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La Junta tribune., 1909-10-16

There are merchants in this town
who are carrying certain lines Of
goods that H. public knows nothing
whatever about. Don't you think II
would pay you to invest a few cents
In printers ink and let the people
know what you have for sahe. In the
matter OF advertising the mail order
houses are simply skinning the coun.
try merchants. for there is lots OF
trade that the country merchants
could easily get II they would take ad.
vantage OF the advertising opportuni.
ties afforded them. and which are not
accessible to the mail order houses.
Get awake for once and look after
your advertising as II should be
looked after. and see II II don't pay
you better than anything else TO
which you have given your attention.
Vacations are over by this time and
the yearly post.vacation myth is In
vigorous circulation. says the sstur.
day Evening Post. Some fakes about
the country have perennial currency.
But one fake belongs peculiarly To the
month after vacation. You hear
Charley saying: "Oh. I slept like .
TOP and had the appetite Of . harvest
hand; got up every morning With my
head clear - . bell. ny nerves firm
- Iron. ~ whole system tinsiing for
grub aAl sxsecies. There's soos-
thias sbest ~ Dsss sir. he oSss
view. the rural calm that always a.
fscts NJ that vay. u only . naa
oosiA TED hat veil h town. Why.
rye had . couple Of AishbAlis.
but I guess one more woa't hurt
AAybody - . cisascttsi" II was
not the cir Of the lush meadow. or
even the leafy woods or pssiins brook.
o Charles. Il vas The regular hours.
Tie rsasonabls amount Of daily cx.
srciss h The open. and the sixteen
niles tat sspasatsd tAes from the
nearest ~. You con really feel just
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-01-01
EXCHANGE OF OWNERSHIP
M. d. Ellis Takes Grocery Store and
Hon. U. S. LOughary Enters
Mercantile Company.

The beginning of the New Year notes
the consummation of an important
business transfer in this city, M. d.
Ellis having purchased the grocery
business of Hon. U. S. Loughary and
and Mr.. Loughary having purchased
his share of the stock in the Dallas
Mercantile Company.
Mr.. Loughary's store was closed
Wednesday for invoicing and Mr..
Ellis took full charge yesterday. Mr..
Loughary will assume his place in
the Mercantile Company's establish
ment today.
While both have been working for
several years in widely different lines
of the mercantile profession, neither
finds himself in an unaccustomed
field in assuming the business ac'
quired by the recent transaction.
Before going into the grocery busi-
ness in Dallas, Mr.. Loughary was for
about 10 years engaged in the dry
goods business in Salem and other
cities. Mr.. Ellis likewise had num-
of years experience as a grocer before
he became identified with the big dry
goods establishment, working for a
number Of years as one Of the part
ners in the grocery firm of Loughary
& Ellis.
Both are men of exceptional busi-
ness ability and will doubtless meet
with marked success in the new lines
of work they have chosen to adopt.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-01-01
OREGON HAS PETROLEUM
Expert Believes That Willamette Val
ley Is Destined to Become Great
Oil Producing Section.

X. M. Brereton, of Woodstock, pub
llshed long and interesting letter in
Mondays Oregonian, giving the data
on which he based his belief that Ore
gon, and especially the Willamette
Valley, is rich in deposits of petroleum
and that all that the state lacks is
proper exploitation and scientific
drilling for oil, to make it an even
richer oil producing region than Cali
! fornia.
Extensive use of technical and scien-
titic terms make the letter rather diff
ficult reading, but the points sug-
gested are worthy of serious consider
alton and the fact that the writer an
nounced the presence of petroleum
deposits in California years before
they were actually discovered in the
very regions he had indicated, adds
weight to the statements made con-
corning oil prospects in Oregon.
OF principal local interest are the
statements he makes concerning the
indications of oil in Polk county. The
subject has been under Investigation
in this county in recent years and
several tentative prospects have been
made in different sections, the one
most widely known having been per-
haps, the prospect on the WhiteakeI
farm near Monmouth.
The salient facts, which have bear
| ing on the indications Of the presence
of petroleum and natural gas in Polk
county are briefly as follows:
The geological formations in
Western Oregon are in the same
sequence as those in the oil regions OF
California. The most productive
petroleum producing sections in Cali
fornia lie in the upper miocene terti-
ary formation and Yamhill and Polk
counties west Of the Willamette River
lie in the same formation. The struc-
ture of the shales and sand stones in
the hill range east of Amity and Nc
Coy and in Holmes Gap between
Mccoy and Rickreall are identical
with those in the oil bearing regions
Of California.
Petroleum." says Mr.. Brereton, sis
a product of marine vegetation ano
the strong salt springs in the Sal
Greek neighborhood and about Amity
indicate that it was once the bed ot
the Pacific Ocean, prior to the perioc
of the uplift Of the Coast range" He
believes that all prospecting hereto
fore has been too superficial and il
many cases that the prospectors have
drilled in the wrong formations.
If the drilling were prosecuted in
the places where the oil bearing form
alton is found instead of having been
made in the more difficult anc
frequently barren strata, he is conf
dent that both oil and natural gas
would be found in abundance through
the Tualatin and Yamhill valleys anc
a large section of northern and cen
tral Polk county.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-01-01

Miss BERTHE Bentley and Miss Nellie
Damon, of 1ndedendence, were Dallas
visitors yesterday.
Mrs. A. A. Cunningham, Of Port
land, is visiting at the home Of her
cousin, Mrs. r. L. Chapman.
The advent OF the New Year was
celebrated in nearly all of the cities in
this vicinity with pleasant dancing
parties.
Mr.. and Mrs. E G. Richmond
returned to Corvallis, Wednesday,
after a holiday visit with relatives
and friends in Dallas.
Charles Shennefield, of Indepen-
dence, manager of the Pacific Tele-
phone in Polk county, was in Dallas
this week on business.
Programs will be given at the Star
Theater during the month of January
only on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday Of each week.
DR.. L. A. Bollman returned Tues
day from Portland, where he repre-
sented Company Fl, o. N. G. at the
annual Militia Convention.
Work in most of the public schools
in Polk county will be resumed Mon
day and Dallas College will open for
its second term on Wednesday, Janu-
ary 6.
Miss Bertha Frink was in Dallas
yesterday returning to Monmouth
after few days visit with her par,
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Frink in
Falls City.
Prospective buyers Of goods for the
new year will do we'll to examine the
prices listed by the Bee Hive store in
its advertisement published elsewhere
In this issue.
F. S. Ramsey wound up his racket
store business in this city yesterday,
and P. A. Finseth will occupy the
building he has vacated with the stock
lOl LID IlCW oulI huu ClOdh
ment.
J. E. Beezley has been appointed.
postmaster for Falls City to succeed
DR.. M. L. Thompson, who has held
that position for number Of years.
Mr.. Beezley will assume his new
duties about February1. l.
John Rowcliffe and Miss Mabel Car
men were married recently at the
home of the brides parents In Dray-
ton, North Dakota. Both were formerly
residents of Dallas and are we'll
known to many Of its citizens. They
will make their home in Portland.
At the Presbyterian Chu rch, Sun
day, January 8, the pastor, Rev. N. l..
Reeves, will preach at II a. m. on
"The Moral Harvest, and at z 80 p. m.
on Submission and Resistance. The
Sunday School meets at 10 a. m. and
the Y. P. S. @. E. at 6: 80 p. m. A cor
dial invitation to all services is ex-
tended to the general public.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-01-01

During the month Of January no
programs will be given at the Star
Theater on Monday and Thursday
evenings.
Miss Bertha Reese returned to her
home in McMinnville, Wednesday,
after a short visit at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. D. Coulter.
Mrs. A, Anderson, of Buena Vista,
and Miss NJ. G. Lee, of Junction City,
have been visiting at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. E. n. Hall this week.
Claud Brewer, of McMinnville, and
Miss Vida Gwinn, Of Heppner, were
visitors at the home OF Mr.. Brower's
lister. Mrs. NJ. B. Grant, this week.
Mrs. Lydia Messen nheimer, Of Inde-
pendence, was yesterday committed
to the State Insane Asylum for the
third time. Both previous times she
was discharged cured but in each case
the attack Of insanity reoccurred with
in a short time. She has several
Young children who will be sent to the
Bows and Girls Aid Society. Mrs.
Messenheiners husband left the state
some time ago and no clue can be
secured as to his whereabouts. His
wife has been living at the home near
Independence for several months in a
practically destitute condition.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-01-01
Union Prayer Service.

The week of prayer for the churches
of Dallas will begin Monday evening,
January 10, union services being held
each evening as follows: Monday at
the Presbyterian church, subject "The
Bible" DR.. G. A. Mock, preacher
Tuesday at the Methodist church, sub
iect Goods Faithfulness and Mans
Possibility" Rev. H. H. Farnham,
preacher; Wednesday at the Christian
church, subject, missions, Home and
Foreign" Rev. MS. Reeves, preacher
Thursday at the Evangelical church,
subject "Intemperance and Gamb-
ling" Rev. NJ. P. Dixon, preacher
Friday at the Baptist church, subject
"The Family and the School," D. NJ
Metzger, preacher; Saturday at the
Evangelical church, subject "The
Signs of the Times" Rev. Curtis P.
Coe, preacher.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-01-01

Legal Blanks at this office.
DR.. Donohoe, Dentist. Uglow Bldg
Legal blanks for sale at this office
Kaltz, piano tuning. Orders at Dan
iel's. lO-29-tt
The OBSERVER Office wants the print
ing you are particular about.
Money of private parties to loan at
6 per cent on well-improved farms.
SIBLEY & EAKIN.
Brown, & Stout, lawyers; abstract
ers; notary public; collections; Uglow
Bldg, Dallas, Oregon.
Thursday afternoon OF each week
will be ladies' day at the Dallas Bowl
ing Alley. l2-22-i
Make a good resolution on January
1. Begin taking lessons OF Mrs. Mae
Wright; vocal or dramatic. i2-ls-5t
Fares on the Salem stage now rs
cents. Best way to catch the II o'clock
train Csouth bound on the East Side.
12-1-f
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.
Dry fir cordwood wanted in any
quantity up 70 500 cords = TO be delivered
10 Dallas OF Falls City. For further
particulars, call on, or address, Salem.
Falls City & Western Ry. Co. Dallas.
Legal blanks for ale at this office.
Dry ir cordwood wanted in any
quantity up 70 500 cords f; 70 be delivered
/ in Dallas or Falls City. For further
particulars. call on, OF address. Salem
Falls City & Western BY. Co., Dallas
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-01-01
ARE STILL VICTORIOUS
The Oregons Make Higher Scores in
Montana Than They Did in
Washington.

After having played through Wash
ington and Montana without suffering
defeat, or even being matched
against a team that could make things
really interesting for them, the Ore
gons entered North Dakota, Tuesday
night and made known the ir arrival
in that state by beating the Dickinson
basketball team by the big score of 60
to 10. Their farewell game in Mon
tana, played against Company K Of
the National Guard in Billings, Mon
day night, was won by 80 points to
their opponents Is.
The telegraphic reports from the
games have been less regular during
the past week and the Dallas friends
Of the team have been several times
disappointed after waiting at Johnson
Brothers store until long after mid
night for the returns from the games.
johnson Brothers however, to whose
enterprise the arrangement for
securing the returns, is due, have
taken the matter up and will endeavor
to secure prompter and more regular
transmission of the messages for
which the friends of the team wait
each night with so much eagerness.
The two hardest games that the Ore
gons expect to play during the next 10
days will be against Saltwater, Mime
sofa, Saturday night, January 2, and
Hudson, Wisconsin, Monday, Janu-
ary 4. They will meet their old oppo-
nents. the Redwings, on January S
and 6.
The record made by the team thus
far has been truly enviable, the total
score of the Oregons being far in
advance Of their opponents. The CON-
pIete scores as far as reports have
been received are as follows:
Oregons, 43-Vancouver,
Oregons, 34-WinIock,
| Oregons, 34-Seattle, 16
Oregons, 42-Rosslyn, II
Oregons, 57-Ellensburg, 8
Oregons, 55-Spokane, IA
Oregons, 22--Anaconda, IS
Oregons, 97-Billings, 8
Oregons, So YIN CA15
Oregons, SO Co X Is
Oregons, 6O-Dickinson 10
Totals 533 1874
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-01-01
Casfles Grocery

Located one door south Of the Dallas
National Bank. We carry complete
stock OF fancy and staple groceries
and are prepared to give prompt and
courteous service to all our customers
The best for the best" and the place
Tor you 70 get the best is Castle =
grocery store. J. L CasTLE pro
prietor. l1-ii-u
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-01-01
Polk County Observer

p Kimball is over from Salem
on a business visit
r Thompson went to Ashland
Yesterday st. on business visit
r A. Brown, of Black Rock was a
.,aitor in Dallas, Wednesday.
cass Riggs, of Crowley, was bust
4. .oos visitor in Dallas yesterday.
sheriff J. NJ. Grant was business
visitor in independence yesterday
Bort Dennis, of Falls City, was a
business visitor in Dallas, Wednes-
day.
Miss Iva Mcdaniel has gone to
p,rtland for a few days visit with
relatives.
W.T.. Grier, Of the Falls City Lum-
her Company, was visitor In Dallas
Wednesday.
Frank Ward returned yesterday
from a few weeks visit with relatives
in Washington.
Mrs, Matte Martin, of Portland, is
visiting at the home Of her daughter,
Mrs. J. G. Uglow.
Miss Alta Savage returned from a
abort visit in Portland and Vancouver,
Wednesday night.
Jobn Olin returned Wednesday
nioht from holiday visit with his
family in Vancouver.
Seth Riggs is up from Portland for
q few days visit with relatives and
friends iu Polk county.
Miss Vivian Hargrove, Of Salem,
has been visiting at the home of her
sister, Mrs. E. M. Smith.
W r. Belcher and Fl. A. Packard
were in Dallas, Wednesday, enroute
to Portland from Falls City.
Ira Yocom, of Willamina, and Allyn
Yocom, of Sheridan, were business
visitors in Dallas, Wednesday.
Mrs. C, G. Coad and Miss Margery
HAYES returned Wednesday night
from a short visit in McMinnville.
Misses Ruth and Sue s teiwer re-
turned to Portland, Tuesday afternoon
after a short visit with their friend,
Miss Maud Gage.
Miss Nellie Hadaway returned to
her home in Dayton yeste rday after a
few days visit at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. G. L. Crider.
Programs will be given at the Star
Theater during the month of January
only on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday of each week.
The Trail Of the Lonesome Pine, by
Fox, and The Revolt of Anna Royle,
by Martin, have been received at the
Dallas Free Library and placed on
the rental list.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-01-01

Having sold my grocery business /
desire to close up my books and settle
all outstanding accounts. Parties
having ACCOUNTS will greatly oblige
me by calling at the Dallas City Bank
and arrange tn some way with F. J.
Craven for closing said accounts.
L. s. L0UGHART.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-01-01
DIR. EBERT E. FISHER

Specialist In diseases Of the
Eve, Ear, Nose, and Throat
Omce. Rooms IA over Bush Bank
SALEM OREGON
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-26
Natural Kindness.

1t was at a railroad junction in the
south that the northern traveller found
himself hungry, but with only two min
utes to spare before his train left. "IIl
take cup of coffee" he said to the
young woman of the restaurant. I've
no time for anything else"
you can take all the time you want,
sir" said the young woman, cordially.
you look at this bill of fare, and I'll
telephone to the superintendent to de-
lay the train little while
why, can that be done?" asked the
traveller, in amazement.
Certainly" said the young woman.
"Of course it can. It's a branch road,
and no other train coming or going
over it Joday-and the superintendent
would want you to have a good meal.
He owns this restaurant"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-26
When Greek Meets Greek.

Sandy Macgregor had purchased an
overcoat from Levi Cohen. Then next
day, the weather being much milder
sufficed to change Sandys opinion of
the coat, so he hied himself back to
Cohens emporium and requested the
return of his money.
my vord." cried the tradesman.
IVY, dot coat is a beautiful coat! It
belonged to a millionaire!
AYE" said Sandy. giving it a shake,
that's why 1 brought it back. He's
left some of his money in the lining,
and I'm an honest man, We kenr
Here is your five-and- sixpencer
said Levi, briefly. grabbing at the coat.
Ten minutes later he was bordering
over the old problem, which asks how
Scotsmen and the children of Israel
can be expected to live in one and the
same world. He had ruined the lining
Of thai. coat for four halfpenniesl
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-26
A New Abuse Of Babies.
CBy Kate Burr.)

(By Kate BurT.)
And now they are packing the babies
into doll carriages and doll buck boards.
What next?
Don't the poor kiddies suffer enough
from heaped-on-heap of abuse in other
directions without having added to
their manifold miseries this last straw ?
They are left blinking and crying In
the broiling midday suns with the cruel
light shining right into their tender lit
tie eyes.
While this is going on the mother is
enjoying a cool soda with a friend III
the depths of a shady tea room"
Then. other so-Called mothers go at
a catch-a-car gait, dragging the babies
who have just learned t. tOddle after
them at the same speed.
Heart disease, paralysis and many a
terrible malady gets its first start in
this way.
Not content with these abuses of
babyhood. the latest is worthy Of the
Spanish Inquisition.
1t consists of dumpinS-no, packing
your baby in a go-cart made for dolls,
to be purchased at a nominal sum.
This especial go-cart has neither
springs nor cushion and the tender little
body is banged and buffeted around un-
til it reminds one of nothing so much as
the couplet:
Rattle his bones over the stones:
He's only a pauper whom nobody
owns
l saw one baby-a dimpled piece of
sweetpess-the other day, sleeping in
her jack-in-the-boy.
1t was one of the springless, cushion
less things now in mode for torture, and
it was just about big enough for me
dium-sized wax doll.
The child-small and waxen as she
was-filled 1t to overlooking.
There was no room for tiny legs and
timer feet, so they stuck out straight
before her as if they had been placed in
stocks for punishment.
How would you like to sit ON a hard
bottomed wooden seat while somebody
with many quirks and jerks propelled
you along?
1t would make you sick-and pretty
soon, too-wouldn't it?
Well, it was making this dear. golden
curled baby sick just as fast as posi-
BILE, and her tired little head could not
support itself upright so it dropped
from the slender neck like a lily and lay
on the hard wooden top Of the go-cart.
The mother-a foolish young girl, not
yet out of her teens-was dragging
along the cart, perfectly oblivious Of
her child, or anything else except the
displayed contents of the
store windows, into which she looked
long and longingly.
The child was a candidate for cdrva-
ture of the spine, but what did the
mother care?
And what do all the other foolish,
wicked mothers whose ignorance and
weakens the constitution and
sows the seeds of illness in their babies
before they cut the first tooth, care?
Why don't you get the oldfashiored,
full-Iength baby carriage,
wherein your little blossom may kick
and crow and goo goo in happy con-
tentment?
And leave the doll go-carts for the
dolls they were intended for?
If you cannot afford the price of a
new carriage, buy one at second hand
and have it newly enameled.
Pray, young mothers, heed this warm
ing, if you love your babies.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-26
Meaning of Names.

Susan is Hebrew, a Lily.
Alma is Latin, the Kindly.
Margaret is Greek, a Pearl.
Job is Hebrew, the Lamb.
Paul is Latin. the Small One.
Edwin is Saxon, Conqueror.
Lionel, Latin, is Little Lion.
Clara is Latin, the Bright One.
Hugh is Dutch, the Lofty Man.
Martin is Latin. the Martial One.
Gilbert is Latin, Bright as Gold.
Jacob is Hebrew, the Supplanter.
Lucius is Latin, the. Shining One.
Ernest is Greek, the Serious One.
Peter is of Latin origin, the Rock.
Eunice is Geek, the Fair Victory.
Florence is Latin, the Blooming One.
Leonard, German name, is Lion Like.
Ruth is Hebrew, and means Beauty.
Sophia is Greek, and means Wisdom.
Arabella is Latin, the Beautiful Altar.
Sarah, Hebrew name, means Prin-
,ess.
Rosamond is Saxon. the Rose of
Peace.
Caesar. Latin name, means the Hairy
Mana
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-26
A Little Slip.

The Rev. Mr.. Spicer had for three
days enjoyed the telephone which had
been his last gift from an admiring
parishioner. He had been using it i'm
mediately before going to church.
When the time came for him to an
nounce the first hymn, he rose, and
with his usual impressive manner,
read the words Then in crisp. firm
tone. he said: Let us all unite in
hymn six double 0, sing three"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-26
Cushions and General Upholstering.

PHONE 1929 for cushions in leather or
other materials. Furniture recovered
Full stock of upholstery goods. Samples
and estimates submitted. Salt Lake Mat
tresS & Mfg. Co.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-26
Womdn'S u)orId
Conducted by Helene vaIeau.

folks say I commonly look as if were
biting nails or doing something equal
ly mirth-provoking. when they see me
on the street or in public places. | be-
lieve in smales when smiles are In or
der, and I have firm faith in smil-
ing attitude toward men and things,
but smiles do not constitute my creed
of optimism.
Optimism is the disposition to take
the most hopeful view. Do you think
the cultivation of this disposition will
help You?-Leigh Mitchell Hodges.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-26
Tommy's Manners.

They were at dinner, and the dain-
ties were on the table.
''Will you take some tart or pud-
ding?" asked papa Of Tommy.
Tart" said Tommy, promptly.
His father sighed as he recalled the
many lessons on manners he had given
the boy.
Tart. what?" he queried kindly.
But Tommy's eyes were glued on the
pastry.
Tart. what?" was asked, sharply,
this time.
Tart frstr' answered Tommy tri-
umphantly.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-26

Be not a clod or corruptible iron.
when a little charcoal of high impulse
and the fire of perseverance will con-
vert you into bar of durable steel.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-06-26
Laundries.

MODEL LAUNDRY insures perfect
work. Cor. State and Orpheum Ave.
Phone liz.