesday forenoon, which was fol-
lowed by a banquet in the afternoon.
A large number Of members were
present with their wives, and took an
active part in the preparations for the
occasion. Many members from sur
rounding towns were present Rev.
Joseph Hoberg, of McMinnville, made
the address Of the day which was we'll
received.
The officers installed are as follows
w. NJ, Horace Wood; S. W., w. s.
Fuller; J. W., r. A. Campbell; secre-
tary, S. D. Thomas; treasurer. Geo E.
Wood; deacons, J. A. Willy and M.
Campbell; stewards, George Kelly
and G. A. McCulloch.
A chapter of the Order of Eastern
Star, for the wives and daughters OF
Masons, will be organized shortly.
The Masons of Amity are justly
proud Of their new hall, for they are
now in position to entertain their
guests in a royal manner.-Amity
Enterprise.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-01-05

1t invigorates, strengthens ana
builds up. It keeps you in condition
physically, mentally and morally.
That's what HOLSTERS Rocky Mount
ain Tea will do. 95 cents, Tea or Tab
lets. Belt & Cherrington.
6. B. Huston, of Hillsboro, has
made his declaration Of principles for
the Republican primary campaign
which is to end April 20, when the
nartv will choose its nominee for Con
qress in the First District Candi-
date Tooze announced his principles
last week. Mr.. Huston, like Mr.
Tooze. advocates harbor improvement
of the Columbia River, Coos Bay and
Yaouina Bay; National ownership OF
the Oregon City Locks; Chinese e1-
elusion; more pay for rural mail
carriers; liberal pensions for soldiers
Of tbe Civil War and Of Indian wars,
and better recognition for Oregon in
National irrigation projects.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-01-05
ACROSS THE SILETZ
Railroad From Dallas Will Reach
Fine Body of Timber in
Coast Mountains.
(New Year oregonian.)

(New Year Oregonian,)
Among the independent railroads
which have passed from the stage of
projection into that of construction
and operation, that bearing the some
what imposing title OF Salem, Falls
City & Western is worthy of especial
notice. The company is about %
years old. Construction started from
Dallas, the seat Of Polk county, in a
southwestward direction. The first
objective point was Falls City, on the
Little Luckiamute River, at distance
of 81 miles. The falls of the river in
question here develops considerable
water power, but partially utilized at
present Here are located three saw
mills and two planning mills, which
aggregate an output of 125,00 feet of
finished lumber daily. The town has
a population now Of about 800 people,
and looks forward to still more rapid
growth, as new manufacturing enter
prises are founded.
Up to this time the road has been
built and opened for operation 81
miles west of Falls City, and has
reached we'll into a magnificent body
Of timber which is to supply traffic for
many years TO come. This timber
consists of Oregon fir, larch, cedar
and hemlock, the trees ranging from
two to seven feet in diameter, and
from $50 to $50 feet in height. There
are five townships of such timber,
through which the line has been
located, estimated to yield an average
of 100000 feet of lumber to the
quarter section.
The westward course OF the road is
over the divide between the Luckia-
mute and the Siletz Rivers, with a
terminus on Siletz Bay, distance Of
about 40 miles, through a country
covered with timber of the first class,
and in which several prospects Of coal
have been discovered.
AS the timber is cleared off, fertile
soil is made available for the stock
raiser and farmer. The district is
specially adapted to both cattle and
goats. Glover and tame grasses sue
ceed perfectly, and fruit Of high
quality is grown by all the settlers.
The road is stated to be paying its
way as far as constructed and operated,
and for 1905 net earnings of $40, 800
are reported
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-01-05
Merry Holiday Party.

Little Miss Lucille Dalton enter
tained twenty-five of her young friends
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. V. Dalton. on the evening Of
December 26. Games were played,
ice cream and cake were served, and
a merry time was INDUCED in by the
young people. Those present were
Mildred Owen, Mabel Ellis, Margaret
Hodge, Opal McDevitt, Dole Pomeroy,
Ted Cooper, of independence Johnny
Burt, G. Butler, of Monmouth Halle
Coad, Bessie Hayes, Pauline Van
Orsdel, Effie Farley, Frances Byers,
Buena Fiske, Claudia Coad, Pete
Greenwood, Erwin Gone, Roy Finseth,
Carl Fenton, Earl Burke, Robert
VanOrsdel, Harry Byers, Clarence
Charley Lynn, Oscar Smith.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-01-05
FAVOR INDIRECT TAXATION
Would Raise Large Portion of State
Taxes by Taxing Corporations
and Franchises.

The following resolutions were
adopted by the farmers and shippers
congress, held under the auspices of
the Willamette Valley Development
League, at McMinnville on November
IL, 1906
Whereas other states have found
means of raising the larger part of
the revenues needed for carrying on
their respective state governments by
indirect taxation, and in many states
conducting the state government with
out levying any direct taxes on
property and
Whereas the present system neces-
sitates state tax this year of over six
mills, and the state tax has for many
years averaged from five to eight
mills, and is a serious obstacle to the
development of the state; and
Whereas the state Legislature has
failed to pass any and all bills intro
duced for the purpose of raising reve-
nues by direct taxes on franchises and
gross earnings of corporations now
untaxed now therefore, be it
Resolved, That we as land owners
and business men in mass convention
assembled protest against a continu-
ance Of the present system of taxation,
and as we sincerely believe the present
system is an unjust one to the pro-
ducers and owners of farms, homes
and personal property who produce
and own the tangible wealth of the
state.
Resolved, That at least one half of
the state revenues should be derived
from indirect sources and intangible
property of corporations, and gross
earnings Of the same, inheritance
taxes, income taxes, taxes on stocks
and bonds.
Resolved, That taxation should be
extended in that direction so as to re-
duce the direct taxes for state pur
poses to not over three mills per
annum, and that all revenues re-
quired above that limit be obtained
by indirect taxation along the lines
above indicated" "
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-01-05
NEW BOOKS FOR LIBRARY
Patrons Are Requested Not to Leave
Books During Librarians
Absence.

Patrons of the library are requested
not to leave books on the Librarian s
desk, except when some one is present
to give proper credit, as confusion
results and books are liable to be lost.
Furthermore, it is absolutely forbid
den to anyone to force open a case
and take books This has been
thoughtlessly attempted few times,
and all will readily see the justice OF
the ruling against such a practice.
The following books have recently
been received.
Home Games and Parties-Mott.
Essays-Emerson.
In India-Stevens.
White Aprons-Goodwin.
Beyond Chance of Change -Shafer
Jan Vedder's wife fe-Barr.
John March-Cable.
Old Chester Tales-Deland.
Rise of Silas Laphams-Howells.
Diana of the Crossways-Meredith.
Treasure Island Stevenson.
Story Of Waterloo.
Her Ladyship's Elephant-Wells.
Our Little japanese Cousin-W Wade.
Little Jarvis-Seawell
Our Little Russian Cousin Wade.
Hero of Erie-Barnes.
Jack of All Trades-Beard.
Fighting a Fire-HilI.
Paul Jones-HeawelI.
Industries Of Today-Lane.
Lullaby Land-Field,
Things a Boy Should Know About
Electricity-St John.
Innocents Abroad Mark Twain.
Huckleberry Finn-Mark Twain.
How to Keep Well-Crandall.
Story of Primitive Man-Clodd.
Cathedral Days-Dodd.
Destiny of Man-Fiske.
Merchant of enice-Shakespeare.
Midsummer Nights Dream, Shakes
peare.
Henry the Fourth-Shakespeare.
Twelfth Night-Shakespeare.
Stories from Hans Anderson.
Arabian Nights.
Guthrie Of the Times-Altsheiler.
Song of Single Note-Barr.
DR.. Latimer-Burnham.
Princess of Thule-Black.
Little Minister-Barrie.
Count of Monte Cristo-Dumas.
Ransom's Folly-Davis.
First Book of American History
Masterpieces of American Litera-
Les Miserables-H Hugo
Three Men In a Boat-Jerome.
Old Nam selle's Secret -Marlitt.
Old World Wonder tories-O'Shea.
Mrs Wigs of the Cabbage Patch
Rice
The Making of An Americana
Book of Legends -Scudder.
Table and Folk Stories-Scudder
Black Beauty-Sewall.
Coming Of the Tide Sherwood
Henry Esmond-Thackeray.
The Virginians-Thackeray
Under Sunny Skies-Youth's Com
panion Series.
Rose o the River-Wiggin.
Worlds Rough Hand-Whitmarsh.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-01-05
"HalI OF Shame" for Grafters.

An eccentric millionaire of Penn
sylvania has evolved an idea that he
believes will act as a deterrent to
graft and capitalistic oppression. His
opinion is that a "Hall of Shame"
should be erected where the names Of
those who have won notoriety by out
rageous acts within the pale of the
law may find disreputable i'm
mortality. He offers 100000 toward
building a "Hall of Shame" The
insurance inquiry just closed would
furnish some candidates, according
to his idea.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-01-05
Soil

Impoverished soil, like impov-
erished blood, needs a proper
fertilizer. A chemist by analyz-
ing the soil can tell you what
fertilizer to use for different
products.
II your blood is impoverished
your doctor will tell you what
you need to fertilize it and give
it the rich, red corpuscles that
are lacking in it. 1t may be you
need a tonic, but more likely you
need concentrated fat food,
and fat is the element lacking
in your system.
There is no fat food that is
so easily digested and assimi-
lated as
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-01-05
This Life OF Me.

l am dreaming alone in the twilight,
Watching the shadows fall
From Heaven on the golden sunset,
Like the mantle of Death over all.
The shadows fall lower and lower,
Over the deep, dark sea,
Like the weary years that have fallen
Over this life Of me.
LIZZIE MILLS BEALL.
Seattle, Wash, Dec. 80, 1906.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-01-05

You will not fiud beauty in rouge
pot or complexion whitewash. True
beauty comes to them only that take
HOLSTERS Rocky mountain Tea. It
is wonderful tonic and beautitier.
35 cents Tea or Tablets. Belt & Cher
rington.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-01-05
Students Enjoy Themselves.


Headed by President Ressler, a
jolly band OF about fifty students of
the Monmouth Normal School char
tered steamboat at Independence
Friday and came down to the capital
for a days outing, says the Statesman.
They took possession Of the state
house for a time and held a mock
session of the Legislature In the senate
chamber where they enjoyed all the
fun that could be manufactured for
an hour or so. The male members
ignored woman suffrage and refused
to allow the ladies TO participate
in 'law making" but they passed
several measures to a satisfactory
conclusion, chief among them being
an appropriation Of 100000 for the
Monmouth Normal school. Some
flights Of forensic eloquence were in
dulged in, and no ''third house" could
surpass the session in genuine amuse-
ment. They then repaired TO the peni-
tentiary, asylum and other institutions
and put in the day 70 their full salts
faction, returning home by the even.
ing boat
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-01-05
To the Members OF the oregon Fire
Relief Association.

You are hereby notified that the
annual meeting of the Association
will be held at Burns Hall in Nc
Minnville, Oregon, on Tuesday, Janu-
ary Q. 1906, at 10 80 a. M, for the pur-
pose Of electing three trustees, and
attending to such other business as
may properly come before the meet
ing. All members are respectfully
invited to attend this meeting.
w. @. HAGERTY,
Secretary.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-01-05
No Escaping II,

A wedding in the White House is
scheduled for an early date. Already
the press has begun the soldering,
and for a time the couple will be
photographed, talked about and re-
written until the long suffering public
will be sickened completely. 1t is the
way Of the world, and illustrates the
foppish yellow streak in the great
American people. Gervais Star.
The Meeker herald., 1906-06-02
A Valuable Agent.

The glycerine employed In DR.. Pierce's
medicines greatly enhances the .medi-
cinal properties which II extracts and
h oS would q, Il Also o1 possesses msdicinsl
'properies Of It's own, being . valuable
demulcent, nutritive, antiseptic and anti
.fernent. It adds greatly to the efficacy
Of the Black Cherrybark, Golden Seal
tsined in Golden Medical Discovery" in
subduing chronic, or lingering coughs,
bronchial, throat and lung affections,
for all Of which these agents are recon-
mended by standard medical authorities.
In al ess there Is
weak stomach, IS in the early stages Of
consumption, there can be NO doubt that
glycerine acts as valuable nutritive and
aids the Golden Seal root, Stone root,
promoting digestion and building up the
flesh and strength, controlling tho cough
and bringing about healthy condition
Of the whole system. OF course, II must
not be expected to work miracles. 1t will
not cure consumption except in It's esrlier
stages. 1t will cure very severe, obstin-
ate, chronic coughs, bronchial and laryn-
geal troubles, and chronic sore throat
with hoarseness. In acute coughs It Is
not 50 effective. 1t Is in tho lingering
coughs, or those Of long standing, even
lungs, that Il has performed IL most
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little book of extracts, treating Of the
properties and uses of the several med
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Golden Medical Discovery and learn Why
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Buffalo, N. Y. The Discovery con-
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bottle wrapper in plain English.
Sick people, especially those suffering
from diseases Of long standing, are invited
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correspondence is held as strictly private
and sacredly confidential. Address Dr..
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DIR. Pierce's Medical Adviser IL sent fy,s
on receipt Of stamps TO pay expense Of
mailing only. Send 81 one-cent stamps
for paper-covsred, or 81 stamps for cloth.
bound COPY.
The Meeker herald., 1906-06-02
SUGAR PRODUCTION
RAPID ADVANCE in COLORADO
State Shows Twsnty.Nins Per Cent. Of
the Production Of Beet Sugar
In the Entire Country.

From the report recently prepared
for Congress to review the progress OF
the beet sugar industry in the United
States, 1t is to be seen that Colorado
easily forged to the first place in pro-
duction last year, attaining lead over
all other states from which 1t will not
be soon dislodged. With S5,S57 acres
In beets against 1888 acres in Mich
lgap. the nearest state In point Of acre
age, Colorado produced 875,154 tons Of
beets, which yielded 81 ,G0S.45 tons of
sugar, against 73,S93.45 tons made in
California. the closest competitor In
point OF yield.
The business as a whole required
307 ,364 acres, yielded 2,665,913 tons of
beets and 312.920: 60 tons of sugar last
year. With about twenty-seven per
cent. OF the acreage, Colorado pro-
sugar.
Some interesting figures have been
drawn from the estimates made in the
report on production for the present
year. The total Of the cane sugar crop
for 1906 is estimated at Cos. $4,000
pounds, while that Of the beets, allow
ing for the new factories that are to
be ready for the coming campaign. Is
placed at 7S3,200,000 pounds, the beet
output passing that of cane sugar in
the year. The total yield Of 1,4S2 $780,
900 pounds of sugar will be made en-
tirely from the portion of the country
lying west of the Mississippi river.
and exceed by 48,150.495 pounds the
amount of sugar consumed by the
same territory last year, leaving for
export" to the states east Of the river
a quantity equal to the quantity con-
sumed in Montana, Wyoming. New
Mexico and Idaho in 1905.
These figures help to show the
growth Of the sugar-making industry
In Importance. This will be the first
year the sugar.growing states OF our
country have produced enough for
their own consumption. With this
years crop they begin to supply some
thing of the enormous demand OF the
states east of the river. AS the beet
fields Of Colorado spread and the fac
tories multiply, this state will more
and more be sending to Eastern mar
kets a commodity for which the de-
mand is practically unlimited. Not
| only are the beet growers and sugar
factories keeping at home an immense
sum of money that has been annually
flowing to the outside, but they are en-
Itering upon the period when they will
be sending their product afar and
drawing back to the state millions OF
money in the competition for which
the Colorado soil knows NO rival
Denver Republican.
The Meeker herald., 1906-06-02
Re WENT on CRUTcHES
Al Medicines Failed Until Or. vii.
fams' Pink Pills Cured His
rheumatism,

"Some years ago." says Mr.. W. II.
Clark, a printer, living at 6l2 Buchanan
street, Topeka, Kans., II had a bad at
tack Of rheumatism and could not seeIA
to get over it. All sorts OF medicines
failed to do me any good and my trouble
kept getting worse. My feet were so
swollen that could not wear shoes and
had to go on crutches. The pain was
terrible.
zone day I was setting the type Of an
article for the paper telling what Dr..
| Williams Pink Pills had done fora man
| afflicted as was and was SO impressed
with it that determined to give the
medicine trial. For a year my rheu.
matism had been growing worse. but
after taking DR.. Williams Pink Pills l
began to improve. The pain and SWELL
ing all disappeared and can trutlfully
shy that haven t felt better in the past
twenty years than do right now. l
| could name, off hand. n half-dozen peo-
pie who have used DR.. Williams Pink
Pills at my suggestion and who have re-
| ceived good results from them.'
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are guaran-
teed to be safe and harmless to the most
delicate constitution. They contain no
morphine, opiate, narcotic. nor any
thing to cause drug habit. They do not
act on the bowels but they actually make
new blood and strengthen the nerves.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills cure rheuma.
tism because they make rich, red blood
and no man or woman can have healthy
blood and rheumatism at the same time.
They have also cured many cases OF
anania, neuralgia, sciatica. partial pa
ralysis, locomotor ntaxin and other dis.
eases that have not yielded to ordinary
treatment.
All druggists sell DIR. Williams Pink
Pills or they will he sent by mail. post.
paid, on receipt of price, so cents pei
box, six boxes for $2.50. by the DR., VII.
liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Z.
The Meeker herald., 1906-06-02
Oldest Living Thing.

The distinction of being the Oldest
living thing undoubtedly belongs to
one OF the giant trees. and many at
tenpts to locate 1t and determine its
age have been made, says London Tit
Bits. A century ago De Candolle
found two yews-one at Portugal. in
Perthshire, and one at Hedsor. In
Bucks-that were estimated to be re.
spectively $500 and 3,240 years old.
Both are still fiourishins. and the
older tree has a trunk 81 feet In cir
conference. A gigantic boabab In
Central America, with trunk 20 feet
through, was thought by Humboldt to
be not less than $3.50 years old. Mex
lean bo.anists believe that they have
now discovered lifespan even
greater than this, and from the annual
rings a cypress Of Chepultepec, whose
trunk is 11s feet in circumference, Is
assigned an age of about $500 years.
The Meeker herald., 1906-06-02
DECISION ON NAMES. y
Report Of Board In Regard to Colorado
Points.

Points.
The United States Board on Geo
graphic Names at 4 meeting held on
April 4, 1906, rendered the following
decisions as regards Colorado points:
Bison, mountain, Tarryall noun
tain. Park county.
Black; mountain. Park county. (Not
Basaltie.)
bunalo: peak. Tarryall mountains.
Park county. (Not Freemans.)
Cathedral; peaks. West Elk noun
tains, Gunnison county. Not Mendi-
cant ridge.)
Crestone; peaks. sangre de Cristo
range. SaguachA county, (Not Three
Tetons.)
Del Norte: peak, San Juan noun
tains, Rio Grande county. mot Pin
data.)
Electric: peak. sangre de Cristo
range, Custer county.
Granite; butte. group of hills, Teller
county,. (Not Catamount hills.)
Green; mountain on plains at base
Of front range, Jefferson county. Mot
Hendricks peak nor Mount Hendricks.)
Greenhorn; mountain, Wet noun
tains, Huerfano county. (Not Cuerno
Verde.)
Hunts: peak, sangre de Cristo
mountains, on the boundary between
Saguache and Fremont counties.
Kit Carson; peak, Sangre de Cristo
range, Custer and Saguache counties.
Mot Frustum.)
Mesa; mountain. saguache county.
mot Del Norte.)
Mount Princeton: Sawatch range.
Chaffee county. mot Chalk.)
Mount Sneffels; San Juan noun
tains, Ouray county. mot Mount
Blaine)
Music; pass, Sangre de Cristo range,
Custer county.
Ohio; peak, Elk mountains. Gunni-
son county. (Not Anthracite.)
Ouray; peak, Sawatch range, Chaffee
county. tNot Hump mountain, Mount
Ouray, nor Ouray mount.)
Saddle; mountain. Park county. mot
Quadrate.)
shavano; peak, sawatch mountains,
Cbaffee county. mot Mount Shavano
nor Mount fishery
Sierra Blanca; mountains, Sangre de
Cristo range; Costilla county. (Not
Cerro Blanco)
Signal; butte. Teller county. (Not
Cheops pyramid)
Thunder, butte, Douglas county.
mot Christe.)
Topaz; mountain. Tarryall noun
tains. Park county. mot Pyramid.D
Trachyte: knob, Teller county. (Not
Iron knoll nor Iron mountain.)
Trout Creek: pass, Trout Creek
hills. between Chaffee and Park coun-
ties. Not Bath. Summit nor Trout.)
Turkshead; peak. Front range, JET.
ferson county. (Not Turkey Head.
Turkeyhead, nor Turks Head.)
Virginia; peak, Front range, Jefer.
son county. mot Craigs.)