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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-07
More Mutual Telephones.

J. NJ. Staats, superintendent OF con-
struction of the Falls City, Lewis
vile & Dallas Telephone Company,
has the contract for stringing another
wire from Dallas to Airlie and viii
berin the work at once. The new line
will accommodate IS subscribers. The
company now has three wires between
the two towns.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-07
Chapel Car is Here.

The chapel car Emmanuel, IN eharge
Of a noble band Of Christian people, Ii
in DaIIas. These people are assisting
in an evangelistic campaign, anu
come with an anxiety to be helpful Ii
the true elevation Of mankiud. Ihey
are capable, discreet, and mean
business. All who desire to encourage
n better condition Of things are
cordially invited TO cooperate Win
their presence and influence.
@. Fl. DAVIS.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-07

nt to move dolIars wOrth of GOOD and we have ony
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-07

Floods the body with warm, glowing
vitality, makes the nerves strong.
qutekens circulation, restores natural
vigor, makes you feel like one born
again. HollIster's Rocky Mountain
Tea. 3s cents. Belt & Cherrington-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-07
Monthly Weather Report.
U. s. Weather Bureau
Falls City Station.

The following is summary OF
weather conditions for the month Of
November, 1906:
Maximum temperature, 62 degrees
on November IA.
Minimum temperature, "a degrees
on November Gath.
Rainfall, 1886 inches greatest 10
"a hours, $50 inches on November :
record for six days, mot sueeessive,l
1l.17 inches days in which rain fell,
FRANK BUTLER,
Cooperative Observer
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-07

hest and our urces heretofore have been as low as
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-07

OF course you pay your money,
But you ger your moneys worth,
For what does money mean to you
When Rocky Mountain Teas o.
earth? Belt & CherringtOn-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-07
schooI childran Remember Poor.

The pupils of the Dallas public
school made a liberal Thanksgiving
offering to the Boys and Girls All
S,ciatv If Portland. The donation
consisted of IS quarts OF canned fruit,
n glasses of Jelly, sack OF apples
a,5 no+atoes SIS worth Of clothing,
and "a g5 in cash. The young people
brought their offerings TO Principai
Ravnolds who attended to the boxing
aud shipping.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-07
The CRIDER Grocery
Gail Bell Il OF Hufual I'll
FRS, rome first Served with inc Largesf SlOeh O'
Groceries in Town.

Agency for Chase 6 SanbOrn Coffee
Csc
Santos in pound packages 40c
Santos in pound TINS. D.. Pl,o Ribbon -four
Have secured agency ron oe'7 g the ne market. Per
finest hardwheaI Io0i - SI25
sack Zoe
Pineapples, large can Csc
Condensed MIX. cans u,r Soc
FSncv syrup in barrel, per gaioH I5c
MeClarens Club Cheese Csc
Iowa Chestnuts rs Csc
Fine tomatoes and corn, z cans Csc
SPAGHETTI, packages Zoe
Good Honey Csc
Sl,-sT's l,lzT5 B,Itter. 8 times week fresn
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-07

Printing, the kind that pays at the
OBSERVER Office.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-07

stock at the lowest price ever offered to the buying nnb
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

Flanagan's Grafton was the chlel
feature of the Fourth OF July pro-
pramme of section 10 OF the Mls5lS-
sippi & Western railroad, then build
ing through one of the western states
starting at nowhere, and SO far end
ing at nowhere.
This honor ha> been accorded ran
agan. as it was to his efforts the camp
were indebted for the privilege OF
celebrating. Flanagan had been in
the country but four months, but that
was long enough to imbibe the Amer
lean spirit, together with a generous
amount of red liquids, and when the
foreman of gang two intimated that
July 4 would not be holiday Elan
agan organized an opposition, and was
,ppointed a committee of one to wait
On the boss.
"Gintlemin and fellow pathriots,
began Flanagan as he faced his audi
snce of railroad laborers gathered
from the four corners of the world
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

It's not much of a spaker is Flan-
agan. YeZ stint me to see tn BOSS,
an seq TO tn boss, SEE |: It's me
pathriot yez are TO keep tn min a
workin' when it's attendin' tn coun-
try's wake they'd be after dom.
Sure, says !, if It's sich as we they
be maxim bosses of It's poor place
to be a-comin TO. Sure noW,' SEE |,
there's Branagan as is a-helpin' make
tn laws, an Branagan seq to me when
| come over: Sure, Flanagan, an
it's no work you'll be dom on Fourth
O. July. 'Tis a day yell have off fer
takin a bit of a dhrop with tn bys."
An sure SEE | to tn boss, it's nary
pick will Flanagan lift on that day.
An. gintlemin an fellow Patriots.
tn wake will be hid in tn cook tint"
The celebration of section 10 lasted
for three Gays, and was followed by
seven funerals on the following Sun.
day. It is still referred to as me.
morable day in the history of the Mis-.
sissippi & Western railroad.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

luted them as polite as could be, and
they fell back for reinforcements. Dad
got his pants and yelled that he was
stabbed, and | don't know what didn't
happen. Finally the policemen got my
skunk under a blanket and walked on
him, and he was sQuashed, but, by
gosh, they can never use that blanket
again, and | told EN- So"
tits a wonder they didn't put q
blanket over you and kill you, too,
said the old groceryman as ne moved
away from the horned toad, which the
boy had placed on the counter. What
did they do to you then? What way did
your dad explain it? how long
did YOU remain at the hotel after
that"
I'VE didn't stay hardly any after
that" said the boy. as he pushed me
prairie dog along the counter toward
the grOceryman's cat, hoping to get
them to fighting. The landloard said
we ID yanl,ecs were too strenuous
for his climate and if we didn't get out
of his house in Is minutes he WouIo
get a gun and see about it, and he lelt
two policemen to see that we got away.
Dad tried to argue the question WIN
the landlOard. after all the windows
had been opened in the house. he Saio
he had come to Texas for a quiet lie,
to get away from the climate or the
north but he had no idea any landlord
would turn animals into a gentleman S
room. and he would sue for damages
hut the bluff did not work, and we lett
San Antonio on freight train. under
escort of the police and the Doaro OF
health. Say, that freight train smellea
like il had a hot box. but nobody sus-
pected us. When we got most to Ne"
Orleans dad said: 'Hennery, nope
this will be a lesson to you and told
him two more such lessons would XIII
his little boy dead
What did you do with your clothes
said the groceryman, as he snuheu
around as though he thought he couid
smell something,
20, we bought new clothes in New
Orleans and let our old ones out OF me
window with rope, A man plcHeu
them up, and they sent him 10 tne
quarantine for smallpox patients. "
we came out all right, but it was a
close call.
.J'u 6rop in some Gay and have some
fun with you" said the boy.
IF you do I will stab you with a
cheese knife" said the srocerym1n, as
he picked up the broken glass.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

The signing of the Declaration OF
independence at Philadelphia on July
4, 1776, meant more to the world than
the breaking of the bonds between
Great Britain and a rebellious colony
across the seas. The establishment of
government by the people and for
the people meant an object lesson for
the nations of the old world which has
had its effect on every { y OF history
since that important event.
1t marked the downfall OF absolut-
ism, of tyranny, of the divine right
of kings" of the governing of men
by will and pleasure.
II defined the inalienable rights OF
nan in the immortal phrase-'life. lib
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

Inv rushed in and dropped on the
smr the Queerest animal the Old man
- ,ha cat had ever seen. The cat
!, m IN the counter on a pile OF
soVn wrapping paper, curved us
s,,t and permeyowed, and the strange
animal Jumped into a half barrel OF
ited applies and began to dig with all
hpr feet, as though to make a bed 10
Hin.
take that animalcule. or whatever
Ma out Of them apples" said the Old
rmeryman, picking up fire poker.
What is it, and where did 1t come
from and when did you get back, and
vhy didn't you stay away, and what
ioyuu want in here, anyway and the
did man eyed the animal and the bad
boy, expecting to be bitten by one and
slked by the other.
That's prairie dog from Texas, II
Na are not posted on ornicothology,"
aid the boy, as he took the prairie dog
Vpsnd put him on the counter near the
at Dad is all right, only we were
driven out Of Texas by the board OF
health"
4 told that pirate chum OF yours,
when be read me your letter, that you
would be in Texas just about a week.
md that you would be shipped home IN
lbuX, They are not as tolerant with
public nuisances down south as we are
here But what did you do there to get
he board Of health after you?" and the
I'D man pushed the cats back down
aIs, and held her tail so she couldn't
Mt the prairie dog.
Well, sir, it was the Condemndedest
outrage that ever was" said the boy
nhe gave the prairie dog some crack.
tfs and cheese. You see, dad told me
icauld pick up some pet animals while
vas In Texas, and / got quite a col.
eeton, while dad was in the hospital
asre Is one in my pocket" and the boy
nok a horned toad out Of his poke
sNut as big as a soft5helled cral
md put it in the lod groceryman'!
land.
Condemn you, don't put poisonou!
Neule in my hand" said the old man
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

While the Fourth of July is looked
forward to with positive terror by the
mothers of small boys and venture
some girls, not one woman out of
hundred has the heart to forbid the
observance of the day by the pOpu.
Iarly approved method Of noise and
the necessary combination Of gun
Dowder and fire. Truly no Spartan
mother was more heroic in sending
her sons to the training school and
battle than the plucky little American
mother of a pack Of patriotic young
people. 1t is to be feared that the
fundamental spirit of independence
which made the day worthy or re-
membrance is very often forgotten, or
AT least lost sight of. in the awful de-
light surrounding a pack OF ire
crackers.
Eut how is it that on this day of
DAYS mother ignores or keeps silent
about her headache, paterfamllas
rises with the lark, Ostensibiy TO pre-
vent his offspring from setting ire &c
the premises if not to themselves, ana
| grandfather contributes to the Joy
BUSINESS of the occasion by generous
donations of cash, and even the
grown-np sons and daughters CT th'
| household are wiling TO set on some
of the larger pieces in the pyrotech
mic layout? Is all this unseltish be
hayior entirely for the sake of anus
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

ing the children; of letting them have
one da,v of absolute freedom; Of as
sis,ing them in firing off the SAID
dangerous toys in order to prevent
the little people from getting hurt?
Some people have a sneaking notion
that the proper observance OF the day
is not entirely for the pleasure OF the
young people. and that patertamlllas
secretly enjoys rOusing the nelghoor'
hood with a blast of patriotism, ana
that grandpa has been boarding up MS
spare pennies for weeks past ana
would have been much Chagrlned II
his young grandson had not generous
" invited him to set off few OF the
crackers himself,
AS for the mother of the family,
would she upon any other occasion
put up with the din and the dirt and the
burns and ruined clothes if she had
not some sympathy for the offenders
hidden away in her inner heart?
She may laugh at her husbands Ell
forts to become d boy again, but she
is as delighted as the children them
selves when said husband persuades
her to try firing off the pistol. and she
recalls to mind that il was not 50 very
long ago when she was able to hit the
/ bull's.eye at quite long range. J
was just your age then, daughter, "
and she smiles quietly to herself at
some half-fOrgoIten episode.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
back from the hospital, where he went

back from the hospital, where he went
to grow some new bones and things on
his inSides, after he rode the hucking
broncho, man gave me the prettiest
little animal you ever saw, sort OF
white and black, about the size of
cat, and | took it to the room, and
put it under the bed, in a box the man
gave me. Dad had gone to bed. and
was snoring so You could cut it with
knife"
Say, you knew that animal was a
skunk all the time; now, tell me. didn't
you?" said the old groceryman. You
was fool to take it, when you knew
what skunk will do"
Yes, thought it was a skunk all
right" said the boy, but the man told
me the animal had been vaccilaled and
wouldn't ever make any IrouOe or
anyone, and he would warrant it. I
thought a warranted skunk was all
right, and so | Went to bCu in cot
next to dads bed. guess it was about
daylight, when SkunKs want TO suck
eggs, that he began TO scratch The box
and squeak, and was afraid it would
"''Ne u"u up 80 reached down ana
'0oN INC cover Oil 'le DON fI0h mat
.e' 1uen'i'"I nion'ehI ,ne 'rouo'e De-
o"n' D1u ''e"I0 some "'"s III 'he room
~nt ~ ' 'oSe "p IN oe0' '"u 'l't dA',"".
sat on the foot of the bed and lOoAcd
~ u"u' D"u S"iu' ga ana l1FS"
pil1o" d III! pet ana 'heh all was
''''' never S'ueI'eu '""oa oul
t1'o" " ''e11 S'iie'' It. w. w. o"' you q
0'I0 W sec u'N nc '"'"eu o'Ue aNu
si lsl. anu S"iu' HenNety' some one
n"o op9ne' J"eN pot 'all loi the po-
lSs' "'"oO ioi '''e '"U''H'ol' mere
~ ''Ho '0' U''l"o!o' ana oo'N.ai'>
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29
=, Row and His Dad Return
o. ''T m.rss-The Boy Tells the
f'p ..rvman About the Ex-
.tsment at San Antonio
rr0pGE W PECK.

gBoN. GEORGE ". PEN,
p,s.v st HPsc OK Sun, author of "Peehs
ID Boy s 1901, by Joseph B. BowIes@
W. croceryman sat on an up
nrn ned half-Ooshe5 m mel oF5et,sb in
BOD! " ,4 As he fried the soles in
SHN " DT tbe red-hot stove, there was
t'a' ~, y. NJ burnt leather, but he did
y oaV 4oo II, as the other odors' nat
" y, p to the dirty old grocery, seemed seemed
81 ~ u il the majority. The door opened
wv ,,,,r - and the old man got up to wait t
@s'l, aos sHb customer, when the bad
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

prty and the pursuit OF happiness.
Those words have been the bait
cry of many peoples. They have e
couraged the races Of Europe and I
east in the battles against oppress.c
and tyrannical governments, one aft
another have gone down before th'.
They are to-day the raliying CRY
the oppressed Of Russia-"life, lio''
and the pursuit OF happiness
These words are The rock on WI
he Declaration of independence v
founded. They are he rock on WI:
our government is founded SO &c.
as we keep them as the rahying g
Of the nation government by the p
pie for the people will live.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

i. y cropped the ugly looking toad on
IsaOOr, and got behind the show case.
sle tne boy laughed fit to kill. Now
q four story and vamocse. by ginger,
Will ring for the patrol wagon.
=. would murder a man in his own
y and laugh at his spasms."
!. get out, that toad. and this prai-
~SOs are as harmless as your old
= i. asfe, " said the boy. as he watched
i. 90 man tremble as though he had
ss,lans. q have got tarantnla and
uamond-back rattlernske that will
49, asa you, though. III tell YOU about
s salg hfed out of TEXAS, if you will
! still minute. Yon sae, had
g. objection Of pets in my room at the
n !, and | hal the beIlboys bribed,
n. 'ae enambermaid would only come
~, OQr room while I was there to
'Ae pets The night dad got
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

whnsoo Jefferson Adams dn the bravA soldiers Rd~ss states
men who liberty NY nQp'f9 the young
% d u h6s1os oytps mo- and Gid not live
van did no, labor N Vain twas Intended bOd O-'
nation of freemen hou sAkh @ he fountaHeo0 d ~ ii" cap
sone Those men budd the evil deed OF @0" 0 genera
ton rend asunder d The nation born OF the 'O'1 Il"
heroes of s live long uSSs and eaua "e ~
o people
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1906-06-29

One little. two little. three little fingers;
Four little five little, six little fingers;
Seven little, eight little, nine little fingers;
Ten little fingers on two hands.
Cannon cracker fired off, then there were nine;
Niger chaser shot off, then there were eight;
Torpedo exploded, then there were seven;
Toy pistol bowed off, then there were six;
Pin wheel flew around, then there were five;
Skyrocket whizzed off, then there were four;
Roman candle popped off, then there were three;
Red fire Jared off then there were two;
Flower pot went off took one of thes
Piece of punk burned out, saved the last one.
Ten little nine little, eight little fingers;
Seven little. six little, five little fingers;
Four little, three little, two little fingers;
But one good finger on two hands
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-29

trary labor including accountant OF
wealthy there five the of
educatonf boy Harvard Yale the Boston Tehf girl
Exeter He certain school, associate with
certain marry kind girl follow certain
calling profession under penalty of offending alena
his friends and those and dearest he but hint other
wise He has and ppse but his environment and life
He chance mark his future for hmsea
determined him beforehand. Existence with may
pleasant but likely be unhappy
nearly devoid of individuality The boy conar
permitted largely decide these things himself with
offense friends violation
untrammeed inspiration
social castewhich there held sacredOr tradition The
hemmed in by custom-the other is out in the open
these conditions pro-
duces not only sereant forceu
but that like eventually already
the ideal American of the truest pedue
crossing Of strains climate but TO the
Our American originally. Today
America is chiefly economicorlgnay
thing than That spirit
which the
and awn the daton of European
sbe where social sordd wealth
today the ambitious spirited
live his life We then that blood
from which the American originally
who bred and born here wel-clearly today
pures and trues American type.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-29
PresumptuOus Civilizers.

watchowers of wit wisdom occasionally
westerly wind and kindly Misunderstanding
shoulders such seeming responsibilities
has assigned be said that they
well is a
pecuaes confined persistent abnormal
smlaion dedication of the psopuller
thieves Readin wrin
classed the things which possibly but which
us-alOng with other name-back
Churches and schools traditions and politics hao
wherein estwhie
push festive cowpinch all his glory of ombreo
and the sxpsol whose ggerhnger would wigge
the earth heeabout the
applies solely the yellow variety either He
the picture persstent pushed his that
long accepted his literary edgerdeman the quill
from life And in truth there wild certain
sections which the bad reality but his rule
tanned in isolated localities He did flourish
California in 4suntu the Vgantes hung him high
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-29

time picturesque feature OF the Comsock followed
pioneers prairie
schooners bearing the slogan pixies
flashed ahwart the horizons Colorado
and Wyomng-and buried, In
He has buled and sometimes has killed until he
he did at Ablane aroused public sentiment
happened at Frisco Leadv Crede Butte
other spread eager wing
the There hodups
outlaws but these local Incidents really part
the uDbuiding Of the
the fellow living the skyscraper
must be peoped solely by savags-wh well
imbued with that belief 1t is but natural that
this should generously we ought
schools and churches
we? And vet he has brains he discovers that
that cerebral commodity
his mental walk life;
his and whothough lacking mayhap in those
Rpocrical frs which often poshcome
that which the
known And he learns likewise that cowboy
store clothes hadboed hat that civilization
the most modern bawck that socey
full low and billboard collars
Bosng and that the psopuler occupies
the state The wild and wooly Wyoming
in the The frontier todayseen
points
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-29
Bethlehem and Gethsemane.

Bethlehem identified of
Nativity the mother of Constantine the spot
where Christ look the hills about the city
recall that that the Peace EARTH good
who their hocks by night
garden Gethsemane Brook Kedron,
in the hours of His lone
The walled in and carefully kept
its knoed olive trees shade the panses which
Bethpage still also Bethany
Martha lived and conspicuous of ALL the
its summit the
obtained from that point also the
hills of both Judea Samara the east look
the waters of the Dead Sea, $500 feet below
amid familiar to the civil
Surrounded paganism
idoary the establishment monoheis
religion and notwithstanding bacsdings shortcomings and
spiritual of life entirely
Numbered their warnings
&s forth their penitence
thanksgiving wonderful literature developed
history written which than fiction; and here the
uness who commissioned to substitute the
the required tooth
for tooth"'
the city of Jerusalem there 10000 souls
composite population is While about twohird of the
the remainder divided almost equally
Mohammedans Christians
aem and crooked and going hill down hill
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-29
Underlined Charm of the West and How Holds Nan Spell

ILL BARLOW of Budget fame Sage philosopher
Douglas. Wyo, boaster hour of the
night The with the megaphone a feeble
whisperer beside Bill when his voice in that
all the time him fully him
the Then rings with admira
love- While his right the other Bill
exchanged keynote this meody
What of the and why and wherein Its charm?
thirty tell will
whose soul shrine
brush and ehisel whereby wrought immortal
chace brmmng with unhed tearsthe the
they tell wherein
mortal interpretatonhet telling of it all Suffice it
that feel and know-and as long We live, love
smiling speaking solitudesgray herchearted
vrle-desereyed
ing everything to girdle
valleys which sue the with foliage
which hold the wealth of the world which
peaks wardclosey majesty
wherein hangs which gorihes
earth friend fashion
fervd lambert lights Svey
lakes of emerald huebad lands whose misshapen
topping typiy grnning COLLINS
OF desolaion death The
pine-he Whispering quakenapand everywhere fnged
vaster silence. Why the west eony
but dwell with a little while
nd as
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-29

tally SPIRITUALITY truly lamenabe condition which will
ameliorae
permit Western people well enough in their and
of quite doncher
polish education the numescnt intelligence bullying
habitat bongtong
k live anywhere beyant the murky Missouri
amenable those qualities which
ascribe darth of opportunity rather
cerebral MEDICATION the tenderfoo aforesaid cherfuy
schools churches municipal
dentay politics Whereat usually awfuy thankfuso
the frequently altitude
low longer daance with
penacious who oohy
fortissimo, and hies him hence.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-29
Convent and School for Girls.

Pilates hall, the Via Dolorosa the Homo
the erection Catholic
cleanliness striking the
pools Ghon Sloan,
Hezeah all given local habiatoR the place where
hanged himself pointed well which Jeremiah
also fixed the ombs of Rachel Absaom and Of
credence should be the
identity Mount Zion, which David
Akra be about
eminence landmark that
easily mosque
sacrihca Hebrews Solomons
built Moriah of its foundation
IN a by