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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-28
THE GRANGE
Conducted by
J.W. DARROW. Chatham. y. Z"
Pres Correspondent Nctc YoTk StdaS
Grange
WHO MAY BECOME MEMBERS
Question of Eligibility Discussed hS
a state Master.

question of Eligibility Discussed ~
a state Master.
In a recently issued circular letter
to Ohio oranges State Master DerthicK
says:
The order is becoming so justly popular
not only because of its social and educa
tional features but for the systematlzeu
opportunity It offers for effective cooper
alton. that men and women or all occu-
pations are knocking at our gates TOT au-
mission Page 100 of the Digest para
graphs to 6, describes who are ehglole,
The declaration of purposes says tha'
many are excluded by the nature OF our
organization, not because they are pro
fessional men or artisans or laborers, put
because they have not a sufficient direct
interest in tilling the soil or may have
some interest in conflict with our pur-
poses" Page 100, paragraph !, OF the
Digest declares that amy person engag-
ed in agricultural pursuits and having no
interest in conflict with the purposes OF
the Order and of proper age Gourteen
years) is eligible" Paragraph interprets
the phrase interested in agricultural
pursuits" to mean that person must
be engaged in agriculture to a greater
extent than in any other business, or IN
OIneT
be agriculture" Thus it will be seen
that each subordinate grange will under
the law. decide upon the eligibility of its
applicants The ruling has always been
that in rural communities teachers, ply
sicians and ministers are eligible, as they
have, as a rule, no interest that confllcts
with the purposes of the Order and may
always be effective in promoting the chief
feature of the grange-education. 1t has
always proved unwise to solicit as a
member one who is known as "a disturb
err in a community, "a person hard TO
get along with" or one to whom there is
considerable objection.
Beyond question, the original intent
of the founders of the Order was that
only actual farmers, tillers of the soil.
should be entitled to membership, but
it has come to this-that there are not
more than two or three states in the
Union where this condition is enforced
at all, and we doubt if half the sub
ordinate oranges in those states abide
by the regulations. Just why the ma
tional grange should permit such a
condition as to membership to remain
in the governing rules of the Order,
only to be constantly violated, we do
not know, but there it is. 1t is left to
the Interpretation of each individual
grange, with the result that a good |
many who are not engaged in agrcul- |
tural pursuits at all are admitted to
the Order Either the word "and"
should be changed to cor" in paragraph
/ of the Digest making it read "or
having no interest in conflict" etc. or
else every grange should be made to
live up to the present requirements.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-28
cola.

Thomas Holman has sold his hops.
Our Christmas tree was a complete
success.
Rev. Byers will preach here Sunday,
December 80, at II I'm.
Miss Bessie Foster has gone to
Dayton to spend the holidays.
Wesley Antrican is spending
Christmas with his cousins at Nc
Minnville.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. R. Robertson are
spending the holidays with Mrs.
Robertson's aunt in Portland
B. I. Ferguson has just received a
iine White Wyandotte cockerel from
.. E. Claves, of the Linnwood poultry
yards at New London, Ohio.
H. B, Brophy sold to Steusloff Bros,
Of Salem, seven head of 2-year-old
grade Herefords, for the Christmas
market that averaged 1867 pounds, or
1869 pounds in all. Who can beat this
for 2-year-olds9
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-28
RICKREALL.

The dance here Christmas evening
was we'll attended.
John Vaughn and family spent
Christmas in Portland.
Miss Aurelia Burch is home from
Eugene for the Yuletide.
Miss Edna Holmes visited in Dallas
from Saturday until Tuesday.
There will be preaching here next
Sunday by Rev. NJ. J. Ballantyne.
John Simonton, of West Salem, was
here greeting friends Christmas day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Orr, of Port
land, have been visiting friends here
the past week.
Mrs, Frank Gibson has gone to
Southern California for a several
months stay.
Mrs. Virginia Dempsey and daughter
have returned home after a six weeks
visit at Seattle.
Misses Annatte and Pauline Burch,
Of Albany, are visiting at the home of
their grandfather Hon. Sam Burch
Miss Matte Koser spent Saturday
and Sunday with her sister, Mrs.
Henry Mckee, al Perrydale.
Miss Grace Burch, Warren Burch
and Ernest Munich, all of Portland,
spent Christmas with relatives here.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-28
BUTLER.

Lee Rowell was in Sheridan,
Wednesday.
Sam Petttyjohn has been sick for
several days.
d. T. Hodges went to Dallas on
business, Thursday.
Jay Stingley is visiting his sister,
Mrs. ]. d. Shaw, at Dallas.
Glenn Butler and Mrs. Jane Brown
were visitors to Sheridan last week.
Mrs. Dell Ellis. of Salmon river,
has been seriously ill, but is i'm
proving.
Miss Jessie Shepard, who has been
visiting relatives in Washington, re-
turned home this week.
Mr.. Thomas, of Bear Camp, passed
through here Sunday on his way
home from Sheridan.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-28
FALLS CITY.

Charles Frink is driving team for
F. A. Lucas department store.
Chester McSheery has built and
moved into a house in south Falls
City.
The sale of holiday goods in all Of
Falls City's business houses was
good.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. H. Bogart spent
Christmas with relatives in Mon
mouth.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. X, Hubbard have
gone to Southern California for Mrs.
Hubbard's health.
S. H. Tetherow got one of his hands
badly hurt while working for the
Falls City Lumber Company.
County Commissioner J. B. Teal
and son, Otto, are improving and are
able to walk about the house.
]. NJ. Inman's house on the hill in
north Falls City is nearing COM
pletion W. D. Bancroft is doing the
building.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-28
NEWS OF COUNTY TOWNS.
BUENA VISTA.

Guy McReynalds has gone to Cali.
fornia.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Prather are in
Portland.
George Grounds, of Monmouth, is
visiting here.
Mrs. NJ. N. Prather has returned
from Portland.
T. D. McClain made visit to Port
land recently.
Miss Mettie Hall, of Falls City, is
visiting her parents.
Charles Kau and family, of Perry
dale, have been visiting relatives here.
Carl Neal is spending Christmas
with his parents at this place.
Miss Tressa Prather has returned
from visit with relatives at Win
lock, Wash.
Miss Bertha Rowe entertained some
of her friends at her home Tuesday
evening, December Is.
Mrs. NJ. L. Baldwin and daughter,
Eva. Of Winlock, Wash, are spending
the holidays with relatives here.
The Evangelical and Methodist
churches gave union Christmas tree
in the l. o. o. F. hail. Monday eve-
ming. A nice program was rendered
and fine lot Of presents we're given.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-28
Mccoy.

Lewis Macken, of the Mccoy school,
is in the metropolis
Miss Ella Carpenter, of Dallas, is
visiting at the Finn homestead.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Hawley and
children spent Christmas in Mon
mouth.
Mr.. Boche and Miss Shore, teachers
of the Bethel school, are at home for
the holidays.
Miss Myrtle Davis, one of Polk
County's successful school teachers, is
home from Portland.
Miss Carmen Sears, of the Mon
mouth Normal School; Miss Veda
Mulkey, of the State University
Waldo Finn, of the Oregon Agri-
cultural College, and Edward Merritt,
of Albany College, are all at home for
the holidays.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-28
Summons.

In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon
for Polk County Department No. 3
Bertha H. Woodin, Plaintiff, vs. Leon A,
Woodin, defendant Summons:
To Leon A. WOodin, defendant:
In the Name of the State of Oregon, you are
hereby required to appear and answer the com
plaint filed against you in the above entitled
court and cause within six weeks from the first
publication OF this summons, to wit, on the 7th
day of February, 1907 and if you fail so to ap-
pear and answer the said complaint the plaintiff
will apply to the court for the relief demanded
in her complaint, to wit: For decree of
divorce dissOlving the bonds OF matrimony now
existing between her and yourself, and also per
mitting the plaintiff to resume her maiden or
former name, Bertha H. Hubbard, and for such
further and other relief as may be equitable
You are hereby further notified that this sum
mons is served upon You by publication there
OF in the Polk County Observer a newspaper
published weekly at the city of Dallas, in Polk
County, Oregon, pursuant to the order OF the
Honorable George H. Burnett, Judge of this
court. made this 26th day of December, 1906, and
this summons was first published on the 2Sth
day of December, 1906.
CARSON q CANNON,
Attorneys for plaintiff.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-28
SURVEYING A HIGHWAY.

out proper abutments, which is soon
undermined after some heavy shower
and the bridge and abutments must be
replaced. We cheerfully look upon II
as unavoidable and, although we
grumble a little, quite readily pay
taxes next year for some one else to
waste in putting in a culvert about
four times too large and a bridge
twice as long as needed.
But when we ask where we can get
trained men we find we haven't them
available-our system hasn't been Of
the sort to make them. We have hired
a mason to do our woodwork, a novice
to lay the foundation and blacksmith
to paint the house, until each has for
gotten his own trade and does not
know the other. We must train men
from the start if we are eyer to have
good roads.
The Iowa highway commission has
adopted the plan OF holding a road
school for a week in tie summer, to
which all road supervisors are invited.
They go to the Iowa State college.
where they see all kinds of road ma
chinery at work and listen to lectures
on the best type Of bridges, culverts
and road machinery. They are given
liberal opportunity to ask questions.
and all the help possible is given them
IN the various problems they have met
In their work.
The commission owns a number of
road levels and instruments such
as are necessary in laying out roads.
taking profiles and fixing the grade of
the drainage lines. Parties of four or
five students each are sent out with
these instruments, each party under
the direction of an instructor. and pro-
files are run over different roads and
the grade lines fixed with reference 70
drainage outlets. The standard sheets
OF road cross sections and bridge de.
signs which have been made up bv the
commission are taken as a basis for
the drafting room work, the idea be-
ing to develop more men who can Law
out piece Of road and make estimates
as to the cost of reducing it to grade
and become expert road engineers.
Some such method as this must he
adopted in Wisconsin If we are to see
any results from the $3O,OOOOOO that
VIII be spent on the roads and bridges
In the next ten years.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-28

w4v TRAINED MEN ARE REQUIRED
m HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION

Large sums of Money wasted "S N
oompetent OverseerS - Feature" Va
-. schooI where Men Are TraAA-
ed For Road Supervisors
u is somewhat astonishing to learn
that a sum aggregating nearly $S'OOo'-
400 IS spent annually by the rural uis'
tricts of the state Of Wisconsin lor
roads and bridges, says Hoards Dairy
rnon II is hard to believe that IN the
last ten years about S25,0ooooo nave
hoon snant for these purposes outside
Of the cities and villages, especiaily
ca when the condition Of the ROADS ana
bridges is taken into account. lhey
have now practically the same appear
ance that they used to have oelore
those $25.Oo0,000 were spent Inc
money has literally been dropped INTO
the holes in our roads.
But more astonishing than the great
ness of these amounts is the fact thaI
tbev have been spent on engineering
projects in almost every instance WIN
out the advice of a trained man. we
would naturally think man who start
ed to fuild a $25.000000 railroad was
absolutely crazy if he did not hire the
hest engineering talent he could get
In fact. the courts would promptly be
asked to appoint a guardian by ms
hairs If he selected men who had no
eynericnce and no technical training
for the work Yet we go on in TINS
great state of ours (Wisconsin) ana
spend millions every year on Just that
principle without any definite plan or
anv advice from trained men. We all
know road overseers-many Of them In
Jefferson Countrywide know next to
nothing of the work they are supposed
TO do. and their work shows ii.
When we start to build a house we
get a mason to put up the foundation.
a carpenter to put up the woodwork,
plumber to put in the piping, a painter
to finish the job and perhaps men OF
other trades. In a word, we get men
who know their business. We don't
let the job to Neighbor Jones and his
boy. who never built anything more
pretentious than a COW she'd Yet when
we come to select a man to keep the
road in repair, so we can get to and
from that house, we elect one who has
never given a day of careful considera-
ton to the best and cheapest means
of keeping tbat road in proper shape.
We trust to luck that he will do 1t
we'll enough. But he puts in hun
dred dollar culvert that is too small
and washes out or a $500 bridge with
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-28
PERRYDALE.

Vesta Townsend is up from Port
land on a visit.
Dick Dingman is at home from
Portland to spend the holidays.
Hon. D. L. Keyt transacted business
in Portland few days this week.
Rice Cook is seriously disabled, his
nkle having been crushed by a fall
ing log.
The young men of Perrydale treated
fAe Christmas tree guests to an oyster
upper in the hall.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-28
THE eAEEDlNa i.
= -ARsF.'' views !. !. !,

An Experts Vi..
1ntho 70 hs PsrDs,us''...' " S~
there .r 'ne o,. hlng up Of The S,..,.
factors to be dealt ~. Il 'sv !. ipS
De expected, and ! T',u ~, I success
rev.. tew OF IN the more Inporta.IP NJ, point
oealt with, says Rev 'S''sat ( Y oaa (
American me Poultry Advoas.p i, = psta
No birds should bba'OCate, y
not sexually mature Ssea s vAleh
mat,,va rull vlsor' as only from rs'l'aS 10y. a
mature stock can S.u Sua,n healthy
be expected. healthy plu'
II immature birds IL
eny will suffer, which I ! used ihe
~ by the markedly hIrS.DD / proved s'
among the chicks hatehsd aeAa
immature stock birds ds''ned from
STOCK Of advanced oo.
used either, as, for roa.u q suOald p
obvious to the observer. repsols q ~ iAp
can be expected. - s0oda
There is no need for NJ !.
tnat the chicks are IN evo. ~ = sI1
sential the creatures ., ,'te,yiAIs tsl
and of their ancestors, tb,, '4y,' !. l
whole predestined BY the l' O,t,, !, sa
germs from the comblnstion' s Iu''s !.
the chicks emanate what ~ ~. y
be. "'' 'ney M
This Is good and susio,.,.
why the utmost care should sl'I' u |,
the selection of breeding St stOo', ~ Y
formation as far as is pOssIDls SIM Y Y
ed as to the ancestry of 'Hss'1Is tbs ~, =
used in the breeding yard g%s ~
means everything that i olU. W.
good. The parental permo s'u !.
may TO begin with, be possps,sd !,
herlted deficiencies, or thew ,,1su @a,
suHered by injuries which aWsG.,
parental body, or they NAV 1.1'
imperfect because Of the imm.,,' S,
advanced age of the parent,
All kinds of malformotlor.
redltary and should under M NJ.
stances be permitted in tbp b,a,a ~
pen' however slight, as The teDdsSs. /
every instance Is to exsrgp.ss n
deformlties. u
l said all kinds, whether hhs,,., i.
acquired, as the last kind WIN Il N
become hereditary, and even N, n
er respects the bird should hed,s.s'I
leave 1t out Of all considers, wv II
breeding purposes, as the rut Y
very few generations will prs, M
trous.
Equally unsuitable for puru..
are specimens whose physical dpI
ment Is not complete or whose
character is imperfectly marked
Remember that potency Is
much hereditary as any other
and Is indeed of the greatest
tance, as this particular facult
rejUvenator of our strain.
And wherever a bird proves hIr
strong In this particular and gIvss
idence Of continued strong pOtelu
several generations such a bird sh.
be treasured and his strong pOtna
ity bred into the strain.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-28
A King Finishinr Fine Ro.a

King Leopold of Belgium is having
the projected automobile road along
the whole Belgian coast finished at his
own expense, as he has drawn on his
privy purse to the extent of 1O,OOOOOO
francs for the purpose. A part of the
magnificent way near Ostend has been
completed.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-28
The Evening Telegram,
Portland, OREGON,

The leading evening newspaper I
the Pacific Coast, which has tH.
plete Associated Press reports Y
special leased wire service,
correspondents in important y
centers and in all the cities
principal towns Of the NOrthVA'
Portland and suburbs are coVas
by a bright staff Of report'B y
editorial, dramatic, society Y
special writers. Saturdays y
tion consists Of 26 to 2O pages ~
has colored comic pages, as well =
a department for children c'l'iA
fashion page, an interesting ''il
story and other attractive i'a'u'
In addition to all the news 'i y
day.
Subscription Rates Ono n'll
SO cents; three months, SlS' \
months, $3.50; twelve months 7
e Sample copies mailed free
"
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-28
Grange Fire Insurance In New Yorl

Grange Fire Insurance In New York.
The amount Of fire insurance in
grange companies in New York state
is increasing by leaps and bounds. At
the last report Of the central organiza-
ton, which was on Jan. last, a
grand total Of $100,9S6, ,495 was in force
In twenty-ceven companies in this
state. The large amounts are carried
In Jeferso'' and Lewis counties
namely, $12,422, ,S54; st. Lawrence and
Franklin nesrly $S.5OO,OOO; Chemung
and Chautauqua over 100000. The
wonderful success Of this insurance is
based largely on the fact Of econom-
ical management Of local companies
and the care with which risks are
taken.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-28
FARM LABOR QUESTION.

National and State Oranges Should
Help Farmers Get LabOrers.
One of the most puzzllng PROPOSE
tions that confront farmers today, says
Hon. George b. Horton master Of the
Michigan state grange, is that of OBJ
tanning help to carry on the different
branches of agricultural operations and
housekeeping. Our country, with all
its industries and resources. is wit
Messing a wonderful development, and
this provides attractive opportunities
for farm bred boys and girls and also
for all those who labor for hire. These
conditions have drained the country
to a distressing condition. 1t is not a
question of wages, but one of where
the help can be found. The records
show that over 100000 immigrants
have come to our shores during the
year This record is unprecedented,
yet practically all of this immense
army of people have gone to other
quiry reveals the fact that many of
these people are gathered in on ar
rival by agents of large contracting
interests and sent direct to different
parts Of the country, while the remain
der from lack of direction very nat
urally settle down in the large cities
to aggravate an already congested pop
ulation.
ITDdar fhaca conditions it haoounaO
necessary to look about us for relief
The soil must be titled to furnish food
as sustenance, and, inasmuch as agri-
culture Is the basic industry Of our
state, 1t seems highly proper that state
aid should be sought. 1t seems that
the time has come when the work of
the state labor commissioner should be
enlarged, with suitable appropriation
provided so that an agency can be es-
tablished at Castle Garden for the pur-
pose of directing unobjectionable i'm
migrants to the farms of our state.
Cooperation between such agency and
the farmers organizations of the state
would complete the system. The lar
ger part of immigrants come direct
from the farming sections of Europe
and no doubt would prefer farm work
here If there was system for distribu-
ton established. The plan being in
line of relief to a state necessity, it is
recommended that our state grange ex-
ecutive committee investigate the mat
ter to ascertain IL relief can come
from the suggested source and, If nee
essary, to ask legislation in its behalf.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-28

Legal Blanks for sale at this Office.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-28

fatal results, postponed this to try EIec-
trio Bitters; and TO the amazement Of
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-28

Everyone should subscrib. III
his home paper, in order To gt v
the local news, but TO keep IN tsIA
with the worlds daily mA
should also read
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-28

CARSON Il CANNON,
Attorneys for plaintiff.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1906-10-27

cold is much more easily cured when
the bowels are open. Kennedy's Laxa-
tive Honey and Tar opens the bowels
and drives the cold out of the system in
young or old. Sold by c. |. Leavitt &
Son.
Charlie Bovard has a number of fine
young White Wyandotte roosters for
sale. The birds weigh from to 9
pounds each, are thoroughbreds and ex-
cellent stock to breed up your hocks
from. S. SO each.
The work of erecting the mill on the
Wheeler Gold Mines Co. s property on
Fast Walker, is progressing as rapidly
as circumstances will allow. 1t is hard
work to secure lumber enough. The
mine is looking better every day with
the work being done.
The Alkaline Lee Vaudeville Company,
which was billed to appear here last
night and tonight has postponed dates
to November I'd and Sd, owing to its in
ability to get lot of its baggage here
on time. Reserved seats on sale at Yer
ngton Drug Co. S store.
Grant Snyder was an arrival here last
Saturday from Salt Lake. He is CON
nSSltu Will inc NdllOldl DtNtlDpIltHl
Co., which recently purchased the Mala-
chite group of four claims in this dis
trict, adjoining the Mcconnell group.
His company will shortly begin develop
ment work on the property.
A communication from the United
States Land Office, at Carson, is to the
effect that the Register and Receiver at
that Office will receive homestead and
other entries made in the Walker River
Indian Reservation after II O'Clock,
noon, October %. As all the lands to be
thrown open on the Reservation are
mineral the Carson Office will probably
not be overcrowded with homestead APP
plications.
When horse is so overworked it lies
down and i'll other ways declares its in
ability to go further, you would consider
it criminal to use force. Many man of
humane impulses, who would not will
ingly harm a kitten, is guilty of cruelty
where his own stomach is concerned.
Overdriven, overworked, when what it
needs is something that will digest the
food eaten and help the stomach to recu-
perate. Something like Kodol For Dys-
pepsia that is sold by G.. /. Leavitt &
Son.