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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-02-16
ARGUED IN SALEM
Polk County Case Given Hearing ID
Judge 0alIOway's Department
of Circuit Court.

The case Of L. b. Denny vs.. Agnes
Bean and J. 7. Ford, as sheriff of Polk
county, occupied the time of depart
ment No. Of the circuit court for
about four hours and a half last Tues
day afternoon, not being concluded
until after o'clock p. m. From the
complaint it appears that one w. s.
Bean sued and obtained Judgment
against l.. B. Denny in Justice Clark s
court at Mccoy in 1896 for about 1926.
An execution was issued and a small
sum paid on the judgment leaving
$2ll unpaid. In 1903 Agnes Bean,
the wife Of w. s. Bean obtained a
divorce from her husband and also
an assignment of the judgment
against Denny. She proceeded to
transcript the judgment into the
circuit court and there issue execution
on it and levy upon the property Of
Denny IAN interest in an old donation
land claim in Polk county and sell 1t
and cause the sale to be confirmed
and is now waiting for the year to
elapse before she will be entitled to a
deed.
This suit was brought to cancel the
judgment and enjoin the sheriff from
issuing a deed to Mrs. Bean, and for
that reason the sheriff is made party
to the suit Mr.. Denny claims that he
had an oral settlement with Bean but
never required the judgment to be
cancelled on the records. Mrs. Bean
denied this and introduced the deposit
ton of her former husband in which
he swears that the judgment has never
been paid. No witnesses we're present
at the time the settlement is claimed
to have taken place and the case was
apparently submitted on the testimony
of Denny claiming that it was paid
and that Of w. s. Bean denying the
same.
Attorney Frank Holmes brought
the suit for Denny and Oscar Hayter
and Bonham & Martin appeared as
attorneys for Mrs. Bean and Sheriff
Ford.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-02-16

Methusela was all right, you bet
For a good old soul was he,
They say he would be living yet,
Had he taken Rocky Mountain Tea
Belt & Cherrington.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-02-16
Straightforward Candidate.

Every little while candidate floats
into Eugene. DR.. Withycombe, who
would give his best Jersey COW to get
his feet into Mr.. Chamberlain's shoes,
was here recently. It's hard to
understand how DR.. Withycombe ex-
poets support, when he is ready to
state boldly without reserve, his
opinions on any public question. II
you want his views on any topic, you
can obtain them by asking for them.
He is a man with opinions, and it is
conceded, able ones. Perhaps, after
all, he is just the man who will emerge
from the primary election with votes
to spare. 1t would be no surprise
Eugene Register.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-02-16
Press PersonaIs.

Mrs. o. NJ. Pickett returned from a
visit with her parents at Dallas Tues
day morning.-Newberg Graphic.
Mrs. J. @. Uglow and little daughter,
Marguerite, Of Dallas, spent a part OF
the week in the city with Mrs
A. n. MISUNDERSTANDING Telephone
Register.
Mrs. Ada Shultz, Of Dallas, is visit
ing this week with her aunt Mrs.
Harvey NesI.-McMinnville Tele-
phone Register.
Marsh Simpson, a well-known man
Of Elk City, passed through Corvallis,
Thursday, enroute to Polk county,
where is be to visit relatives. he will
visit awhile In this county on his way
home.-CorTallis Times.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-02-16
TACKLED WRONG MAN
Ex-Governor Geer Stlrs Up a Live
One in Editor FIagg, Of
St. Eielens.

A few weeks ago, E. H. Flagg, editor
of the st. Helens Mist, published an
editorial disappearing the candidacy
of I. 7. Geer for Governor, and ex-
pressing the belief that Mr.. Geer
could not be elected if nominated.
This caused the Ex-Governor to take
his typewriter in hand and pay his
respects to the down-river editor in a
column article, which was published
In the Salem Statesman. In his com
munication, Mr.. Geer called attention
to the fact that Flagg had once been a
Democrat and had Topped to the Re-
publican side of the fence. The reply
to Mr.. Geer's communication appears
in recent number of the Statesman,
and proves that the Ex-Governor
stirred up bad man when he tackled
Flagg. The reply is as follows;
Il am very sorry you have angered
Mr.. Geer by copying short editorial
from my pen. If there is anything l
can do to make amends to you 1 will
be pleased. do not remember asking
Mr.. Geer's consent to join the repub-
lican party. Possibly 1 should have
done so, but / overlooked it at that
time and it is too late now to correct
my error. I am fifty-three years old
and have Topped once. In company
with several thousand democrats in
Oregon, l changed from the demo-
cratic to the republican party when
Mr.. Bryan was nominated at Chicago.
1t is political history that had it not
been for the work Of those accessions
to the republican party, Oregon would
have gone democratic and Mr.. Geer
might not have had the privilege of
being governor Of Oregon for even
one term. II Mr.. Geer thinks he
makes a point for himself by stigma
tizing these men as 'hoppers, he is
welcome to the opinion, but it must be-
admitted that in doing so he places
party far above patriotism.
"As to Mr.. Geer's support of Furnish,
volumes might be written upon that
subject and they would change no
ones opinion. There is a sort of sup
port that is more damaging than open
You will remember that
Jap Mimic supported d. @. Sherman,
and yet Sherman's friends failed to
his efforts.
"But this is not a personal matter
myself and Mr.. Geer. 1t is
question TO be decided at the primaries
whether it is not better to nominate a
for governor who has not
been identified with either faction and
who could command the united sup
port Of the republican party.
Gas for my humble self will sup
port Mr.. Geer, if he is nominated; but
I have man working for me-the
foreman of my offioe-whom l am
afraid 1 cannot control, and if he
wears a Chamberlain button assure
you it will be against my earnest
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-02-16
Another Cnt.Off.

Southern Pacific people are con-
tempIating a continuation OF tne
GOOD work begun with the building oil
the St Joe cutoff, and the next move
TO benefit this section will very hkely
Ia a new track from Amity west TO
Rriedwell. thus shortening the road
to Dallas about mile, and giving 70
the town of Amity direct and frequent
railroad communication with the
county seat and other towns in the
vaIIeT as well as with Portland
NcMinnvilIe Reporter
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-02-16


Alum baking powders unhealthfu Do them for
raising food under any circumstances So detrimental alum
baking powders considered that most foreign countries their
sale prohibited In many States in this country the law
pes alum powders be branded to show that they contain
this dangerous acid while in the District of Columbia Congress
has prohibited the sale of all food that contains alum.
Alum baking powders sold at from 10
cents pound for IS cents rs pound
and when not branded may generally be distinguished by their
price
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-02-16


under where the big stone would swing
If remained there. l kept a watcl
for myself. Presently I got out Of tn,
way and stood waiting. The foreman
said, "0ld man, Shorty will let yol
know when to get out" 1 said
Shorty does not care, and 1 have Il
watch for myself. am the Judge O
the danger" "Well you go to work,
said the foreman, ''or quit" JUS
then the rock swung out and around
my way, and, when over the spo
where I would have been at work, the
rope broke. II 1 had been at work
where the foreman told me to work, oil
where Shorty would have let me work,
would have been crushed beneath
that rock, and my family would have
run up against the Fellow Servant
doctrine.
[ told the foreman l proposed to
watch for myself and / would not wait
the Indifferent attention of anybody.
The foreman said he proposed to be
boss, but just as he was about to give
me my bounce, Mr.. Diamond came
along, and the story was different
when l explained it.
A few days afterward, "boot leg
ger" as they are called, came along.
This was in Indian Territory, and the
U. S. Government forbids the sale of
whiskey there but it is sold, just the
same, by men who carry it with them.
They are called ''bOot leggers." Most
of the men found him that evening
ard got gloriously or foolishly drunk.
For two days the work was of, wait
ing for enough hands to sober up to
run the works. OF course, all went
broke who wanted to be liberal, as
they called it.
In about week, another one came,
and the boys wanted to borrow money
from me for another drunk. 1 said,
"All right, if Mr.. Diamond will go
security, payable any time 1 quit.
Of course, he would not do that, and
how those chaps did erowl at me for
being stingy. l replied that they
were more selfish than /, for they had
spent all Of their money for them
selves and now wanted to spend mine.
The next day, after we got two miles
from camp, the foreman gave me my
discharge. 1 laughed and said, "You
do not owe me a cent" I was dis
charged simply because l was not a
fool to work hard and then throw my
money away making drunk fool Of
myself. Why men will work hard
and then throw their money away is
beyond my comprehension. Yet, many
do; and not only that, they will do all
they can to annoy fellow workman
who is man enough to want value re-
ceived for his money. / here record
this statement: l believe that "booze"
does more to cut down the wages of
laboring men than all things else
I got my pay promptly and started
to walk from Eufaula to Checota along
the railroad. 1t was between these
two towns that 1 met the meanest man
on earth. There is but little show to get
water along the road, and at the water
station of the M. X. & 7. road /
stopped at the house of the station
keeper and asked for drink of water
1t was very warm day, and 1 was
surely thirsty. He stopped me at the
gate and said he had no time to fool
with tramps and for me to "git," or
he would put the dogs on me. And
Ill because had simply asked for a
drink of water. In the economy of
nature, hell is necessity.
TO be continued.)
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-02-16
Candidates Cards.

The OBSERVER job Office is prepared
to print cards for candidates on short
notice. The candidates photograph
will be printed on the card, when de-
sired, at a slight advance in price
Cards are not expensive, and are a
genteel means OF introduction to the
voters. Candidates of all parties are
invited to call and see samples.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-02-16
Wool Is Strong.

No future buying Of wool is being
done in this state, beyond that already
reported. In the Eastern markets,
the supply of all kinds Of Oregon
wool is practically gone. Eastern
Oregon staple is in demand, but little
can be obtained and quotations there
are largely nominal. The general
market is extremely strong and East
ern speculative dealers are very firm
in all their holdings. The strength
developed at the London sales, the
successful opening Of the New York
goods market and the lightness Of
stocks are responsible for the under
lying strength Of the market.-Ore-
gonian.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-02-16

Have you been betrayed by promises
of quacks, swallowed pills and bottled
medicine without results except
damaged stomach. To those we offer
HollisteI's Rocky Mountain Tea. S5
cents. Belt g. Cherrington.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-02-16
TWO YEARS EXPERIENCE
AS A HIRED HAND.

tIhe following article, from the pen of we'll
SHOWN citlzen OF Polk county deals with modern
conditions in the labor world, and is we'll worth
reading 1t is published by permission. -EDrToRl
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-02-16

The Forest Grove Times is out
spoken against candidates for the
Legislature signing Pledge No. 1. !"
Good looks bring happiness Friends
care more for US when we meet them
with clean, smiling face, brighteyes
sparkling with health, which comes
by taking HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea. IS cents. Belt & Cherrington.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-02-16
Coming Events Cast Their
Shadows Before

February lst marked the beginning of new firm
\ the old stand. Preparations have been making for
nhs past for this change and for an increased bust
hess Our efforts have been to select such goods as we
know have merit and value and at such prices that
will commend your confidence.
Our every line will be complete in due time for
cur spring shopping. Those who wish to see or wish
b buy will do themselves favor and enjoy shop
ber's feast by looking at our many new and snappy
khings for spring.
full and complete line for men and women, Dry
Goods, Clothing and all the pretty things that you
Will need nice line of Spring OvercOats for Men
lust received by express.
We solicit your patronage.
Dallas Mercantile Company
Successors to R. JACOBSON Q co.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-02-16
A Wrong Impression.

1ne Voters have the idea that
vel the provisions of the direct
aIy law a person can sign only
0snuldate's petition for each office.
= Is wrong. A voter may sign
lumber of petitions Of candidates
=. sIy one Office. The only require
- = : mat the voter must be regis
4 as a member Of the same politi-
80; pal.y as the candidate whose
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-02-16
HERE'S A SATIRTST
Douglas County Man Has Fun at
Expense Of "LOcaI Interest"
Candidates.

Louis Barzee, of Roseburg, is some
what of satirist. He furnishes his
picture to the Roseburg Valley News,
and with it his announcement of con-
sent to run for governor, with the
platform on which he will stand, the
usual catering to local interests being
finely taken off We give parts Of his
platform"
1st, The Inauguration Of system
of good roads in and for Douglas
county
End. Curtailment- Of expenses in
all other parts Of the state.
3rd. The erection Of a $4,000 resi-
dence Gn Roseburg) for the private
use of the governor.
5th. Dredging and otherwise deep
ening the main channels in Rose
burg's best streets, that they may be
navigable the year round.
9th Suppressing all expenditures
for higher education. Roseburg has
no normal or state school.
sth. Creating a channel sixty-flve
feet deep deep at Coos Bay.
9th. Creating just law, making
it misdemeanor for any person to
make it known that he is dissatisfied
with the policy of the governor.
18th. The building, by the state, Of
a railroad from Roseburg to Coos
Bay, same to be kept up by the state
and owned by Douglas county.
18th. Raising the governors salary
to $4,000 a year-same to begin with
my term. This will enable me to pay
my debts and re-establish my credit.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
New Danger Signal.

Danger! An electrical system of sig
mailing has been perfected in Noting
ham, England, whereby gong sounds
on the engine and an immense bulls
eye in the cab glares with gren or red
light in the drivers face. Beyond the
spot where at present the distant sig
nal is located on the railways, the in
vention proposes that a central rail 100
yards long should be laid with sec
ond and much larger central rail near
the present house signal. Connected
with the signal box, the pressure of a
roller beneath the engine on these CEN
trail rails would not only ring a bell
and cause lamp, corresponding with
the track upon which the train has
been running, to glow in the signal
box, but bells would ring or red or
green lamps glow on the engine itself,
the color of the lamp depending upon
which rail the signalman had connect
ed with a negative.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
BUILD STEEL CARS
IMPORTANT ADVANCE MADE BY
THE HARTMAN LINES.
ALI Passenger and Freight Equipment
in the Near Future, Will Be ~
of This Construction
Economy in Plans.

The management of the Hartman
lines, after experiments extending
through long period, have adopted
steel for the construction of all pas
senger equipment, of all box cars and
of other cars which will permit of such
construction.
With view to trying out the plans
which have been made for passenger
coaches, for mail cars and for freight
cars, the Hartman lines are having
constructed in the Sacramento shops
| under the supervision of julius
Kruttchnitt, director of operation and
maintenance, a model car of each kind
with view to ascertaining whether
the plans for the construction are the
best, and will work out as the manage
| ment believes they will. When the
plans are proved by the construction
of the model cars, these plans will be
adopted as standard, and the Harri-
man lines will then build all their cars
| with steel frames
In the case of the freight cars, or
box cars, the company is constructing
them almost entirely of steel, the floors
| being of this material.
The action of the Hartman lines
| management in adopting steel so thor
| oughly and completely for equipment
is of more Importance than appears at
first glance. Some years ago the com
pany began building steel underframes
in freight equipment, which reduced
the weight of box car from about
$4,000 pounds to Al, 900 pounds. Steel
construction throughout will further
reduce the weight of the car between
5000 and 1000 pounds. In train of
| SO freight cars this would mean saw
ing of between rs and 100 tons, or that
amount added to the possible train
| load. This increase in train-load pos
| sibilities, together with the indestruc-
| tibility of the cars, the cheapness of
| their repair and of the maintenance,
which is fully so per cent. over the
| wooden cars, means tremendous to-
/ tai saving to the Hartman lines.
| Still another saving that will be eff
| fected by the use of steel is in the
way of lessened loss and damage from
| wrecks. The loss of property is very
| much less, as are the casualties, where
| In the latter cars the combustible ma
terial is reduced to a minimum, and
fires would rarely follow wrecks. With
a view to showing the possibilities in
wrecks, the management had photo
graphs taken of steel cars which were
bent and twisted so that they looked
utterly worthless. Photographs of the
same cars were taken after, an expen-
diture of $500 upon them, showing
them practically as good as new.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
Railroads as ciyilizers.

The railroads continue to get, in
their work as civilizers. Those OF
South Africa, to build which cost
s125, 100000, are reported as doing a
rushing and profitable business. The
wise policy of the English, now in
control there, is to open up the ceun-
try to trade and agriculture, and the
results are increasingly satisfactory.
1t will be some time before the Cape
to Cairo" through line is completed,
but connecting links are multiplying,
and the dark continent" is coming
into closer commercial contact with
the outside world and thus getting en-
lightenment and prosperity. And due
credit should be given to the railway
for what it is accomplishing in this
direction.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
ERROR IN BILL OF LADINC
Young Railroad Man Found Burro
Where Ee Naturally Looked
for a Bureau

There was time when Senator
Elkins of West Virginia was hustling
young freight agent in New Mexico.
His Office was a box car and his prin-
cipal troubles were in making his re-
ceipts OF freight tally with his bills
of lading. One day he had carload
of household furniture switched to his
siding. The seal of the car door was
quickly broken, as young Elkins then,
as now, always liked to keep up with
his work. He was greeted with the
bray OF an ass as the door slipped
back on it's rollers. The bill of lading
was at once scanned, but there was
nothing to show that the animal
should be passenger on this partic-
ular car The goods were all checked
out and then Elkins wired the general
office thus: I'm a bureau short and
a jackass long on this carload of fur
niture" After a little delay the an
swer came: "All o. K. The bureau is
a burro.'
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
Earnings of English Railways.

While we are inclined to criticise
English railroads with much freedom,
they have a record in one respect
which our own railroad managers
must look upon with respect. The
gross earnings of the English roads
never showed an unfavorable fuctu-
alton, as compared with a previous
year, of over w per cent. With all
the talk of poor railway management,
of decadent industries and of the
economic evils of war, it is confusing
to find that the commercial develop
ment of Great Britain, measured by
her gross railroad traffic, presents an
almost unbroken record of advance.
Net earnings, however, have been
badly cut into by the rise in wages and
by the higher cost of fuel-Scribner
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
WEIGHS ONLY FOUR GRAINS
Smallest Engine in the World Truly a
Marvel of Mechanical Ingenu-
ity-Its Dimensions.

"'Tiny Tim,' as I have named this
smallest of all engines" writes T. H.
Robinson in the Technical World
Magazine, lis made of gold and steel,
and is SO small that a common house
fly seems large in comparison. 1t fits
easily into the smallest % short cart.
ridge, balance wheel and all. It
weighs just four grains complete
That is about the weight of a com.
mon match. 1t takes 100 such en-
gines to weigh one ounce and 1920 to
weigh pound. Three million eight
hundred and forty thousand engines
equal one ton.
"The engine bed and stand are OF
gold. The shaft runs in hardened
and ground steel bearings inserted in
the gold bed. These bearings are
counter-bored from the inside to form
self-oiling bearing. The f1ywheel
has steel center and arms, with a
gold rim, and this part-the complete
wheel-weighs one grain.
"The cylinder is of steel with oc-
tagonal base highly polished. The
stroke is one-thirty second of an inch,
bore three-hundredths of an inch.
Seventeen pieces are used in the con-
struction of this engine.
1.-THE feed is through the gold base,
which is hollow The speed of this
engine is 5000 revolutions per min
ute. When running 100 per second no
motion is visible to the eye, but it
makes note like the noise of a mos
quito, caused by the vibrating piston
rod.
The horse power is 1-498OOO of one
horse power. Compressed air is used
to run these engines and it may be OF
interest to note that the amount re-
quired to make the large engine hum
can easily be borne on the eyebal]
without winking"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
Engines Without Drivers.

Germany possesses a miniature but
most useful railway, of which the chief
popularity is that it's trains have no
drivers. 1t is used for carrying salt
from the salt mines at Saassfurt. The
trains consists of 80 trucks, each car
rying half ton of salt. The engines
are electric, of 24-horse power each.
AS the train approaches station, of
which there are five along the line, it
automatically rings bell, and the
station attendant turns a switch to
receive it. He is able to stop it at
any moment. To start it again he
stands on the locomotive, switches
the current, and then descends before
the engine has gained speed.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-08-03
To Run by Electricity.

The management of the Long; Is
land railway has decided to substi-
tute electric motors for locomotives
in the handling of all passenger
trains. An order has been placed
with a Pittsburg firm for motors
enough to supersede every locomotive
in active service in this department.
Power will be taken from wire
overhead after the manner employed
in trolley car operation. By the be-
ginning of the summer traffic it is ex-
pected that all trains on this line will
be run by motors, doing away with
the smoke, cinders and other discom-
forts of railroad travel in warm
weather.