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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-09-10
FIRE DESTROYS BARN
Two Valuable Colts and Large
Amount of Baled Hay Are
Burned.

The barn on the farm Of w. HI.
Mcdaniel, near Rickreall, caught fire
yesterday afternoon, and was burned
to the ground with nearly all of its
contents. The dwelling house caught
fire several times from the sparks Of
the burning barn, but was saved from
destruction by the efforts OF the
neighbors who had assembled from
all sides to offer their assistance. The
exact amount of damage cannot at
present be estimated. The barn was
filed with baled hay and a large
amount of wheat and oats, all Of
which were lost. Two valuable colts
were burned to death.
The origin of the fire is not known,
but it is believed to have been caused
by the explosion Of some gasoline
that was stored in the barn.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-09-10
NO LIGHT ON TRAGEDY
Officers Feel Sure That Aged Buena
Vista Woman Was Brutally
Murdered.

Investigations into the conditions
surrounding the death of Mrs. Rebecca
Moore, the aged wife Of George W.
Moore, who was found dead upon the
kitchen floor Of the country residence
near Buena Vista, Wednesday eve
ming, with her throat cut from ear to
ear, convinces the officers that suicide
was impossible and that a brutal
murder has been committed. When
the officers arrived upon the scene,
they found that the woman had been
felled by a heavy blow in the face
from blunt instrument, which
crushed the upper maxillary bone, but
no trace OF the weapon used could be
found. More than 5000 received for a
crop Of peaches and pears, concealed
about the house, was not taken. The
money was principally in currency,
and had been hidden in the dead
woman's sewing basket.
The Salem Statesman says that
Sheriff Culver and Deputy Mimic are
bending every effort and leaving no
stone unturned to run down the guilty
party. Every clew has been carefully
followed but so far nothing definite
has been learned that might aid the
officers in unravelling the mystery,
which seems to grow deeper as time
advances. There will be no let up by
the sheriff's force and in their
determined effort to apprehend the
murderer the authorities are receiving
the hearty support Of the people living
in the vicinity of the Moore home.
That Mrs. Moore was the victim OF
foul play there is no longer doubt.
The careful examination of the
CHASTITY wound on her throat and
injury to her face made by DR.. j. n
Smith established the fact that it
would have been physical impossi-
bility for her to have caused her own
death. Everything tends to show that
the woman's throat was cut after she
had fallen to the floor and the injury
to her face was of such a nature that
it could not possibly have been self
inflicted.
The atrocious crime has aroused
the entire Sidney and Buena Vista
neighborhood and the good citizens
of that section are anxiously awaiting
the news that the desperate criminal
has been captured.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-09-10
COURT HOUSE NOTES
Items of Interest From the Records
In the County Offices.
REAL ESTATE.

Independence National Bank to
J Dornsife, 100 acres, s, 8 W,
$l357.
J Dornsife ct ux to Morgan Jones,
100 acres, t z s, r s W, $40.
Ellen Collins to Mary E Hallock, 40
acres, t s. re W., 81.
Mary E Hallock to Ellen Collins, 40
acres, 8 s, 6 W, $3.50.
State of Oregon to Charles Holton,
40 acres, 8 ., 6 W, $50.
I. S. Ramsey to Hooper, land in
t7 s, r5w, $780,
H d Staats ct al to JIM Staats, 80
acres, 10 8, S W, $115O.
JIM Stats ct al to E f Stats, 7S
acres, 10 8, 5 W, $1150.
JIM Stats ct al to A @ Staats, 68
acres, t and 10 s, w, $l150.
Charles Pauls to J r Chapman,
acres, t z s, rSw, $1150
AR Southwick to J R Chapman, II
acres, t s, r3w, $1,000
Chester V Dolph to Polk County, s
acres, z s, r 5 ", 1920.
Edward Bell to W W Mitchell,
trustee, 100 acres, 8 s, s W, $1,000.
SA Gardner to I & NJ R Co, land
in Monmouth, 81.
Eta Hall and nd to Polly G Sic
farth, lot in Dallas, 5000.
Finley Morrison to D G Pelton and
T V Ward, 4 int in 400 acres, t 8, 6
and W, $4,000.
Edward White ct ux to S Fl Rother-
mel, 100 acres, t s, NV, 5000.
Lucy E Rowell to Gideon Stolz Co.,
land in Dallas, $500.
United States to J r Beavers, 40
acres, t 7 s, W, patent.
J r Beavers to N P Wheeler, 40
acres, t 7 s, r 8 ", 81.
W McCamant to w N Jones, $40
acres, and Z 8, r7w, $40.
w N Jones to N P Wheeler, $40
acres, 6 and g, = W, $40.
p Greenwood to J J Wiseman, lot
in Dallas, $3.50.
Dallas City Bank to J A Lynch, 70
acres, s S, + W, $2l0O.
M A Dugan to J A Lynch, lots in
Dallas, $525.
NOTARIAL COMMISSION.
Oscar Hayter, Of Dallas.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-09-10
DROWNED WHILE BATHING
Portland Barber Meets Death in
willamette River Near
independence.

Ivan E. Guthrie, resident of Port
land, was drowned Sunday afternoon
in the Willamette River near Inde-
pendence. Mr.. Guthrie went to Inde-
pendence about week ago to work in
one Of the hopyards near that place.
Sunday afternoon he went swimming,
and while struggling against a swift
current became exhausted and was
carried away. The body was not
recovered until a half hour later.
Physicians worked for three hours In
an attempt to resuscitate him.
Mr.. Guthrie was 2s years Of age and
was born in Jacksonville, Or. Before
going to Independence he had been
working as barber for a number of
years. He leaves a widow and a
daughter years old, and was mem
ber Of East Side Multnomah Camp,
Woodmen of the World.
The body was taken to Portland for
burial.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-09-10
The Renewal a Strain.

Vacation is over. Again the school
bell rings at morning and at noon,
again with tens of thousands the
hardest kind of work has begun, the
renewal Of which is a mental and
physical strain to all except the most
rugged. The little girl that a few
days ago had roses In her cheeks, and
the little boy whose lips we're then so
red you would have insisted that they
had been kissed by strawberries. :"
have already lost something Of the
Of health. Now is time
when many children should be given
a tonic, which may avert much ser
ious trouble, and We know Of no other
so highly to be recommended as
Hoods Sarsaparilla, which strength
ems the nerves, perfects digestion and
assimilation, and aids mental devel-
opment by building up the whole sys-
tenn.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-09-10

Money Of private parties to loan at
6 per cent on well-improved farms.
SIBLEY & EAKIN.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-09-10
PRUNE HARVEST is ON
Big Evaporators In Dallas District
Are Being Operated to Full
Capacity.

Although the prune crop this year
is comparatively light, the prune
growers are not anticipating a less
profitable season than that of 1906,
owing to the excellent quality of this
years yield and to small increase in
the value Of prunes.
One Of the most noticeable features
Of this season is the tendency of the
drying industry toward centraliza-
ton. The majority of the farmers
who have only few acres of prunes,
and have heretofore done their own
drying, will not operate their driers
this year, but will sell their raw
product to the owners Of the larger
plants.
The largest and most modern prune
drier in this vicinity is the one owned
and operated by S. P. Kimball, man
well known among fruit raisers
throughout the state. His drier has
been lately remodeled, and with it's
twenty tunnels now has capacity of
75O bushels day. Mr.. Kimball is
unable to estimate the amount of
prunes he will dry this year, since,
aside from the product of his own
S6-acre orchard, he will buy as many
bushels as possible from the smaller
fruit raisers OF the county. He uses
no lye in drying, but merely washes
the prunes before spreading, as he
believes that this gives better flavor
to the finished product.
r. L. Chapman's drier has twelve
tunnels, and will have daily output
of approximately 500 bushels. Aside
from the yield Of his own 4O-acre
orchard, Mr.. Chapman has bought
the fruit of about 35 acres, and esti-
mates the result of the seasons work
at 10000 bushels. He installed new
dipping machine this season, which
adds materially to the speed and
efficiency of the work. Three men
are required to operate it, and by its
use the prunes are sorted, dipped,
washed and spread at the rate Of about
200 trays an hour. Mr.. Chapman
says that without this machine it
would require seven men to do the
same amount of work.
NJ. M. Ellis will dry nothing but the
product of his own 6O-acre orchard
this year. He will use no lye,
but will dip the prunes in hot
water. This will cause them to dry
a trifle lighter, but Mr.. Ellis claims
that they will retain certain delicacy
Of flavor which would be destroyed by
immersion in the lye. His dryer is
equipped with five tunnels, through
which current of hot air is driven by
means Of large fan. They have a
Of $40 bushels, which means
a daily output of $50 bushels. Mr..
Ellis estima ates his crop at 5000 BUSH
els.
The drier owned by Fl. s. Butz is of
the same size and capacity as. that of
Mr.. Ellis. Mr.. Butz uses the lye-
method. Outside of his own
1O-aere orchard, he has purchased the
crop from the Campbell orchard, and
will dry about 5000 bushels, all told.
Smaller driers owned and operated in
this vicinity are those Of Henry Voth,
Mrs. E. Fl. Hibbard, Fl. Hayes, Isaac
Dyck, o. H. Cobb and others.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-09-10
WHACKED THE PRINTERS
Last Legislature Abolished Law
Providing for Advertising
Delinquent Taxes.

The new law providing for the sale
Of property for delinquent taxes differs
in many important particulars from
the old law.
Under the old law, delinquent taxes
had to be advertised before becoming
lien on property, and at delinquent
sale anyone was allowed to pay the
taxes and receive a provisional title,
redeemable by the prior owner within
three years.
The new law abolishes the adver-
tising feature, but provides that when
tax becomes delinquent any one may
pay the amount due, with Is per cent
penalty added, and receive a certificate
which entities him to possession in
case the prior owner fails to redeem
the certificate with interest before the
expiration OF three years. 1t is the
opinion of the Sheriffs OF Oregon that
the certificate plan does not apply to
the 1907 levy.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-09-10

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.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-09-10

Young married people and old onestoo,
That have no children to laugh and
coo,
Find their troubles will little ones be,
II they take Rocky Mountain Tea.
Belt & CherrIngtOn.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-09-10

Legal blanks at this Office.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-09-10

Women have decided that in case
they cannot vote, they will cut out the
''Stork" proposition. Perfectly proper
to take HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea. It's good for everything. S5
cents, Tea or Tablets. Belt & Cherring-
ton.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-09-10

A great investment, absolutely safe,
brings returns that nothing else can
giving surplus earning power; secur-
ing comfort and health in your declin-
ing years. That's what HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea does. S5 cents,
Tea or Tablets. Belt & Cherrington.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-20
Why Not Visit California

This winter? Low round-trip rates
are now in effect from all points on
the Northwestern line, and there
will be an especially low one-way
rate during March and April for
eolonists' second-elass tickets
Daily and personally conducted
tours offer many advantagessato the
traveller. among which is q service
of Pullman Tourist sleeping cars to
Sam Francisco, los angeles or Port
land for only ST.
For free copy of folders, with
large map of California, Oregon and
Washington and full information re-
gardIng rates and. schedules, apply
to ticket agents Chicago & North
western railway. 27- at.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-20
MORTGAGE SALE.

nEFAULT HAVING BEEN MADE In THE,
II payment OF the sum of three hundred
thirteen and 56-1OO dollarst$318-56) which
is claimed to be due at the date of this no
tice upon certain mortgage duly executed
and delivered by James a Johnson and
Mary Johnson, mis- wife. TO. CAROLYN Braley
bearing date the first day of December A. u
1902 and with a power of sale therein con-
taiMfd and duly recorded in the office of the
register of deeds in and for the county of
Re9woOd and state of Minnesota ON the ID
dag of January a. D. 1908. at 4 O'Clock %. M
Ia book 40 OF mortgages. on page 345. and
no action or proceeding ait law or otherwise
having been instituted to cover the debt Sc
cared by said mortgage. or any part thereof.
Now. therefore. notice is hereby given
that by virtue of d power of sale contained
IN SAID mortgage, and pnrSuant to the stat
ute I'D sucn case made and provided. the
said mortgage viii be foreclosed. and the
premises described in and covered by said
mortgage. viz:
The east haHle1a)of the northwest quarter
(nW4), and the southwest quarter (sw4)
of section twenty one (2D. TOWNSHIPS
one hundred and thirteenQ13. range thir-
" (36) containing twO.hundred and forty
tZ4Ol acres according to the government
survey thereof in Redwood county and
state OF Minnesota, with the hereditamentS
ana appurtenanCeS- will be sold at pu bic
auction. to the highest bidder tor cash to
pay said debt and interest. and the taxes Gf
any on said premises. and fifty (5O) dollars
attorneys fee, as stipulated in and by said
mortgage in case of foreclosure. and the
disbursements allowed by law: which sale
will be made by the sheriff of said Redwood
county at the front door of the court house
in the city of Redwood Falls in said county
and state. on the 9Th day of Arpil A. D.
to redemption at any time within one year
from the day of sale, as provided by law
Dated February 18th A. d. 1907.
Christina S. Braley.
AS guardian of CAROLYN Braley
A. G.. DOILIFF.
Attorney, 29-7t
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-20
School Notes.

Last Tuesday the pupils enjoyed a
holiday
Royce Tiffany is absent on account
of sickness.
Mrs. Mortimer and her sister,
Mrs. johnson, were visitors last
week
There is to be no school next Fri
day.
The fourth grade mourn the loss
of one of their dear school mates,
Irville Peck.
Miss Everett reports that nearly
half her little folks are on the sick
list.
Many of the pupils took advantage
of the holiday last week and went
to their several homes.
Some of the chemistry class have
learned that birthstone and sulphur
do not make the safest kind of a
mixture.
Miss Westfall has her room lastly
decorated in honor of st. Valentine,
while the other teachers have Ella
borate patriotic decorations.
The cantata cinderella in Flower
Land, . which was to have been Civ
en- on the 22d Of February, is to be
postponed. The little princess is i'll
and no time can be set at present.
| Watch The GAZETTE for the date.
| On Friday the high school will
give another program. You, who
attended our program the 18th,
tell your friends what a success il
was and come out and hear it. II
will begin at the usual hour, 2:3e
p. m.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-20
Avoid the Cheap and Big Can Baking"
Powders.

The cheap baking powders have
but one recommendation: They GER
tainly give the purchaser plenty of
powder for his money but it's not all
baking powder: the bulk is made up
of cheap materials that have no
leavening power. These powders are
so careEessly made from inferior ma
teriais that they will not make light,
wholesome food Further. these
cheap baking powders have a very
small percentage of leavening gas;
therefore it takes from two to three
times as much of such powder to
raise the cake or biscuit as it does
of Calumet Baking powder. There
fore, inthe long run, the actual cost
to the consumer of the cheap pow
ders is more than Calumetwould be-
Cheap baking powders leave the
bread sometimes bleachedj and acid j,
sometimes yellow and alkaline, and
always unpalatable. They are never
of uniform strength and quality.
Why not buy a perfectly whole
some baking powder like Calumet,
that is at the same time moderate in
price and one which can, be relied
upon? Calumet is always the same.
keeps indefinitely and gives, the cook
the least trouble.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-20
IMPORTANT CREAMERY MEETING.

Il meeting of the stockholders, and pat
~ rons OF TIE Delhi, North Redw God and
Redwood Fails creamery associations will
be ne G q the court house on Saturday Feb
ruarys I'D al O'Clock. for the purpose. of
considering 31e advisablity of merging the
organizations into one central plant and
thereby red 1Glng the cost of manufacturing
our GARY product.
AN FARMERS interested in the success of
cooperative, Creamer1es are urged to at
tenf DAVID MCNAUGHgTDN,
JOHN STEVENSON.
NEIL MCKAY,
A. ID. SMITH.
BERT HIlLS.
A. ID. STEWART.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-20

Little Gus Englund is sick with
pneumonia.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-20
WABASSO.
From The Standard

Miss Edith Heimer Of Redwood
Fails, is spending the week with her
cousin, Miss Myrtle Pickett.
MRS. Alvin Small left here Satur-
day FOR Storden, where she will visit
her mother, who was quite sick.
Archie Milloy returned this week
after an absence of nine months,
most of which time he spent in
North Dakota,
Alex Sinclair left here yesterday
for Washington where he expects
to make his future home if he finds
that he likes the country.
w. E. Kinman, former postmaster
as Morgan, but now state manager
of the M. B. A., was the guest of
Thos. Moore and family Wednesday
night.
The firemen's dance Monday night
was one of the most successful in
every particular that this organiza-
ton has ever had. The music was
excellent and the management was
all that could be expected. The to-
Gal receipts were $500.
Mesdames. T. H. Horn and H. }.
Bebermeyer entertained about ~
ladies of Wabasso at the former's
home last Tuesday from 2:30 to 6
O'Clock. The occasion was in COM
memoration of Lincoln's birthday.
A very pleasing program was put IN
effect and an appetizing lunch was
partaken of by the guests.
Last Monday Joe Drummer closed
a deal with Leo Aftermath for his
meat market business and stock. He
has rented the shop and hereafter
will conduct that popular market.
Mr. Aftermath retires from business
not on account of lack of business
but because his age and poor health
makes it imperative for him to do so
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-20
No Cannibalism.

With quiverlng hand we clip from
IN Irish paper the following transcript
sc an official notice In Dublin govern
Ment Office: Under no circumstances
must government messengers be used
ecr iIncheon London News.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-20
WOMEN A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

Women may be inferior beings.
but there seems@to' be NO reason why
a woman of forty, should be as
ignorant as boy of twelve" wrote
Sidney Smith, about century ago..
in making a plea for better educa-
tional opportunities for women. At
that time common law of England
prevailed in this country and afie>
position of women in France was
similar to that imposed by the COM
mon law, the Napoleonic code raw
ing deprived them of many pwsivi-
leges.
The changed position of woraen in
both countries today is exemplified
in thousand ways. but nothing per-
haps, better illustrates the changed
public attitude towards them and
their capabilities than the spectacle
Tin France) of Madam Curie, lect0r-
ing on electricity and kindred sub
jects in the Sorbonne; and of a
great magazine lin Amersca) engag-
ing woman to write the history of
THE Tariff in Our Times when so
lately it was held that women knew
naught of finance and could not un-
derstand political economy.
Yet France and the United States
of America both Republics which
make boast of their universal suf-
frage, exclude Madam Curie and Ida
Tarbell respectively from their citi-
zenship, because, forsooth. they hap
pened to be born women.
E. J.H.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-20
CLEAN UP

Drop postal for Scavenger work,
cleaning vaults, back yards. ETC., to
A. L. Kennedy, Redwood Falls,
MINI. 22-2t
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-20
CARD OF THANKS.

FFihe parents OF Erville Peck take this
h method of expressing their gratitude
-Dr the many acts of kindness shown them
IN connection with their bereavement.
MIR. and MRS Wska PECK
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-20
To Rent.

Rooms furnished or unfinished
for housekeeping or not. Inquire of
Mrs Brooke. 28-2t.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-20

Pedigree blue stem wheat for
ssle at Albert CEark's place, in Sheri-
dan. Also, Early Ohio potatoes 20 3
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-20

For Sale My residence east of
courthouse with one or more lots
if taken at once.
MRS. HENRIETTA A. CLARK.
For terms inquire of ]. B. Robin
son 81 Co. 27-tf.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-02-20

Full blooded Percheron stallion,
Tacheau, 6 years old, offered by sale.
Apply to owner, William Carbert,
Delhi. 28-2t.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-03-30

For the sake Of mutual comfort. convenience and
the maintenance OF the high standard OF this addition
as the best residence section OF Seattle, u has been
thought wise 10 make the following restrictions
The shore line shall be reserved In It's entirety
and marred BY unsiEhtly boat houses or other
structures not Intended available for the general
good
Not more than one dwelling shall be built on each
lot
All houses must be erected the established
building line.
No residence shall be built costing than $1,000
TO $4,000 depending on the locality.
Every house n required 60 have n basement
There shall be outhouses nor stables.
No animals. except domestic pets. shall be kept on
the private grounds within the limits Of the add-
ton. except IN the community stable
Only one store VIII be allowed This VIII be erect
ed by the company general market including
drug store grocery butcher shop and other necessary
mercantile supplles The building Will be arttsteally
and intellectually IN keeping with the other build
ings. aud rigid restrictions will be enforced on the
Horekeepers 90 have and maintain their establishments
In conformity with the other high standards