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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-01

Yesterday marked the close Of the
poorest pheasant season for several
years 10 the Willamette Valley, but
not 90 poor a season as soon will be
unless some measures are taken for
the better protection Of Oregon's
beautiful game birds.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-01

The apple show 10 Portland will be
the feature Of the present week for all
Oregon. Polk county should be we'll
represented both in the attendance
and in the list Of the exhibits and, il
given the representation in the latter
that she should be given, ought to
come in for a goodly share Of the
prizes awarded.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-01
Notice For Publication.
Department of the Interior,
U. s. Land Office at Portland, OregO

october 30, 1908
Notice is hereby given that Roy II. Wassam
of Dallas, Oregon, who, on October 3Oth. 1905
made Timber or Stone entry. No. O6l2, for N. W
u Of S. W. u of Section A, Township T. South
Range West Willamette Meridian, has filed
notice of intention to make Final Proof to
establish claim to the land above described
before 4. NJ. Smith, County Clerk of Polk
County, Oregon, at Dallas Oregon, on the llth
day of January, 1909.
Claimant names Gs witnesses: G. P. Conlee
OF Dallas, Oregon; NJ. A. Conlee, of Buell., Ore
gon; Z. w. Hinshaw, of Dallas, Oregon; J. p
Byers, of Dallas, Oregon.
ALGERNON s. DRESSER,
Register.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-01
Wood For Sale.

Do you need wood? In preparing
20 place your oriers remember that /
am able to furnish you an kinds OF
slab wood from either OF the Dallas
saWmills al the best possible rates.
Send in your orders by either phone.
Mutual 1875 Bell 44S
SAT- AUGUST BOWMAN.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-01
Big Real Estate Deal.

Messrs. VanOrsdel & Cook have
just consummated one Of the biggest
real estate deals of the year in the
purchase of 1000 acres of land in the
Hallock, Boise and adjoining hold
ings in the vicinity of Glendale. This
purchase takes 10 practically all of
the Hallock estate, with the exception
Of 60 acre tract reserved by Mrs.
Halleck for a mountain home. The
consideration named is $4,000.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-01
Notice of Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given that the updersigned a..
administrator of the estate Of Ernilv Fa,sy,.,,
deceased, has filed his final sceo1nf
IN the County Court oithe state Of Oregon To-
~ tSl6 = county, and that Thursday the i0th dsy
ne forenoon Of said day. az the Court room ~
me SAID County Court IN the City Of DaIlss- ore.
S, SOn, mas ueen appointed by said County
@ S@ourt as the time and place for the hearing 81
ooleetlons 20 The said FINAL account and tbs
settlement thereof anu 'ne
OSCAR HAYTER,
Administrator Of the estate Of
p,... ., NJ. kmily Foreman, deoeased.
Dated and frst Published Novemher n raas
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-01
Notice to Creditors.

Nolce : hereby given that the undr-rir,.s
hes been duly appdinied sfrninisf-sfr1T ~ -
esiale ot John G. White 5eceree5 ~ -
county Court Of the state of O-ero- - p.It
county. and has qualified AN--
Al persons having claims rrrfus+ -. -
setate are hereby notifed 70 rral.erf ~ -
guly verified, together with TIE rl-or,s- ----s
- ~, ~, % ne un1ersirued 81 her rssifr-oe
assr Nek erove t1 sid Couutv 81 P-rF --ifEe-.
~ months iru-n TIE dsfe q The 49,
Dated and frsf puhlishss1 NCre--f.-- m -.
NARANDA N NHfTF
AdmlulsirHtrix 81 TIE e-fgss a.
Address- r. q p. No I Pi-t-..7S -
oscar HsEter. Arta-nsr. elsson-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-01
Cedar Posts.

Good cedar posts for sale at IL! cents
each. Also another car OF extra Star
A Star shingles. SoEHREN WARE
HOUSE. 7-94.tf
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-01
Notice.

First-class horse shoeing done at
f. J. Wagner's implement and black
smith shop. 9-4-tf
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-01

Anyone desiring to exchange real
estate here for real estate in Harvey
or Sherman counties, call on DR.. t. V.
b. Embree. l2-l-lt
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-01

A light weight saddle. Call at this
office. ll-27-tf
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-01

A number Of citizens of Monmouth
and vicinity were in Dallas this morn
ing enrOute for Portland to attend the
apple show.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-01
Piano For Rent.

In excellent condition. Inquire oi
w. p. Caldwell. 1-2.gt.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-01
Peculiar to Itself

In selection, proportion and combination
Of ingredients.
In the prooess BY which their remedial
values are extracted and preserved.
In eIectiveness. usefulness and ec1nomy,
Curing the widest ranrc % diseases,
Doing the most sod Dor the money,
Having the most medicinal merit.
And The greatest reoord q cures.-
Hoods SarsapariIIa
IN usual liquid form o. IN cbooolsfsd
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-12-01

AodOI Dyspepsia Cure
pisests What you eat.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-10-08
Two-Cent Postage to England.

Two-cent postage, as Americans
term it, or 'penny postage, as they
call it across the water, was estab-
lished between the United States and
Great Britain on October l and the
postal authorities are now watching
the result of the most radical reduc-
ton in postal rates in decade. It
has been the experience of the post
Office department that reductions in
rates have brought an increase of
business and invariably the growth
has been so great as materially to
increase the revenues of the depart
ment.
If history repeats itself it is believed
that it will not be long until the postal
rate to France, Germany and the
Scandinavian countries which have
direct steamship and mail service with
the United States will be reduced to
two cents on letters.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-10-08
A Feminine Mistake.

The greatest mistake woman
makes is that she is not jolly enough.
She makes too serious a business of
life. Men stop in the midst of the
gravest perplexities to have a hearty
laugh. For some reason women can
not do this and they fade early. The
best thing to preserve youth and
beauty is the daily use of a good malt
tonic, such as golden grain belt beer.
Taken at mealtime it will aid diges-
ton, stimulate the nerves and make
rich, red blood. Order of your
nearest dealer or be supplied by Sjo-
blom Bros, Princeton.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-10-08
BY FREDERICK r. TOOMBS.

wv THEN a wave Of baseball fren-
NA/ ~ sweeps over the United
w States, the most momentous
affairs Of life and state speed
lily are thrust aside. Nothing must
stand in the way of the American citi-
zen who hungers to hear the resound-
ing crack Of a home run hit A little
thing like a presidential campaign in
this greatest of all baseball years is
ridiculous to contemplate. Many a big
league game in this record breaking
year has been attended by upward Of
$4,000 people. Who ever heard of a
presidential candidate drawing such an
audience?
On the day John w. Kern was mott
fed Of his nomination for the vice
presidency and Mr.. Bryan delivered
much heralded speech on trusts the
New York Nationals won both games
of a double header in Pittsburg, these
two clubs being associated with Chi
cago in a sensational three cornered
race for the pennant.
What happened in the newspapers?
1ue U1S udAlcS SpIcdu Lue UdSeUdll
story across the front page, and Mr..
Kern and Mr.. Bryan were pushed back
among the advertisements. Mr.. Taft
and Mr.. Sherman have suffered in
much the same way. Their lengthy
communications to the public are fire.
quently showed back in juxtaposition
to the Help Wanted" column, and in
the choice spots of the papers appear
stories relating how 'the Chicago Cubs
will capture the National pennant pro-
vided they win enough games" or
"Pittsburg buys Hod Spinks, the Won
derful young pitcher Of the Gas House
league" or Larry Lajoie Of Cleveland
almost has a headache" Campaign
managers may fume and fret, but
baseball is a necessity; politics is a
luxury.
In fact, whoever is elected to the
presidency the defeated man will be
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-10-08
A National Success.

While for England cricket made a
success OF a titanic war, in America a
titanic war made baseball national
success 1t was the soldiers of the
civil war who learned and played the
game in their camps, who, returning to
their homes, formed teams and thus
scattered baseball from ocean to ocean
Baseball today, in the sixty-third
year Of its career as regularly de-
fined pastime, has attained not onlv
national and international but world
wide sway. 1t is the worlds greatest
game, played in this country alone bv
upward Of 100000 men and boys,
whose contests are viewed by over
100000 people yearly. In England
and Australia. to Japan, the Philip
pines and Cuba, the game has spread.
Yankee soldiers played the game in
the shadow Of the great wall of China.
Every evening cables carry to the cor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-10-08
Order for Hearing on Petition for De.
termination of Descent of Land.

In Probate Court. 0' 90
West, decedent. '"eo
The petition Of George H. Deans having been
nled IN tnlS court, representing. among other
tnlngs, tnat the above named decedent died
more than five years prior to the filing OF said
petltlon, and that no will Of decedent has been
proved nor administration granted on real es-
tate In this state. that said petitioner has. and
CHAINS TO nave, an interest in certain real es-
tate OF decedent lying and being in the county
OF Mile Laos, state Of Minnesota described in
SAID petition, and praying that the descent OF
SAID real estate be determined qy this court
ana the same assigned to the persons there
unto entitled:
1t is Ordered. that said petition be heard
Dy this court. at the probate court room in the
court house in the village of Princeton in the
county Of Mile Laos, state Of Minnesota, on
Monday. the Goth day of October, 1908, at 10
O'CLOCK a. NJ; and that the citation Of this
court issue 10 all persons interested in said
nearing and said matter and that said citation
be served by the publication thereof in the
Princeton Union according to law.
Dated September %, 1908.
NJ. L. GERMANY
(Prooate SeaD Probate Judge
CHARLES KEITH
Attorney for Petitioner
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-10-08

lars yearly. BY the terrible power Of
the 'blacklist'' they force men to work
for any employer and in any city the
magnates choose. The only remedy
the player has yet found is to stop
playing with the regularly organized
leagues and either go into business Of
another kind or play with some team
not recognized by the regular leagues.
In the latter event he is promptly
termed an ''outlaw." He becomes a
baseball pariah.
Thousands Spent on the Game.
But this relentless system is the saw
ing "grace" Of baseball, for it has
brought order out Of chaos. Il has
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-10-08

fully justified in laying his downfall to
the nerve racking races in the National
and American leagues.
y season like that now drawing to a
close has never occurred before. The
National league race, with three close
ly ranked flag chasers- New York, Chi
cago and Pittsburg-and the American.
with Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis and
Chicago hacking at each others throat
have carried the game to heights OF
popularity hitherto undreamed of. The
New York National team, for instance
will close the season with almost $780,.
coo in profits.
When the Duke Of Wellington said
"The battle of Waterloo was won on
the cricket fields Of Eton," he con-
veyed an authoritative opinion of the
tremendous influence which may be
eXerted on q nation, a hemisphere or
world by a form of sport, mere
pastime. Inferentially one may we'll
say that, according to "the Iron Duke
mad it not been for the strength giving
qualities of cricket Napoleon would
nave won at Waterloo and become be-
yond question the arbitrary dictator of
all Europe. Baseball in America holds
the position that cricket has in Eng
land, and the influence of the game on
the American people is Of even greater
importance and significance than ever
known of cricket in Britain.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-10-08
Famous Rival Pitchers.

The National pennant race has again
demonstrated that pitchers and bat
terry are the chief factors in the Sue
cess Of team, pitchers taking pre-
eminence. Men like Brown, Reulbach
and Overall of Chicago, Mathewson
and Wiltse of New York and Maddox.
Willis and Lever of Pittsburg, practi-
cally the cream Of the National league
twirling talent, draw thousands of
spectators merely through the magic
Of their names and fill the youth Of the
land with fiery ambition to some day
wax likewise heroic. Christy Mathew
son, an ex-college student, and Morde-
cal Brown, once a coal miner, have
long been rivals for the pitching su-
premacy. MatheWsOn on his work of
this year must be ranked above Brown
and as the greatest pitcher Of the day,
"Matty" gets about $4,000 a wear
largely because of his famous "drop."
This drop curve, or down shoot, of his
is one Of the most disconcerting curves
ever faced by batsmen and may we'll
be termed Mathewson's "breadwin-
ner." The ball breaks its course sharp
~ directly in front of the plate and
drops from twelve to twenty-five inch
es almost perpendicularly.
Browns most effective curve is his
1nshoot. His curves apparently do not
suffer from the serious handicap arts.
Ing from his mangled pitching hand,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-10-08

# taken patiently and persistently
will relieve the most obstinate cases
of Indigestion, constipation, bad
blood, bad liver, no matter how long
standing. That's what HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea will do. IS
cents, tea or tablets. G. A. Jack.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-10-08
Phenomenal Batter.

Phenomenal Batter.
A man who is nearly as important to
his team as its best pitcher, as shown
by his work this year, is Hans Wag-
ner, the famous shortstop Of the Pitts
burg team. Wagner is the greatest
all around player in the world. His
batting is not sensational: it is phenom-
email. Experts consider a man who
makes one hit in every game he plays
to be an unusually good batsman. To
Wagner the making of three hits in
one contest is an event Of only or
binary Importance. In two games
played against New York in July Wag-
ner made seven consecutive hits, three
Of them being two baggers, constitut-
ing new and novel worlds record.
He scored five of the hits in one game
in five times at bat, making three con-
secutive hits off the delivery of the
great Mathewson. Strangely enough,
Wagner bats better against Mathew
son than against many pitchers readily
acknowledged to- be vastly inferior in
ability. Like 'Three Finger" Brown,
Wagner was a worker in a coal mine
in his earlier days.
Tyrus Cobb Of Detroit and Captain
Lajoie of Cleveland are two of the
widely talked of American league play
ers. Cobb, a comparatively new big
league player, is mighty batsman,
leading his league. Lajoie, once a
hack driver in Worcester Mass, now
earns $4,000 year playing second
base and running the Cleveland Blues
that recently forged to the top in the
pennant race.
More baseball teams have made mon
ey this season than in any other, an
undeniable evidence Of the progress Of
the game. The attendance throughout
the country has broken records. Club
statisticianS agree that at a National or
American league game $500 people
must pay admissions each day to meet
the club expenses. When paid attend
ance runs below this number the club
loses money.
In the American league the pennant
race, while not so continuously close
as the National, has afforded plenty of
excitement. Detroit, st. Louis, Cleve-
land and Chicago have set the pace
most of the year.
The worlds SERIES contests and
their probable outcome are leading
topics Of the hour In baseballdom.
The worlds championship in the
worlds greatest game is prize for
which millions of dollars are spent
each year, and the team that secures
it makes for itself and its members a
shining place in baseball history for as
long.as the game shall LIST, and that
means as long as the stars a.nd stripes
dominate the western hemisphere.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-10-08

NAfO1EON LAJOlE.
manager and second baseman, Cleveland
Americana
games in one day, the news was sent
10000 miles by telegraph, wireless tel
egraph and cable to the Yankee tars Of
the fleet in Australian waters.
Not only is baseball the national
game; it is the national craze It is
the only and original, pure and unde-
filed, blown in the bottle brand of De-
mentia americana
Vast Business Enterprise.
And how has this come about?
Because baseball is soundly organ
lied. It is vast business enterprise,
run on business principles. Business
men have made it worth the while of
able, brainy men to devote their lives
to studying and developing the art of
throwing ball that curves, Of hitting
curving balls with bat and of catch
ing thrown and batted balls. These
able, brainy men thus develop the sci
entific side of the game that almost
every full blooded American citizen
has learned to believe is the greatest
sport medium on earth. The magic
spell, the growing fascination of base
ball, is explainable as arising from the
all important element of chance, the
opportunities for spectacular daring,
its competitive possibilities, it's possibil-
tiles in the development Of special
skill and the ever pressing need of
violent action and the exercise Of un-
erring quick wit. Actual science in the
exposition of a game comprising these
picturesque elements must necessarily
attract the support of nation tenn
peramentally excitable, like the Amer
lean people. And keen business men
have not been slow to take advantage
Of this.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-10-08
Baseball, the National Craze
Exciting Contests For Champion. Great National Sport In Which
ships In the Two Chief Millions of fans" Are
Leagues Interested

ners Of the earth the scores in the i'm
portant games of the day, and in Lon
don and Paris newspapers daily print
the scores in the games in the two
leading leagues. When the New York
Nationals defeated Pittsburg in two
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-10-08
The Baseball Trust.

No one but an "insider'' has any
clear idea of the practically f1awless
business system controlling baseball.
The baseball trust is stronger in it's
field than the Standard Oil company
or the beef trust or the tobacco COM
bfne. The baseball magnates control
ling the National league, the American
league, the national commission (the
supreme professional baseball govern
ing body and the scores of minor pro-
fessional leagues exercise absolute
dominion over a business field where
the profits amount to millions of dol
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-10-08

made very big something out Of a
very little nothing. AS result invest
ments are made, the investors know
ing almost to certainty what they
can rely on to secure fair return.
When the New York American league
team was organized by Frank Farrell.
over 100000 was spent before a single
dollar was taken in. Does not that
show what confidence capital has
come to have in the earning capacity
OF a baseball team? The large sums
spent on baseball by the public and by
the club promoters arouse amazement
when made public, but this year all
records are in the process Of demoli-
ton. The average yearly expenses of
an American or National league club
are now over $4,000, and this sum
will probably be exceeded in future
years.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-02
THE ASTORIA'S FREE
LIBRARY
ANNUAL MEETING OF AS
TORIA LIBRARY ASSOCIA-
TON INTERESTING RE-
PORT-ELECTION OFFICERS.

The annual meeting and election OF
officers of the Astoria Public Ii
brary Association was held yester-
day afternoon and several matters
were discussed. The presidents re-
port was submitted as follows:
TO the officers and members of the
A. P. L. Association:
"The other officers and chairman of
committees will give detailed reports
of the work accomplished during
1907, SO l will confne my report to a
general review of the conditions as
they are at the end OF the year.
"The regular income from the city
tax has been augmented by the dues
from the city tax has been augmented
by the dues from subscriptions and
the proceeds from two entertain
ments. In addition there is still
sum on hand belonging to the Kinney.
bequest.
"Our disbursements have been
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-02
ACTRESSES COMING.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-Two act
resses of note will arrive from Eng
land today on the Lusitania. They are
Msr Bcerbohm Tree and Miss Edyth
Wynn MathiSon. Mrs. Tree is to
appear as Clytemnestra in the pro-
duction of Electra" to be made at
the Garden Theatre by Mrs. Patrick
Campbell and Miss Mathison will as
sumo the leading part in "rhe Great
Divide" with Henry Miller, taking
the place Of Miss Margaret Angelin,
who retircs from the cast in order to
rehearse new play.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-02-02

largely for the running expenses ol
the library including the large mum
Der Of magazines and newspapers
kept on file. The number OF books
purchased this year is matter for
sincere congratulation. While We
have catered to a degree TO the great
call for contemporary fiction. the
purchase OF standard reference books
has been in excess OF the lighter form
of literature, and the value OF the
library to those studiously inclined
has been much increased thereby
The board OF directors has made an
effort to purchase such reference
books as will be Of especial help to
the High School pupils and those who
are doing special work in literary or
scientific lines. The Kinney Fund
has been devoted exclusively to such
line OF reading matter, with the
idea that it will be fitting memorial
to the donor. The fact that almost
$500 OF that fund remains intact is
evidence that this invaluable depart
ment will soon be materially in
creased.
"The fixtures belonging to the read
ing rooms have been augmented by
the purchase OF cases sufficient for
the entire wall space in the reference
department room. Their usefulness
and convenience is apparent.
"The matter OF making the library
free to the public has been determin
ed on beginning with February |,
1908. The generally prosperous con-
dition of the institution seemed to
warrant such an undertaking for a
year at least and to be continued in
definitely should circumstances per-
NIT. This move is cause for congrat-
ulation since it means the attainment
of an ideal, entertained by the origin
ators OF the library movement in As
toria. 1t is sincerely to be hoped that
the financial support to entertain
ments and kindred money-raising de-
vices will be sufficient to continue
the library on the free plan. wish
to offer the suggestion that the next |
time funds are needed for the library
that those enjoyed the privileges OF
the institution, the patrons and friends
of the library, be appealed to, to help
the book fund directly, without re-
sorting to an entertainment to raise
believe it will meet with
general approval, for all money con-
tributed to be used for library pur-
poses, instead of being, used in part
to defray the expenses incidental to
an entertainment.