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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-04
ORGANIZATION COMPLETE
Polk and Marion County Growers
Unite For Development of
Their Industry.

The organization of the prune
growers Of Polk, Marion and adjoining
counties is now completed, and the
new association is ready for business.
Bylaws were drawn up at a business
meeting held in Salem, Tuesday, and
plans are being prepared for an active
campaign for the development and
improvement Of the prune growing
industry. Controlled as it is by clear
headed, far sighted business men, the
association is in position to be Of
untold benefit to the prune growers
throughout the Willamette Valley.
The following complete account Of
Tuesdays important meeting, given
in the Salem Statesman OF Wednesday.
gives good idea Of the new organiza-
ton and the scope of its proposed
influences.
eat ID meeting of the board of
directors Of the Northwest Fruit Asso-
citation, held in the offices of Attorney
A. o. Condit, Tuesday afternoon, a
full set of bylaws and regulations
were formulated, considered and
adopted, and the association has been
thus placed upon solid business
foundation. The board OF directors is
composed OF L. NJ Gilbert, chairman,
Enos Presnall, S. A. Laselle, o. L.
West, L. M. Grocer, s. 2. Kimball,
Salem, and M. M. Ellis Dallas.
"After the business meeting, during
which the bylaws were adopted, an
informal discussion was entered into
when it was announced that number
of the prune growers around Salem
have subscribed for stock in the newly
formed association. and that $500
worth Of the stock had been sold in
the Albany district. Those who are
promoting the interests Of the new
association also announced that they
are receiving much encouragement
from prune growers generally, and
others incidentally, and that the sue
cess of the enterprise seems practically
certain.
"Under the provisions Of the by
laws stockholders Of the association
will be allowed only one vote for each
share of stock held in the corporation
and majority of the stockholders
will constitute quorum. The board
of directors, consisting Of seven mem
bers, meets once each year apd five
members constitute a quorum. The
executive committee is composed Of
three members of the stockholders and
board of directors.
''Section 8, of article four of the by
laws provides that 1t is hereby
mutually agreed by and between the
stockholders in this association that
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-04
CEMENT DISTRICT GROWS
Six Blocks of Sidewalk Laid Within
Past Year Making Total of
Is Blocks.

The city council has ordered cement
walk laid along the Order property on
the west side of Main street, between
Mill and Oak. Workmen are already
at work building cement walks along
other portions OF the block and when
the improvement on the Crider prop
erty is finished it will make contin-
uous line of concrete along the face of
that block.
This new strip of sidewalk will re-
quire considerable skill and labor to
install since it will lie directly over
the mill race, and it will be necessary
to build concrete arch to support the
heavy structure of cement.
The concrete district in Dallas is
spreading more rapidly than ever
before this summer, and in the busi-
ness pcrtions of the city, wooden side
walks nave already become the eXcep-
ton and not the rule. while property
owners in the residence portions are
gradually replacing their wooden
sidewalks with neatly built walks of
concrete, with wide and beautiful park
strips and substantial curbing. At
the rate this movement is progressing
it will doubtless be a matter of only a
few years until the old wooden side
walk with its need OF continual repair
will have been crowded back into the
outskirts of the city.
The total number Of concrete side
walks laid In the city at present
amounts to more than Is blocks, of
which nearly six blocks have been
laid within the past year, and addi-
tions to this goodly total are being
made so rapidly and continuously
that it is difficult thing for even the
keenest observer to keep pace with
the rapid advance of this branch of
the city's progress from day to day.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-04

no person shall own or vote more than
ten per cent Of the capital stock OF
this corporation, and that no transfer
of stock of this corporation shall be
made on the books thereof without the
approval of the board of directors.
This section is evidently intended to
shut out the possibility of any person
or group Of persons from securing
monopoly of the stock of the associ-
alton and thus controlling its interests.
is also provided that manager
of the business of the association shall
be employed by the board Of directors,
who, in turn. may employ a weigher,
inspector, grader, bookkeeper and
such other help as may be needed in
and about the packing house, but the
manager "shall not buy, sell, ship,
pack or handle any fruit on his own
account which will in any way conflict.
interfere with or come in competition
with the business Of the association. !"
"Once each year the board Of direc-
tors shall make full and complete set
tlement of the business Of the associa
tion and the net proceeds Of such busi-
ness, after paying all operating
expenses, says article eight, shall be
disposed of as follows:
Such sum as the board OF directors
shall deem necessary shall be set aside
for repairs and improvement of the
packing plant. From the net proceeds
remaining a dividend of not more
than eight per cent shall be declared
on the stock of the association. The
remainder of the net proceeds shall be
rebated and repaid to all growers of
fruit who are stockholders in the asso-
citation and whose fruit was packed
and sold through the association dur
that year. The said sum so rebated
to be divided pro rata among said
growers according to the value Of the
product packed and sold for their
respective accounts.
q" The increase in weight or. the
value thereof of the cured fruits incl
dent to processing and packing shall
revert to the members whose fruit has
been packed by this association. To
be divided pro rata according to the
amount so packed for each member.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-04
BALLSTON.

Mrs. Pleasant Orchard is quite i'll.
Alfred Campbell was Portland Wis
itor Friday.
A dance was given at the Woodman
hall Saturday night.
. Mr.. Sloan, Of Monmouth, has been
visiting his son. Willard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Riggs. of Van
couver, are visiting friends here.
Thomas Bowman, of Black Rock, is
visiting his brother, J. r. Bowman.
F. J. Merrick and Ross Rowell, OF
Buell., were Ballston visitors Sunday.
Miss Phena Anderson has returned
from visit with friends at Reedville.
Miss Ethel Berry spent Sunday at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. w.
Dorton.
Newbill & Campbell have again
started their clover huller after several
days lay off on account OF the rain. y
Mrs. G. w. Morgan, who has been
visiting relatives here, has returned
to her home in Winlock, Washington.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-04
Prepare For Prune Harvest.

Owners OF prune driers in this vicin-
ity are busily engaged in getting their
buildings in readiness for handling
the prune crop which will be ready
for picking within about two weeks.
Although the drop of prunes is no
nearly so heavy in the orchards OF
this neighborhood as in those lying
nearer the Willamette river, the crop
will nevertheless be considerably
lighter than that of last year 10 many
of the orchards.
Mrs. NJ J. Cosper returned Wednes-
day from a visit among friends and
relatives in Portland and vicinity.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-04
Public Auction at Savery Farm.

On Saturday, September 26, COM
mencing at 10 o'clock a. m., Messrs.
Savery q Turner will hold public
auction of livestock and farm nipple.
ments at the old J. H. Savery place
near Ballston. All livestock for sale
are first class animals, and the num-
erous implements and farm machin-
cry are in the best possible condition.
The terms of sale are as follows
amounts up to $40, cash in hand more
than $40, per cent discount for cash /;
where credit is extended, purchasers
must give bankable notes. The sale
will be conducted by M. F. White, of
Rickreall.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-04

away the wagon was overturned and
badly shattered, and Mr.. Blodgett
received a broken leg and several
severe internal bruises.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-09-04

@. B. Brooker, OF Pedee, was in Dal-
las, Wednesday, on business.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-06-26

Republican papers all over the
country are already assuring their
followers that they ought not to feel
cast down at the lack of enthusiasm
that has followed the sad blunders at
Chicago. They point to past years
when the party nominated an equally
unpopular candidate and Lad nearly
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-06-26
THE OKLAHOMA WAY

What is probably the most radical
labor bill ever passed by State Leg
isls . g was the one enacted in Okla
hOma last month. According to press
dispatches wages will be based on the
profits of the employer. and the State
Labor Commission is given arbitrary
power to order an increase or de-
decrease, as he may think the facts
warrant The dispatches say hat all
business concerns in the state must
make detailed reports of earnings and
expenses, and that on these the Com
missioner will base his decision as TO
the rate of wages to be paid. The
Act defines the duties of the Commis
sioner of Labor in relation to th'
transportation, mechanical and m2nu-
featuring industries of the state, and
creates state board OF arbitration
and councilmen and a free employ
ment bureau: provides for the regula-
ton of private employment agencies
and tor sanitary inspection OF factor
les. workshops and homes when used
for such. and heir equipment. The
last provisions, however. are not very
much different from those in other
states
The measure is said to be re-
Spouse to the demand of the Farmers
Unions and the labor organizations
of the state, representing altogether
over 1ou, 900 votes.
bill has also passed both houses
which provides for penitentiary
term for any employer who refuses
work to an employee on account of the
latter belonging to labor union. The
ed. also prohibits Pinkerton detec-
tives from working in the state.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1908-06-26

as bad a PLATFORM but still pulled
through They are bracing up the
fee bic knees in all directions by as
surfing their readers that bad as
things look they might be worse and
that there is a silver lining to every
cloud and it is always darkest before
dawn.
They are like the Irishman in the
Army. The regiment was trying to
reach a town and all day long that
town was only FIVE miles away. For
the eighth time they were assured
that it was only five miles more.
Wen. we are holdin our own any
how was the way he looked at it.
II is an interesting fact not sener
ally known that the Mining Building
Of the University of Nevada. which
was built by Mr.. Mackay, was design
ed ly the late Stanford White, the
greatest of artist architects 1t stands
as a fitting monument to the climax
Of this mans remarkable career, and
is a most beautiful piece of work. The
dignity Of the proportions of the build
ing. its perfection IN every way, in
stantly appeal to the observer and
more so by contrast with the other
buildings of the University, which
beside the Stanford White creation
give about the same impression as
would a cluster of chicken coops in
/ the shade of Notre Dame.-GOOd-
wins Weekly.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
NEWS OF THE STATE
No Answer from Banks-Asks General Assembly for
 Divorce.
PETITIONS FOR MIR, HILL
Big Poultry Show in Mcrdcn--Goy- crnor Make an Appoint
 mcnt.

south Norwalk Dec, 29 In an inter- view to-day tho Rev Dr, Charles $. MacFarland, chairman of the egisa- tive eommlttee of the Fairfield County association of Congregational minis tcrs, said that SO far as he had learned no reply had come as vet from Judge Elmore s Banks, to the second letter to the special committee of the asso- clation in which they had refused to retract the uttcrances in thelr first re port.
 pr Mcfarland said that the mat ter would now be left to the legls- lators. He said further that the min isters had no political or personal in- terest in the matter other than that they feel that the speaker of the house should be thoroughly un- biased man This is important be- cause of the large number of reform measures which will come before the next legislature. They do not believe, said the clergyman, that lawyer who has been paid agent of the brewery concerns would be unbiased.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
NEW YORK NEARLY IDEAL.
Opinions of an Englishman Who Visit
 cd the Metropolis.
Keep Us in Mind.

New York is the nearest approach to my ideal city A great gathering of the habitations of man should Gin lands not racked with earthquakes) be concentrated. be visibly wrought into one mighty mass towering up in- to the sky, wing with the works of nature in sublime grandeur of heights and depths; not lie scattered over the countryside. runing the beauty of woodland. heath, and meadow. New York in it's 1908 aspect is the boldest, most original tand will be before lonE) the most beautiful of the world 8 great towns. II has not scrupled to borrow from the architecture of the past: Athens. Rome. Florence, Seville, Paris, oxford. Annian and Victorian London are all in turn recalled by this and that element or episode But over and above this profit derived from the careful assimilation of three thou sand years of architectural invention New York is boldly creating new school. a more daring departure in house. building than has been conceiv- ed or erected elsewhere This school may here and there sacrifice ornament and fantasy to bulk and height, but it can never he accused of vulgarity, meanncss, or false pretencc. In the greater part of newer New York l have seen no stucco painted to look like stone.
 Englishmcn who have not hitherto crossed the Atlantic have q bclicve) no conception of the beauty and grandeur of New York city. No re- cent English writer has done 1t any thing like justice. American writers out of perversity dwell only on the shady side, the faults, and the crimes of their premier seaport To the un- travelled Britisher New York is the city of dives" and Dives; of saloons and houses of ill fame frequented by 'toughts'; preposteroas broWnstone mansions inhabited by eccentric mil lonaires Cor hcartloss women of the -four hundred" with gold front teeth). bad statues of whiskered patriots; and
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
GRAFT CASES UP AGAIN.

Ptttsburg, Dee. 29.-Therc is au un- confirmed report tonight to the ef- feet that Barney I2royfuss, president of the Pttsburg Baseball club, is to be an important witness in the graft cases The baseball park is located in what was Allegheny prior to the consolidation of the cities last spring, and besides annual tickets for all members of the Allegheny council, only a nominal license was demanded from the baseball management. When the cities were consolidated the num- ber of councilmen was so large that annual passes to all was considered too heavy burden and none were is- sued,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
Petitions General Assembly.

Bloomfield, Dee % Albert A Niets has filed q petition to the general as- sembly for q divorce from his wife. The petitioner says he has been Q resident of Bloomfield for fifty five years and that in 1868 he was married to Mary C. Rowley He asks for the divorce on the grounds that his wife is incur ably insane and that she has been confined In the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane for about seventeen years. He alleges that his wife twas of unsound mind and subject to cpl leptle Its prior to and during all her married life, but the fact of her pre- vious condition was concealed from the petitioner and was unknown to him at the time Of marriage He alleges that the marriage contract was de- ceptive one
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
Gepulse Venezuelan Gunboat Attempting to Effect Land ing at Macuro, Kill
 ing Twenty,
ENGAGEMENTS ON WAY
NCncXuclans at Port of Spain Eagerly Enlist and Narship Is Re- turning to Renew the
 Conflict.

Port au spain Trinidad Dec, 29.- . There has been lighting In Macuro, on ! the Venezuelan coast, between adher- cnts to ex-Presldent Castro and the crew of gunhoat working in the ln- ] tcrost of the new president, Juan Ni- eente Gomez, About twent men were killed and about fifty wounded The Gomez party was obliged to withdraw i temporarily, but later 1t returned to resume the engagement,
 l The news was brought in nerc by i Miranda, the gunboat in question Tho Miranda left La Guayra for Macuro i with a number of officers on board, who were to take the places of tne ! officers there who had been serving under Castro She arrived off MacurD { yesterday morning It was discovered that Geueral Torres had got together i about 500 men. and that he was pre- pared 10 resist landing The Miran- da cleared and went into action. She made use of aer battery, ana the men I Dll HOdIN lIltu lD Nlltfl q idlbluN, lI this they were not successful. The men under Torres succeeded in keep ing tncm off The fight lasted about ] four hours
 l When the captain Of the Miranda saw tho situation was impossible ac I withdrew and came 70 Port of spain i arriving late yesterday afternoon A dispatch was at once sent to President Gomez, via Curacao informing him of the situation. The Miranda then took on coal.
 AS soon as this news became known in Port of Spain large contingent Of inc Venezuelan colony volunteered to help the government and the. office of the Venezuelan consul was besIeged
 by men anxious to return to Nacuro anu fight A number of the volunteers
 were accepted and went on board the gunhoat which at once started back to Macuro where the engagement will
 be continued.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30

2 Clint at delightful occupations for grlsl, for John paid s4 for snippy little bunch
 When the poor boy recovered we took the train and John tried to teach me horrid names "and rules that I'm sure only players need to know CHint for young men not to bore young la- dies with mere details of gamc). and so | was nearly starved when | reached New Haven, and was glad enough 10 share my stool in the sta ton with fat man in a Harvard cap. and even let him share my cup, for was go taken up with watching the mob eat, and feeling the coffee trickle and drip down my back from the cups of John and six others who, less fortunate than l, ate over my head Omplies suggestion not to wear ones best clothes).
 After everyone had eaten every thing in sight, We poured into q car, ITO of us in one (hint for the car company. such poor gentleman stood up in front of us--hs friend said he had temporary paralysis of
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
ln-kept parks of gritty sand and sum

ill-kept parks of gritty sand and sun- scorched turf.
 There Is something eerie about this city. It is so twentieth century that to the man or woman arrived from fashioned capitals like Boston. London or Paris life in New York is as though one had stepped forward into time across the sill of one of H. G. Wells forecast stories. One might, indeed incur risk of brain fever were 1t not for the surface ot the streets and sidewalks, which in the busiest parts of the town bring you back with a bump to the middle of the nineteenth century. In this respect New York Is . colossus VI feet of clay All glorious ab0rs9 nificent in donAe and minaret, in tho decorated fronts of her gigantic stons- faced palaces; supplied with the best elevators which engineering science has produced. showing no floor or cor ridor in office, factory, or private dwelling which Is not surfaced with marble, timber, or tessellated stone. IlNi nllNtlN dyS dlt VI uctNc-idShinBp ankle twisting cobblestones or of faul- ty asphalt pitted with holes, scanned with cracks, and interrupted by faults and depressions. Perhaps now that the architects and city fathers have done all that is needful for the time being to raise New York above the rut of ordinary cities In It's public buildings and private houses, they will, turn their attention to the equally nec-| essary though not SO patently glorious| task of lnventing and laying down al style of road surface which shall be3 as much in advance of existing in-1 ventons in Europe and in provincial America as are the gigantic, comforts able, and sanitary buildings with which this city is endowed Sir Harry Johnston, in Harper's Weekly.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
Sale of ShipNard,

New London. Dec 29.-The first day of the auction sale of material left
 in the Groton yard of the Eastern Shipbuilding company where the steamships Minnesota and Dakota were built for ] J. Hill. was q busy one Over 800 prospective purchas- CTS followed the auctioncer through the shops and bidding was lively. Prices ruled high on the average, Several firms of shipbuilders were represented the Fore River Shipbuild- ing company of Quincy Mass, pur- chasing several lots, including a large lot of Oregon pine. j, E Conant, ot Lowell Mass is the auctionecr. The sale will continue on Wednesday and Thursday
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
ORIGIN OF DOMtNOS.
(London Globe.

The origin of dominos has been at- tributed variously to the Greeks, the Chinese and Jcws but a Paris con- temporary has discovered that the ever- popular game owes It's invention to the Ecncdctines of Mont Cassin, Two of the order were sent into lengthy retreat, and they hit upon method of willing away the spare time without infringing the rules of silence by playing with square stones, upon which various dots were marked, While Derfnctng themselves, they perfected or rather evolved, the game, and were accustomcH to fre- qucntly repeat when playing in the evening from ycspers especially the first that is Psalm ClN, which begins, "DiXit Dominus Domino meo," When the retreat was over tho game was soon known in the convent, Then its fame spread to the village and beyond. The verse was reduced to one word, "Domiino' hence the name as we have revived,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
nisnlnN nf l.h0N Birds.

Mcriden, Dee 29.--With about Hf- teen hundred birds on display, the seventeenth annual tve-days eXposl- ton of the Meriden Poultry associa- ton was opened at the city hall audi torium to-day. The prizes, which in- clude thirty-three silver cups, $500 in cash specially prizes four national speciality cups and five cups offered by state speciality clubs make the show. it is believed. one of the classi- est ever held in tho state Fanciers from various parts of the state and from points outside of Connecticut are In attendance
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
ELEANOR, AT THE GAME.
Her Impressions Not Specially Clear Sie Did Src some "picSled Reds"

She Did S"c some "pickled Reds"
 Dear Mr. Editor; ] just love your paper Helen and read every word, and think 1t is the best thing l write a little, too, and wouldn't you like to have a column like the L's II. J. has, where girls write to each other. touching the styles, manners and current events Tt would be SD suited to your paper. l am enclosing sam pie which l hope you can use. Mother thinks 1t is such nice way of earn Ing pin money I am Eleanor in the letter
 Dearest GenevIeve Your lucky Eleanor went to New Haven to see Yale beat Harvard, but l just died when Yale didn't win. I must begin al New York, for that fig where John' q went with John) bought the vio- let's and [ think Gcnevieye violots would pay better than tea room for
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-30
In INills Interest

Torring,on Dee 29A petition ad- dressed to the legislature and asking for the support of Congressman E |. Hill for the United States senatorship, to succeed Senator Brandegee, is be- ing circulated here The petition al- ready bears about 1000 names and is being signed generally, even by dem- oCrats