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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-09-13
Smoke the Leader cigar.

Smoke the Leader cigar.
SHETLAND &Son's Famous Ice Cream
at Ellis's.
Real estate-thats all. VANORsDE1
s. BARHAM.
Try the La Fama and Leader cigars
You will like them.
L. D. Brown, for Abstracts. Notary
Public; typewriting.
Ralph Adams sells furniture for
less than trust stores.
Come and list with the hustlers.
VANORsDEL u BARHAM.
Come and skate at the Colosseum
rink Saturday evening.
Ask your dealer for the celebrat ed
La Fama cigar; none better.
The OBSERVER office wants the print
ing you are particular about.
For the best cigars and freshest
candies, call on Horace Webster.
Skating at the Colosseum rink,
Saturday night. Band in attendance.
The stage fare between Dallas and
Salem has been reduced to so cents. X
Money Of private parties to loan at
6 per cent on well-improved farms.
SIBLEY & EAKIN.
Patronize the new barber shop on
Main street. II. W. Reel, the proprietor,
guarantees first-class work.
w. r. Ellis, agent for Daily Ore
gonian and Evening Telegram. Have
a daily paper delivered at your house
by the week, month or year. No extra
charge for delivery.
Legal blanks at this office.
We can sell your farm or city prop
erty. BUTLER & DUNN. 2t
Good music and plenty of skates at
the Colosseum rink, Saturday evening.
Apprentices wanted at once or imme-
diately after hop picking at Mrs. Ella
J. Metzger's millinery store.
Hires Root Beer, the coolest and
most pleasant of the soft drinks, is
now on sale at Johnson Bros confec-
tionery store. Come in and try it. 1t
Smoke the La Fama cigar.
Legal Blanks for sale at this office.
Everything for that fishing trip at
W. r. Ellis
We can sell your real estate. VAN
ORsDEL & BARHAM.
The Colosseum rink will be open
Saturday evening. Band in attendance.
I have on display nice assortment
of ''Spalding's" sporting goods. All
guaranteed. W. r. ELLIS.
The neatest Ice Cream parlors in
town and good service guaranteed.
Give us trial. Ellis Confectionery.
Johnson Bros. are the only confec-
tioners in Dallas who sell Hires
Root Beer. This is the very best of
the soft drinks. Try it and see for
yourself. 1t
Mrs. Ella J. Metzger has her fine
line of Fall hats on display this week.
The formal opening of the season will
be on September 81. The ladies of
Dallas are cordially invited to call |
and examine the stock, which is by |
'ar the best that has ever been brought
% Dallas. 9-lO-3t
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-09-13
Polk County Observer

Miss Inez Allen, of Oak Grove, was
a Dallas visitor Wednesday.
Ralph Adams returned from a shor
business visit in Portland, Wednesday
NJ. D. Coulter, of Sheridan, was 6
business visitor in Dallas, Wednes.
day.
G. w. Cone and daughter, Bernice
went to Portland, Wednesday, for a
short visit
Miss Eula Phillips returned Tues
Day from attending the Y. W. G. A.
convention at Seaside.
Mrs. Nellie Dew, of Nelsonville,
Ohio, is visiting her sister, Mrs. o. s.
Clark, whom she had not seen for over
"a years.
F. III. Morrison returned Tuesday
from weeks stay in Portland, where
he has been studying their methods of
building streets with crushed rock.
Prof. D. M. Metzger returned from
Portland, Wednesday. J. Y. Maxwell,
of Eugene, came up with him, and
will attend Dallas college this winter.
Norval Gates arrived home Wednes-
day, from Hainos, Baker county,
Where he has been staying for the
past ten months with his uncle, Grant
Hoberg.
]. H. Dancy was in town this week
on business connected with the Pacific
states Telephone Company, of which
he is the Polk and Marion county
representative.
Won Casey visited at the home Of his
PARENTS, Mr.. and Mrs. B. Casey, Sun
day. He has been making his home
Ia Southern Oregon for the past few
Years, but left on Monday for Montana.
The new bowling alley recently
Installed at the pool room is proving
quite an attraction, and rivalry
between the young men Of Dallas for
the highest score, is growing stronger
every day.
Howard VanAuken and Chester
Phelps, of Los Angeles, arrived in
Dallas, Wednesday, and are visiting
ut the home Of the latters uncle, A. Fl.
Phelps. The young men will probably
spend the winter here.
Cornelius Hughes called at the
OBSERVER office yesterday, and left
some samples Of his curious apricot
plum which was mentioned in one of
our former issues. The fruit is Of an
excellent flavor and good color, and
can doubtless be cultivated into val
liable marketable product.
The Townsend creamery is now we'll
under way and is receiving a rapidly
Increasing patronage from all the
farming country bordering on our
town. The churning is done every
other day, and many visitors are
attracted thither to watch the inter-
ssting process of manufacturing
bntter by strictly modern methods.
Mrs. Roy Webb was very painfully
Injured, Tuesday, by being thrown
nom buggy in a runaway. The
horses became frightened at the Falls
City train near the crossing Beyond
The old Harris property and bolted,
Mrs. Webb out OF the rig
upon her face, Her nose was broken
and she sustained several severe
bruises on her head and body, but it
Il thought that none of her injuries
are extremely serious. Il
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-09-13

Frank Pepper went to Portland yes
terday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gerlinge
were visitors in Portland, Wednesday
Charles Mayfield, of Airlie, was {
business visitor in Dallas, Wednes
day.
John VanOrsdel and Harry Byerl
have gone to Newport on a cruising
expedition.
e. A. Carlson and family, of Olym
pia, Washington, are visiting this
week at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. T
Johnson.
Kerslake & White offer a pair ot
roller skates to the boy having the
best collective exhibit at the school
children's Industrial Fair.
George Moore, of Buena Vista,
offers a reward Of $1,000 for any
information which will lead to the
capture of the murderer of his wife.
Seventy-five cents for a quarter is
what you get If you dine at the
Dallas Hotel, Sunday. The dinner is
worth it, and you will be loser if you
fail to come.
Wednesdays rainstorm fortunately
came too late in the season to cause
serious damage in the hopyards, as
nearly all of the crop had already
been picked.
Several people have reported seeing
a large flock of wild geese headed
southwark Wednesday morning. If
this is true, it would appear that we
must expect an early and hard winter.
John Woods arrived in Dallas this
week from Starbuck, Wash. and is
visiting his mother, Mrs. Sarah
Woods. Since leaving Dallas, he has
been engaged in railroad work, the
greater part of the time in Arizona
and Sonora, Mexico.
Prof. I. M. Glen and family, who
have been spending the summer on
the Lyle farm, will go to their home
in Eugene today. Mrs. H. L. Veazie
will also return to her home in Port
land for few days stay and then
leave on trip to Japan.
W. r. Howe has harvested and dis
posed of his entire crop of peaches,
and there are still many people desir-
ing to order from him. The excellent
quality Of the fruit made the demand
for it so great that it was impossible
to furnish peaches to all who desired
them.
A fine "Clipper" seed cleaning ma
chine is being set up in Ray & Stoner's
feed store and will be operated by
their electric motor recently secured
from the. Willamette Valley Electric
They are already using
the latter to run the chopping machine,
and are highly satisfied with its evil
dent superiority over the gasoline
motor that they formerly used.
Il. @. Dimick, owner of the Dallas
Derry stage line, was a visitor in
Portland this week. Returning home,
he was accompanied by Mrs. o. E.
5covill, sister Of Mrs. Dimick, who
Is now visiting at the Dimick home.
Mrs. Scovill's former home was in
Portland, Maine, but recently she
came west to Seattle. The TWO sisters
lad not seen each other for 43 years.
Mrs. Scovill is rs years old and Mrs.
Oimick is "a. The two sisters are
glad reunion, and before
PARTING again will have their photo
graphs taken to send to another sister
till residing in Portland, Maine.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-09-13
Legal blanks at this office.

We have parties wanting small
fatms; perhaps you have the place
that will suit. BUTLER & DUNN. 2t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-20
A Good Word for Bank Clerks.

Gilson- Willets, in Leslie's Weekly.
 One new thing proposed at the bank CTS meeting had special reference to bank clerks. The bank clerks in the country will be pleased to know that the new thing may go through before the time of next convention. The new plan is to admit the Bank Clerks asso- citation as part of the Bankers asso- citation and give allSthe tellers and clerks a chance to attend the conven- tions and have a voice in the business.
 And why not?" said a cashier of big New York bank, while we sat with cashiers of other banks through out the country. "The paying teller is, in fact, almost as important a man in any bank as the cashier. He can break a bank quicker than any other one man on the premises. By dint of faultless memory he holds his cage In the five hours of banking, the paying teller B single glance he must know whether The teller. is also a careful student of the human face. If he does not know the faces of his customers as well as the faces of their checks, he may some day cripple, if not break, bank. In the great banks in the large cities the paying tellers sometimes have as much as s5, 900 ,000 or s6 ,000 900 in their direct charge. That there are wondrously few betrayals of trust speaks volumes for the high average of honesty among the hundred thousand or more bank clerks of the country"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-20

An Advancing Army, But there is another fact about this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-20
Except

From time immemorial there had been a law in Applegate, County Warwick. England, to the effect that the mayor had the best of everything in town, and. for instance, one should say he had che best coat in the place he must add the words, Except the mayor.
 One day stranger came to Applegate and had dinner there at the inn. After paying his bill he said to the landlord: . I've had the best dinner in the coun- Ntry."
 The Landlord-11xcept the mayor.
 The Stranger-Except nothing.
 As result the tourist was called be- fore the magistrate and fined ten pounds for his breaking of the laws Of the place. When the man had paid his fine he looked around him and said, slowly, I'm the biggest fool in town, except the mayor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-20
The Eternal Lottery.

From Harper's Weekly.
 Governor Vardaman of Mississippi tells an amusing instance of the ne- gro's attitude toward matrimony.
 A darky clergyman in the state named had married two negroes; and after the ceremony the groom asked, How much yo' charge fo' dls2"
 q usually leave that 10 the groom. was the reply. Sometimes l am paid S5. sometimes Sf0, sometimes less"
 Five dollars Is a lot O money pahson," said the groom. "Ah'll give yo $2 an den ef ah finds ah ain't got cheated, ah'lI give yo' mo in monf."
 In the stipulated time the groom re- turned. "Pah son. said he, dis here ar engagements kind Q speclashun. an ah reckon youse got do worst of It. An figgers that yo owes me s1.7 .75."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-20
DRUNKENNESS

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-20

clear as the sun and terrible as an army with banners.
 The prophetic vision of my text likened the eonanerng church to a IA great army in numbers It 1ikened it Nto a mighty multitude which marched by company after company. regiment after regiment, brigade after brigade. division after division, host after host. There the army went marching, tramp ing. And as they marched and kept step the very earth trembled and shook with the uniform tread of the myriads of feet
 Will Not Break steps
 You know that when soldiers come 70 a bridge they arc ordered to break step lest the rhythmic pulsation of the march ing bring down tic bridge. But in the scenes of my text the eonquering church will never have to break step. It's myriads of Christian soldiers will march until the pounding of their many feet will make the earth shake with the step ot the advancing hosts. The figure in this metaphor is not that of "corporals guard" It is not the figure of a small company. But it is the figure of a great warlike host upon the march. "Who is she that looketh forth as the morning. fair as the moon. clear as the sun and terrible as an army with banners?"
 Oh. the immensity of the army of the gospel church, Some of you aged men and women were in Washington during the grand parade of the Union troops just before they disbanded after the civil war. Hour after hour the return ing soldiers filed past that reviewing stand. But the Christian army is greater in numbers than any that ever followed a Grant. sherman or Lee. You may have read about the great host which Xerxes organized for his invasion of Greece. When the Asiatic general ap- preached the Hellespont he had in his ranks over million fighting men. But the gospel army is larger than that The finest military organization today is that commanded by the German kaiser. On it's peace footing Germany has today an army of nearly a million men. Then 1t has two great reserve corps, the land wehr and the landsturm. That means that every ablebodied man in the Ger man empire is part of the nucleus of regiment. Each man has his place. At the national call to arms all the men from the farm, the counter and the of flee repair to their mobilizing stations. There the uniforms and the guns await them. Each horse and saddle in the em- pire is numbered. And at a given signal every ablebodied man from 20 to 50 can or offensive purposes. But the gospel army is larger than that of the combined armies of the German empire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-20

cannot come during our lifetime Yet there has never been a generation since
 He left the earth that was so ready as this to welcome Him, nor has there ever been d time so suited as this for the pro- phetic fulfillment of Christ's second ad-
Milford chronicle., 1907-11-08
Breakino Into Jail.

Breaking out Of rather than into
jail is what one is ordinarily accus-
toned to read about, but Belfast, Ire
land. has provided a new type when a
man was charged il court with the
Offense of burglaring the arison. When
asked for an explanation Of his con-
duct, he told the policeman that the
burglaring tendency was so strong =
developed in him that he felt he must
break into something, and as the
prison was the most likely place in
which to find a kindred spirit he de-
cided to try is luck" This was not
the first of this mans peculiar esca-
pades. He had previously been charged
in Dublin with breaking into one Of
the hospitals and explained his con-
duct by stating that he wanted to
steal corpse. What is puzzling every
1ne is how he has managed to get over
walls tweive and fourteen feet high
without the aid Of ladders or other
Milford chronicle., 1907-11-08
VERY ANNOYING.
This Hardly Expresses What Milford
People Say Of 1t.

ANY itchiness Of the skin is annoying.
Little danger in itching skin diseases,
But theV make you miserable.
Deans Ointment is an ever.failing cur,
For Piles, Eczema, all itching troubles
Milford citizens endorse it.
Mrs. Leah Davis, Franklin Avenue
and East Street, Milford, Del, says
II have been recommending Doan's
Ointment for a number of years and l
think l am justified in doing so. For
thirty years, was afflicted with eczema
on my forehead, the result Of having
my head blistered when l had brain
ever in my young days and it lever
healed. 1t is impossible TO state the
amt ant Of money spent in salves,
Oiutments, powders and washes and
different remedies, some relieving the
itching temporarily, but none gave any
permanent relief and others aggravated
1t making it worse. The very first ap.
plieation Of DOan's Ointment gave in
stant relief and several applications
healed it up gradually until the parts
affected grew ever nicely. When a
remedy will do this to an old chronic
case like mine Of thirty years standing
what would it do with cases of milder
forms. l made STA ement for puuli- I
cation in 1908 setting forth the aoove
facts, and can today, May 2 1907, |
after four years Ofexperience, say there
is no better remedy made than Doan's
Ointment for the ailments it is recon-.
mended to cure. I always expect to
keep 1t Oh hand"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
IOle agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doanls-and
axe no ether.
Milford chronicle., 1907-11-08
Lo, the Wise indian.

There has been quite a little said
about the CRATER taking advantage of
the Indian. 1t is not always thus.
A land man who wanted an Indians
signature to a deed told the Indian.
who was suffering with toothache. to
go to a dentist and have his teeth
fixed. and said that he, the CRATER
would pay the expense The CRATER
did this to jolly the Indian into sign
ing the deed The Indian returned
from the dentists with $23s worth of
gold crowns in his head. The land man
paid the bin. Whether the Indian sign
ed the deed is not necessarily a part
of the stOrv.-Kansas City Journal.
Milford chronicle., 1907-11-08

many OF its articles or faltn were, la
the light of modern science, "unthink-
able" and citing as examples the doc
trines of the trinity, transubstantla-
ton, the resurrection of the dead, etc
To this a famous writer replied by
asking, Are the most recent diseov.
cries and theories of modern science
any easier TO understand or to believe
than those of religion?" He called at
tentiOn to the words of certain modern
mathematlcians as an example One
of these writes gravely ON the proper
ties of bodies having more than three
dimensions Euclid. the founder Of
modern mathematics. propoundei as
an axiom that nothing can have more
than three dimensiOns-leng breadth
and thickness. \ line has length. but
neither breadth nor thickness; a plane
surface has length and breadth. hut no
thickness; a solid has length, breadth
and thickness. But this modern man
Of science discusses objects which may
nave length, breadth. thickness and
some other dimension, or several 9TH
er dimensions, for he asserts that it Is
as easy for it to have an Infinite num-
Der as only four. Another great mathe-
matician is writing sOlemnly of in
finite spaces inclosed In other Infinite
spaces, yet another treats of the pos
sibility of drawing an infinite number
of lines parallel to a straight line
through a given point. while still an
other proves beautifully to his own sat
that it is impossible to draw
3 line parallel to another line.
"MOdern science" in whose name
men reject the doctrines Of
as ''unthinkable," has no
hesitation in asking the world to be-
ieve such seemingly ''unthinkable"
propositions as those mentioned, to say
lohing Of the marvels Of wireless
Biography and radium, which a few
ears ago were equally "unthinkable."
The controversy RACES back and
orth, the men Of science standing
ravely to their guns and the men Of
aith laughing in their sleeves at the
ontortions of their learned antago-
lists, while the general public is get ,
ng some mental gymnastics such as
has not had in enerations.-Arthur
in New York World.
Milford chronicle., 1907-11-08
What's the Use

studying color cards, catalogues, etc.,
and worrying yourself, wife and flieuds
to death, irving tn decide which Of the
manv ADULTERATED psiuts is the
best? One is just as good ss the nther,
hut If you with q paint that is DIFF.
FERENr, buy and use
Milford chronicle., 1907-11-08
FATAL ELECTION RIOT
One Man Killed and Three Wounded,
One Fatally, at Lexington, Ky.

One Man Killed and Three Wounded
One Fatally, at Lexington, KY.
Lexington, KY, Nov. 6.-Followine
an election day riot here, Clyde Camp
bell was killed, Patrolman Michael
Murphy probably fatally wounded.
and Patrolman Marion Smith and w.
R. Campbell, Clydes father, severely
wounded. The elder Campbell, who
was Republican candidate for coun-
Gilman, was arrested after he had
protested against what he termed
election frauds. His son came to his
assistance and was shot by Murphy.
W. R. Campbell then shot Murphy.
who returned the fire, severely wound.
ing his man, although himself fatally
hurt.
There is some difference in reports
as to the details of the shooting. A
graphic account is given by Thomas
A. Knight, who saw the tragedy.
knight said that in a large crowd at a
voting place he saw Police Officer
Murphy struggling with w. R. Camp
bell When the struggle seemed near.
ly over and the policeman's antago-
mist seemed to be ceasing his resist.
ance, he saw young Campbell run up
and strike Murphy in the face. Muir |
ply turned and kicked Campbell ia I
the stomach. Campbell than ran out |
East High street, while Murphy con.
dnued toward the police station with
his prisoner.
A little later young Campbell came
running up with a revolver In his
hand. He ran up to Murphy and
showed the pistol into his face. Muir.
ply was evidently surprised at the at.
tack but he held on to his prisoner.
Campbell demanded of Murphy that
he turn his father loose, but Murphy
refused. Just then PatroIman Smith
came, and, as young Campbell turned
to see the officer, Murphy struck him
three times over the head with his
club. Young Campbell dropped to his
knees, and as he did so the elder
Campbell shot Murphy in the back.
Smith then drew his revolver and the
became general. Smith shot
Did man Campbell Murphy stagger- {
I'd up against the side of the building
md continued to fire, shooting sew =
sral times. He was still using his pis- -
ol when he was struck by another
,ullet apparently fired by young I
Campbell. Murphy had fallen, but he =
,ot up and staggered to where young 9
'ampbell was struggling with some >
ne who had caught him. Murphy y
eaned over and placed the muzzle of =, a.
is pistol within a few inches of u
oung Campbell's body, took deliber- u
te aim and fired. "a
Milford chronicle., 1907-11-08

ure OF his whimsical ana never ran.
ing humor. Doubtless many Of his
sallies will be iotted down by friends
and preserved by his biographer, but
the manner Of his appealing perslfage
and Illuminating witticisms can never
be reproduced.
Nor can be told vet the story OF his
chief happiness-of that life of insep.
arabic affection which helped to make
his career one Of the most fortunate
in the annals of literature. Century.
Milford chronicle., 1907-11-08
The presldent Noted

Washington, Nov. 6.-President
Roosevelt cast ballot "a at Oyster
Bay. New York, thus registering his
choice as to two associate justices of
the court of appeals, a justice Of the
supreme court of the state. member
Of the assembly, county officers and
several proposed amendments to the
state constitution. For the president
to exercise the elective franchise ne
cesitated IS hours a9d 225 miles Of
railroad travel and four minutes in
the voting booth.
Milford chronicle., 1907-11-08
A PEG In Tree.

After four inch boards had been TAX
en- off an oak log mt james Webb's
sawmill. in Greenfield, Ind, walnut
peg an inch in diameter was found,
where 1t had been driven into the log.
The peg was Il foot long and reached to
the heart of the big log, where, it is es-
timated it had been driven seventy
five years agO. At the end of the peg
was a coil Of black hair, long and silk
en-. Mr.. Webb endeavored to learn the
history Of the log, but to no avail. Old
people in the neighborhood are of the
opinion that the coil of hair was placed
there in accordance with a prevalent
custom of pioneer times. This custom
provided that when a man and wife
could not get along or agree instead Of
as in these days, the neigh
bors cut a lock of hair from the head
Of each. Aghole was then bored in a
thrifty tree and the locks of hair were
driven to the heart by a walnut pin
After this it was believed the couple
,ould live happly-Exchange