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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-02-01
Teachers, Examination.

Notice is hereby given that the
County School Superintendent Of Polk
County will hold the regular examina-
tion Of applicants for state and county
papers at Dallas as follows:
FOR STATE PAPERS.
Commencing Wednesday, February
13. at 9 O'Clock q. M, and continuing
until Saturday, February 16, at
o'clock p. m.
Wednesday -Penmanship, history,
spelling, physical geography, reading,
psychology.
Thursday-W Written arithmetic, civil
government, theory of teaching, book
keeping, grammar, physics.
Friday Physiology, geogr aph y
mental arithmetic, composition, alge
bra.
Saturday Botany, plane geometry
general history, English literature
school law.
FOR COUNTY PAPERS.
Commencing Wednesday, February
13, at 9 O'Clock a. m., and continuing
until Friday, February IS, at o'clocl
p. m.
FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD GRADE GER
TIFICATEs.
Wednesday -Penmanship, reading
history, photography.
Thursday-Theory Of teaching
written arithmetic, grammar, physi
ology.
Geography, mental arith
metic, school law, civil government.
PRIMARY CERTIFICATES.
Wednesday-Penmanship,r reading
photography, arithmetic.
Thursday-Theory Of teaching, ar
Of questioning, physiology,
G. L. STARR,
County School Superintendent
of Polk County, Oregon.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-02-01
BALLSTON.

A we'll l-conducted dance occurs about
once week in the WOodman Hall
under the management of the Edwards
brothers.
Joseph Davidson makes his head
quarters here while running an
engine and buzz-sa in this neighbor-
hood for conversion Of the tough oak
grubs into stirrup-timber blocks
which are shipped to Portland for
Completed manufacture. There is said
to be only one other concern OF the
kind in the United States. Grubs OF
eight inches diameter and upwards
are sawn off close to the ground and
the first 4-foot cut only is used for
stirrups.
The dilatory tactics Of Yamhill
County in the matter of repairing the
broken Yamhill bridge are liable to
cost her taxpayers some thousands Of
dollars. All this long spell OF low
water has gone by and nothing has
been done, save the few braces that
William Carroll was able to apply
Warm rain, melted snow, high water
and a well-directed log or two would
make combination that would bring
down the main span and call FOL
almost new bridge and the blocking
OF travel until next summer.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-02-01
NEWS OF COUNTY TOWNS.
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carrying Of mail from this place 70
Parker. "oo "
Inc eighth grade recently completed
taxing the state examinations and ara
now anxiously awaiting the returns.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Prather have
returned home from Portland. where
Mrs. Prather has been undergoing
treatment for her eyes.
Fred Hall, son Of W. R. Hall Of
thls place, died recently in Stockton
california. The remains were
brought to Corvallis for burial.
The revival meetings which were
conducted by Rev. Naomi Mcdonald
Phelps have closed. These meetings
were a benefit to the community, and
her leaving is regretted by the church
members and the many friends she
made while here.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-02-01
BUTLER.

D. t. Hodges was aSheridan visitor
last week.
G. 0. Butler was a Sheridan visitor,
Wednesday.
Oscar Faulconer visited at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Rowell last week.
The dance given by Ira Yocom on
Friday evening was very much en-
ioyed by the young people.
Jim Shepard left Monday morning
for his home in Washington, accom-
panied by his brother Dave.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-02-01
AIRLlE.

uoOry Tarter's little girl has been
'.nte sick since Sunday
= ~, Tarter, OF Corvallis, was in
ID vicinity on business, Saturday
NJ simpson is still feeding some
,',r = head OF cattle for the spring
market.
~ n williams attended the funeral
his brother. Jonathan, at Salem
asst Saturday.
Glen Byerly, Harry Williams and
,,,l,l Raker went to Salem last week
b see Bryan
Homer Link and Wallie Brown
omein Tuesday and took out a part
,their sawmill outfit.
George Crowley left this week for
FalIs City, where he will work in one
I the camps, filing saws.
Mr. Erickson and family, who have
,oen living far up the Luckiamute,
Iook the train for Salem. Monday.
Fd Patras, who was in the store
noiness for several years, is working
I the same trade at Oakland, Oregon.
oulte a number Of the young folks
moved themselves until late hour
\ the home of. q. Nendel last Friday
hight.
Mrs. J. d. Bevens, Florence Hudson,
E Winterstein and others attended
play in Independence, Saturday
evening.
O. e. Staats visited the farm of s.
4 Beal in Benton county, Tuesday
and purchased a couple of fine Leg
horn cocks.
Prof. J. W. Hooker came down from
Eugene, Monday evening, to see
his father, who is very sick with
pneumonia.
Mrs. w. w. Smith, Of Lewisville, is
going into the chicken business quite
Extensively, having secured E. w.
staats' Sure-hatch incubator.
B. Pickens, OF Pedee, took the motor
Tor Monmouth, Tuesday, where he
Inspected the herd Of dairy COWS of
Mr. Wheelock, which is for sale.
Mrs. John Ritner, of Pedee, took the
train here one day last week for
Montesano, Wash, where she will
spend "a week or two with her sons,
Frank and Fred.
Willie Robertson and RobbiePhillips
killed l8 coons and a wildcat during
the snow; George Conn and Andy
Turner killed II coons, and two coyotes
we're killed from Everette Stats
hounds.
Monday was quite a busy day here.
E. w. Staats and Bernice Bruce were
Sloading a car with hay; Mr.. Hadley
was putting in car Of slaves, and
Robert Story and Hugh Williams
we're filling a car with axe-handle
timber,
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-02-01
Mccoy.

Preaching at Mccoy every Sunday
by Rev. EdmOnson.
Mr. and Mrs. George Kelly visited
relatives at Bridgeport last week.
Mr.. Boche and Miss Shore teachers
90 the Bethel school, spent Saturday
and Sunday in Monmouth, visiting
relatives.
The school officers, patrons and
..aobors will meet at Mccoy, February
. ~ 10 a. M. for the discussion o.
school ! matters. This meeting Will
include the Holmes district Perryua'e'
Bethel and Mccoy.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-02-01
FALLS CITY.

I'll aawkman came home from
Portland, Friday.
Alvin Robinson and family arrived
80 - from Portland last Saturday.
G. G. johnson and his CRUISING I3,I.s
~ ~ If six came out from the siletz
Basin, Sunday
Ed Tpman went to the basin TOT
~ a' ernisers' outfits, Monday ana
returned Tuesday.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-02-01

Mistletoe Circle, No. SO, W. &. W.,
Ameets in their Hall, in the
Woodman building every Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. HELEN GREENwooD, G.. N.
B. M. GUY, Clerk.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-02-01
Knights Of Pythias

MARMIoN LODGE, No 96, K. of P.-
lU Meets every Monday evening in
w. o. W. building. Visiting Knights
are welcome.
nj. A. FORD, G. @.
G. L. HAWKINS, K. Of r. s.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-02-01
Knights Of the Maccabees.

.;a's. Dallas Tent, No. 3, meets Second
and Fourth Thursdays of each
wse~ month in /. 0. O. 4 hall.
DIR. MARK HAYTER, s, X Com.
/. N. WooDs. r. X.
II lilac Hive, No. 2S, L. o. T. NJ, meets
Aon Second and Fourth Thursday after
noon Of each month,
hRs. KfTTIE N. MILLER, L. G.
MRS. RosE FIDLER, r. X.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-02-01
Fraternal Union Of America

T lodge No. l44-Meets Third Tuesday
AAof each month.
w. j. WAGNER, f. M.
MRS. S. Il. MORRISON, Sec.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-07
4 Real Wonderland.

South Dakota, with its rich silver
mines, bonanza farms, wide ranges
and strange natural formations, is a
yeritable wonderful. At Mound
CITY, in the home Of Mrs. E. D. Clapp,
a wonderful case Of healing has late
" occurred. Her son seemed near
death with lung and throat trouble.
"Exhausting coughing spells occur
red every five minutes writes Mrs.
Clapp, when l began giving DR..
Kings New Discovery, the great
medicine, that saved his life and COM
pletely cured him. Guaranteed for
coughs and colds, throat and lung
troubles by Barclay & Grower drug
giSts. soc and $1.00. Trial bottle
free dev-dw
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-07
UNCLE JOE DOESN'T HURRY.
In Naming the CommitteeS-Getting
Acquainted With New Con-
gIPSSnlen,

Washington, ID. c., Lee. 5.-ThGre
Is excellent authority for stating that
it is not likely that Speaker Cannon
will announce any of the more i'm
portant committees of the House be-
fore the latter part of next week.
There are more than one hundred
new representatives in the SiXtieth
Congress, and the Speaker finds il
necessary to get acquainted with a
good many of them.
There are in the neighborhOOd of a
dozen applicants for every prOSpec-
tive committee assignment, and the
. care necessary to be exercised by the
Speaker requires that he be familiar
with the timber at his command be-
fore he begins building the commit
tee structures 1t is possible that
the committees on rules and on mile
age. and two or three others, will be
appointed early next week, though
it is understood the Speaker will not
rush the formation of these or OF
those of even the least importance.
The exception in the case of the
, Committee on Banking and Currency
was made in Difference to financial
conditions.
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-07
That's 1t!

Cough yourself into a fit Of spasms
and then wonder why YOU don't get
well. If YOU will only try a bottle Of
Billiards. HorehOund Syrup your
cough will be a thing OF the past. 1t
is a positive cure for Coughs, In
luenza, Bronchitis and all Pulmonary
diseases. One bottle will convince
.yOu-at your druggist, Csc, soc and
>l.0O Sold by Suwannee Drug
Co. dec-dw
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-07
Notice to Our Customers.

We are pleased to announce that
FOley'S Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung troubles is not affect
ed by the National Pure Food and
Drug law as it contains no opiqtes
Dr other harmful drugs, and We re-
commend it as a safe remedy for
children and adults. Suwannee
Drug Co. dec-dw
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-07
Passed Examination Successfully

James DOnahue, New Britain,
Conn, writes: Il tried several kidney
remedies and was treated by our best
physicians for diabetes, but did not
improve until | took Foley's Kidney
Curt. After the second bottle show
ed Improvement and five bottles
cured me completely. / have since
passed a rigid examination for life
insurance" FOley's Kidney Cure
cures backache and all forms Of
kidney and bladder trouble. Suwan-
nee Drug Co. dec-dw
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-07

The man who has the most trouble
forgetting an iRSry has as much
in remembering a MADNESS
Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-07
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We will sell these COmbina-
tons. limited number, and
until otherwise advised for

The present selling these lot make They bought only
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Our teSae absolutely perfect We every high
PLACE SAVINGS IN JACKSONVILLE DIRT.
rapidly growing city in all South
perhaps IN the country. Devastated Years today fifty
thousand people and @ phenomenal 1t
made e cizeny from all section % eWmd itsmeo
beautiful 0
churches schools ctd with future Ships its hartOr every
of
opportunities
Investments 1t has never had BOOM 1t The rapidly increasing
follow natural causes The W rapidly the suburbs
Iters business and residential activities Real values city
creased over Ia last the suburbs increased proportion
LOOK US UP!
The Jacksonville Development Co., has capital assets $gV
As our reliability and financial Shading ask the banks
JACKSONVILLE DEVELOPMENT CO.,
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N B-Ne publish on the M and 18th each
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most profitable security earth tell paper
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Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1907-12-07

They who give nothing till they
die, never give at all.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04
MISSIONARY WITH A MEDAL.

49, - +to s+or missions of the American board
Is at Ahmednagar, where the Rev Dr' f'oDeIt "a
Hume Is senior missionary. DF' huiIie 10 ''
r,da,v known as the recipient of q medal from
1r, ra,,ord FOR his famine relief work than as
the author of missions from the Modern view
point" That he and his associates 7' Is !.
in native esteem evident from tle
salaams he received as rode about tile o''' "
gether IN q tonga. or native cart y,-'a iy
Christian natives have given largely TO TINS iSSIoi
work for Indians and the government also coh-
tributes the Industrial school, .-,-.-=o1
found all sorts of educational and lldus'iifii
enterprises under way. some of them from @ " .
cycle repair shop to a tract depot being WhoIlE o
In part self-supporting The big church HI hHH S :.
STYLE where even Hndus have been Known u
worship unknown gods. Interested me IesS ..1
extensive Industrial establishments where Orlelti
rugmakirg, wearing wood carving, carpehtIS a. a..
brass and silver working are carried on Ior lot tlis e
market under the direction Of D. c. ChurchiLt. % W
OberIsn College and the Massachusetts Instl'ue VI
Technology, and J. b knight, of AInhersC COi
lege and an AGRICULTURAL college-types or the nom
ministerial college bred missionaries VINO are uoiiIS
pioneer work for the Orient. Mr.. Churchill has IN
vented a hand loom that Is WITHIN the coilp'''
of the average Indian mind and purse
Miss Emily r. Bissell and her brother tfe iteS
H c. Bissell, carry III this mission the ~ ~"oIA
which their mother who had been hfty-Iour ye"iS
In India. laid down last year ILiIe t. ~
arrival the hospital here OF woman patient ~
q bullock cart l saw Miss Moulton comforting tIe
weeping husband Christian teacher In a manner
which revealed 20 me the beauti1ui ueFoti"h u ~
missionaries to this people -.
1t takes devotion of unselhsh sort 70 90 t''S
work, especially among the villages one oui'.aS
morning / sat with the Rev. Mark KeasIar, or tle
Agra Methodist Episcopal Mission. IN bIsIerli.s, @
life shrivelling heat In ow dirty, HIdiouo1 80
dwelling on the outskirts OF the city while ne toid
a crowd OF hookah smoking natives the GOspei
story and answered their Interested questions
which looks romantic and picturesque from ms
distance is work to take the heart out OF an!
body less devoted than a missionary, ana II IS
the work which many hundreds of missionaries are
doing all over India to-day
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04
NEW INDIA IN THE MAKING.

Among the Indian reformers there is dscerni-
BILE movement looking toward the naturalization
Of India's varying Crceds. which is a step essen
tal to political unity. The national creed Is not
intended be Christianity The conspicuous
agency offsettinG this tendency is the mission
school Up and down tho length of India are
schools conducted by missionaries and attended
by the children OF Christian converts Cfor they
part OF the machinery which must produce the
next generation of native preachers. by the chit
dren Of low castes. who are thus equipped TO rise
the social scale. and. to an Increasing extent Of
late years. by the children Of the higher castles
II is almost hopeless to attempt to enumerate
these: l might specify the fine big Reid Christian
College at Lucknow of The Methodist Episcopal
Church, situated ground made historic by the
mutiny, equipped with imposing buildings. attend
ed by five hundred students in dormitory. from
wide region OF which Lucknow is the centre and
administered to hy men of ability and breadth Of
vision. Both collegiate and commercial courses
EiyCu here.
Al!dhabad, the university centre of India. boas
another great educational institution of the West
type, the AllIhabad Christian College. OF the
Presbyterian mission ITS buildings in quad
ranRlo form about Immense and symmetrical
banyan tree. one of the buildings is Princeton
Hail. gift of Princeton alumni An inspection OF
this plant lnprcsses visitor with the thorough
the standard
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04
THE REALLY WHITE EUROPEANS

If the blended brother is problem In India need
Ing the m.ssionarys attention. less ia the simon
pure white And must say that so far as
I could learn the life OF the Europeans (as all
Caucasians are designated east OF Suez) is more
wholesome and normal in India than In the Far
East This Is doubtless due 10 the fact that Brit
ism influence is altogether dominant, and British
ideals have followed the flag. The white people
generally attend the established churches, just as
at home a matter Of course.
For the young mer-who are everywhere the crlx
of the social probem-I found the Young Mems
Christian Association doing a COnspicuously sue
cessful work. In the further East II has been
failure, so far the white men are concerned
although its work for the natives. these articles
have reported, has been OF high grade. Here
however the association is good form" and the
larger Indian cities have fine buildings. veritable
geEtlemen's clubs, with chambers for any number
Of men from score to hundred and in general
doing sort OF Christian work which deserves great
praise. 1t would cause American secretary to
lift his eyebrows he to the number of
nlep in evening clothes Including OF course. the
local secretary HIMSELF to be found of an evening
in the Calcutta Bombay association. Therein,
though. is a sign of success. for that is the very
crowd that the association needs 10 reach here
The work for the native Indians, conducted in
buildings, of course, is equally notable.
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04
A TOMB FOR A HOME.

The woes of women. and especially OF widows. IN
India well known 10 need rehearsal mere
They afford endless scope for missionary service.
Thus at Lucknow the Methodist Episcopal Mission
has converted an old Mahometan tomb into
home homeless women II was rather inter-
estng to learn large part Of the cares of the
charming young woman in charge IS the endeavor
10 find husbands for many as possible OF the
fifty women who under her oversight every
year.
In this same city of Lucknow foupd another
nourishag institution for women. the isabella Tho
burn College said 10 he the old"Gt college for girls
in India having been established IN 1870 II -
affiliated with the University of Al2habad. ana
has more requests than II can meet for graduates
to fin governmental and private teaching POSITIONS
Tn. coIsg. his favor with high caste ma
tivcs ana it's nearly two hundred students repre-
sent an classes Of society. could not see that the
Ifa differed greatly from the life of American col
l,Ec girls
As watched a file os these !ustrOus eyed, grace
ful white rub,d girls cross the campus OF the
PRESBYTERIAN girls school at Allahahad. on their
WAY o. chapel Il seemed 10 me that the spectacle
was rather more picturesque than ANYTHING an
A1oericau college boast. This building 5 the
gltt Of John WanalaakeT \ Christian EndeaVor
meeting h. the girls model meeting OF the
American type. Christian Endcavor appears 10 be
especially effective among the Indian churches
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04
THE LIVING DEAD.

At Alahabad is situated large leper asylum.
maintained jointly by the government and by the
bencfcent Mission to Lepers In the East II Is
managed by Samuel IIiGginbottom. of the Pres
byterian Msson--one of the innumerable extras
that | found missionaries everywhere carrying
'Saaam. sahib'' the lcpers would cry as we
passed, lifting pitifu stumps of 1ngerless hands
to their foreheads. more desolate spectacle than
a leper asylum scarcely be imagined; vet here
was 10 be found, in some cases. the grace of Chris
tian resignation, with checrfulness. which is not
always present amid scenes of health and pros
pertty.
Not all lepers are In asylums: unnumbered thou
sands roam the streets at will While attending
the daily clinic OF DR.. Charles X. Cook, OF Luck
now. the only missionary in all India of the Re
formed Episcopal Church, l sat within five feet of
two lepers crowded in the press. Next of
them q man whose family suffering with
the plague five having died and four being I'll at
the moment. Another one Of the patients had
within a few days, lost a baby. wife and four
brothers. and his father lay dangerously III. all
with the plague. One convalescent plague patient
whom the doctor had cured. mildly rebuked
by this quiet. unrufled missionary for leaving his
bed too soon. A boy smitten with the plague was
brought by q mother with dread filed eyes, and
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04
MISSIONARIES AT WORK
Duties of Those IN India Far from
Easy.
Rv William T. Ellis.

Copyright. 1907. by Joseph Bow!csp
Beautiful dirty: splendid, squald; rich. iniser-
able-such are the contrasting adjectives which ono
may apply Calcutta. Tie third largest city IN the
British empire. seated the banks Of the Hoogl
River whose shifting currents are her best de
fence against an invading feet. 1t is city OF
color from the fat. shiny. black babu. scantily
clad only in IA few yards of purple cheesocIoth and
dazzling yellow shoes. to the pale and immaculate
Briton iu top hat and frock coat. 1t is a cI:y Of
historic interest: everybody goes first TO STE the
famous Black Hole
But to all the world that is in any way interested
in missions this is remembered the scene OF ."
labors Of William Carey. the father Of modern
Protestant missions. who did his Nfcwork at
Serampore a few miles from here. In tile ca
thedral also one secs fine s'atut" of h'Elnaid
ETeber TIE famous missionary bishop of Church
of England and author OF the most widely known
missionary hymn. From GGeenlauds Icy Noun
rai irS
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04

sion. These duskv Europeans" mostly half
castles Eurasians bat they dislike the latter name
and are at ali pains to claim identity only with
their white ancestors. Thus, dark brown man
three -fourhs native will speak ostentatiously Of
going home" to England though no never saw
England and only one his forebelrs for centuries
past has ever been outside OF India
This very pride indicates that the Eurasian has
certain qualities which go with white blood, and
this seif-supporting, aggressive church. with re-
fnement written on the faces Of many OF its MEM
bers, indicates the Importance Of this branch Of
the Methodist Episcopal Mission. The Methodsts
have very successful throughout India In this
work for Eurasans and for the whites who have
married native women. thus losing social caste. In
addition, other white people who do not care for
the established church services, attach themselves
to fhase ClIrchns EuropennS
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04
BEHIND THE CURTAIN" "

High class Hindu and Mahometan women
kept "purdah' that is. behind the curtain" The
precautons that used to keep them from the
uazs Of all save their families ridiculous
to n Westerner. One such woman put into
railway compartment next To mine, with the most
elaborate precautions. But when we stopped ut a
small station caught a glimpse OF her face
through the window. and-well, she would never be
Kidnapped for her looks! This sequestratiOn of the
women leads 10 all manner of evils and the lot of
the poor creatures is narrow and pitiable, indeed.
Now the missionaries penetrating
..behind the curtain" taking with them medical
healing the schoolbook and the Bible The
Woman's Missionary Union OF America Is eSpe-
ctalIy dilgent in this zenaua work. having mis-
sons In fiys cities, and their rapEe Of activities tn
New-York tribune., 1907-08-04

c1udes visitation the homes, day schools Tor
children orphanages. rescue homes, q hospi'ai
and a high school and college. AS talked with
two bright American girls at Afahahad MISS
Wlshard and Miss Bertsch about their Work. ana
heard how they had rescued tWenty-ulTee III
treated and widowed Brahmins during the first four
months of the year Ctbey teach five hundred women
a week. l could not but agree that this was a
vyorlanly work for women, aTording n career such
o., chn11lH catlsfu nrY college bred gin.