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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-03-30
Valuable Advertising.

J.C. Uglow, the well-known Dallas
clothier, received letter Saturday
from a New York firm manufactur-
ing the highest grade of mems neck
wear, informing him that they had
seen his name in the current number
of the Saturday Evening Post as that
of one of the progressive clotnlng
merchants of the United States, and
soliciting his orders for their very
choicest lines of haberdashery. Filled
with wonder as to how his name had
happened to be mentioned in med
ium of such importance and wide CIR
culation as the Post, Mr.. Uglow at
once called at Ross Ellis news stand
and purchased a copy of the paper
To his great surprise, he found tnat
the big New York firm had told MN
the truth-that his name was there
listed as one of the few clothiers on
the Pacific Coast handling such
high grade of mems apparel as the
Mallory hat. The advertisement
occupied two whole pages in the very
center of the paper, and was paid FOL
by the makers Of the celebrated NAL
lory cravennetted hats, a line Mr.
Uglow has been selling with grea
success for the last two years. INT
Saturday Evening Post has a circu
lation close to a million copies week
and the advertisement in which tn
Dallas firms name was mentioned
must have cost the enterpr'sing ha
manufacturers a small fortune. onl.
a few leading clothing firms In eacl
state and territory of the Union wer
mentioned, and Mr.. Uglow NATURAL
feels gratifled that his store has oeeI
given such wide publicity.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-03-30
MOHAIR MEN MEET
Date of Sale of Pool Has Been Set
For Tuesday, April 13, at
1:30 P. M.

A meeting of the Polk County
Mohair Association was held in the
Courthouse, Saturday afternoon, and
the date for the sale of the 1909 mohair
pool was set for Tuesday, April 13, at
80 p. m.
1t is not definitely known at present
just how large the pool will be, but
mohair growers are being advised to
report their fleeces to the secretary of
the association as soon as possible.
Sacks may be secured at the follow
ing places: Miller & Alcorn, F. j.
Chambers, Kings Valley; Simpson
Brothers, Airlie; G. Sewers, Falls
City; Peter Cook, Rickreall; Ivy &
Payne, Sheridan; J. E. Yoakum,
Perrydale; Dallas Mercantile Com,
pany and George Haynes, Ballston.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-03-30

Legal Blanks at this office.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-03-30
COURT HOUSE NOTES
Items of Interest From the Records
in the County Offices
Briefly Told.
PROBATE.

Guardianship of Della r. Williams
ct al, minors-bond filed and ap-
proved; Carl J. Swenson, James Mid
dleton and Joseph Sherwood appointed
appraisers.
Estate of Vrena SCHNEIDER, deceased
final account approved estate closed
and administrator discharged.
Estate of Frank Borden, deceased
bond approved; G. l.. McMurphy,
r. r. Bettis and S. Fl. Tetherow
appointed appraisers.
Estate of William F. Muscott, de-
ceased-petition Of Margaret E. Mus
colt to be appointed executrix, granted
Z. B. Hubbard, A. E. Myer and Il. @.
Courier appointed appraisers.
Estate of Mary Neal, deceased-fnal
account set for hearing April 80, at 10
o'clock a. m.
Estate of Clyde S. Keep, deceased
final account approved and admins
traitor discharged.
Estate OF Lorraine Maud Muhlig ct
al, minors-petition for sale of real
estate filed next of kin and all per-
sons interested ordered to show cause
April 28, at 10 o'clock.
REAL ESTATE.
John H Collins ct ux to Peter Kurre
20 acres, s, raw, $4,000.
John L Burns ct ux to H Hirsch
berg, 100 acres, s, r W, $40.
Mabel Fl Ireland and nd to Della L
Thomas, 10 acres, t 7 8, r W, $4,000.
JW Brown to T A Riggs, part o
lots in Monmouth, $50.
CPW Wells ct ux to A W Cooper, 10
acres, s,r4w, $4,000.
Catherine Bayne ct al to I l. ant
R J Hackett, ia acres, tt s, r 3 W
Sc, 900.
RI Hackett ct ux to John Schind
ler, l15 acres, 8, 8 W, $S,662.
George G Bingham ct ux to II :
Hackett ct Tx, So acres, S, 8 "
SO, 500.
George Hagood ct ux to J M Care
8. 81 acres, t s s, T 5 W, $1,336.
George R Coad to F ] Coad ct a
lot in Dallas, 800.
WI ellison ct ux to Harry Hibbar(
1877 acres, t 8, T W, $5,427.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-03-30
SELECTING STRONG TEAM
Dallas Manager Expects To Put PEN
ant Winning Baseball Nine In
The Field.

Manager r. H. Harmon is trying
out all the available baseball timber
and hopes to have the Dallas base
ball team picked out and ready for
training within a short time. Ii the
movement, now under way to organ
ize four city league is carried
through, the citizens of Dallas may
be assured of some first-class baseball
during the coming season.
The four cities proposed for the
league-Dallas, Corvallis, Albany
and SaIem-are so located that trans
portation of the teams from place to
place would be inexpensive and the
league if organized, could be main-
tained at comparatively light
expense.
The manager is selecting his men
from the training squad with careful
Judgment and expects to line up q
team for Dallas which will be more
nearly flawless in its organization
and work than any of the other teams
from the smaller cities of the valley
The work of the Dallas College
team three years ago, when it wen
through the seasons with practically
no defeats, shows the possibilities o.
Dallas as baseball town. Nearly
all of the players on that team still
reside in or near Dallas and with
them and the abundance OF new
material which is at hand, Mr. Har
mon fully expects to turn out al
aggregation which can carry ava,
the pennant from all competitors II
the coming baseball season.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-03-30
NATIVE SON OF OREGON
1omes X. TetherOw, of Luckiamute,
Was Son of Early Pioneers OF
Polk County.

lanes X Tetherow, who died at his
home near Luckiamute. Thursday
afternoon, after short illness OF
npeumonia, was son OF Mr.. and
Mrs Solomon Tetherow, early pioneers
of Oregon, and was born in what is
now North Dallas. April 81, ls46.
Shortly after his birth his parents
moved to Luckiamute and there ne
resided almost continuously until the
time of his death. At the age of about
OK wears he married Amanda Crosley.
Six children were born to this union,
three of whom, with the wife. survive
him.
The funeral was held Friday after
noon, the services being conducted by
the pastor Of the Christian Church, OF
Independence. The remains were
hurled in the Monmouth cemetery.
At the time of his death, Mr.. Tethe'
row had for several years, held the
distinction of being the Oldest sur
viving native son, born of white
parents in the state of Oregon.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-03-30
Sewer System Accepted.

A called meeting Of the City Council
was held last night and the sewer
system just completed by Venske q
TAYLOR was formally accepted by the
city. a warrant for $4O65.SS being
ordered drawn to be applied on the
payment for the work. The city
agreed to make good amounts needed
to bring up all laterals which do not
now reach the lot lines. W. W. Wood
and G. @. Wood we're allowed rebates
on their assessments, equivalent tc
the cost of constructing the laterals to
their lot lines on Clay street.
Legal Blanks at this office.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-03-30

The Educational Rally in Buena
Vista, Saturday, was attended by an
enthusiastic crowd and the program
was highly successful. Among those
who were present from other places
were Professor l.. r. Traver, Of Mon
mouth II. W. Brunk, of Eola; W. r.
Kirk, of Independence; and Superin-
tendent Seymour, of Dallas. The next
meeting will be held in North Dallas
next Saturday.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-03-30
High School Organizes Y. W. c. A.

High School Organizes Y. W. c. A.
The young women Of Dallas High
School have organized \. W. G. A,
the membership comprising nearly
all who are attending school 10 the
ninth and tenth grades. This is the
first High School association OF its
kind ever organized in Polk county.
The officers are Miss Annie Garner,
president: Miss Una Campbell, vice.
president; Miss Ollie Coulter, secre'
tarv. Miss Ruth Mum. treasurer.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-03-30

Mrs. Laura Baker was called to
Portland, Sunday afternoon by the
news that her son, Walter, had been
injured by fall from street car. His
injuries were not dangerous, however,
and he will recover rapidly.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-03-30

Quality superb. Made on honor
sold on merit. Smoke La Corona 10
cent cigar, placed on sale by all our
leading cigar dealers.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-06-19

There are some reasons for believing
that the Aricarees represent an Older
race Of farmers than the Mandans; for
their religious ceremonies connected
with planting are the most numerous,
and they honor the corn with a species
of worship. In every Aricaree lodge
there is a large ear of corn. which has
lasted for generations, sticking out OF
the medinine bag. At feasts they make
offerings to the corr by rubbing a piece
of meat on it, while they pray to 1t tor
plentiful harvests and address. it by the
name of mother The Hidatsas, claim
to have had no knowledge Of corn until
they first ate it from the trenches OF
the Mandans; and they have no cere-
monies connected with the harvesting,
yet they cultivated it long before the
advent of the white man"
Thus we can see that the natives
were ahead of US in their interest "
corn growing and perhaps are just a.
enthusiastic in a slight degree. Min
nesota and Dakota Farmer.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-06-19
Protecting Life And Property
From Lightning Stroke.

Nothing in nature is so terrifying as
the lightning flash with its crash OF
thunder, This greatest of human fears
has not been lessened by our learning
how to handle powerful electrical cur
rents in metal conductors, but loss OF
lives and property may be greatly di-
minished by the application of this
knowledge.
Electricity is produced by the con-
densation of the watery vapor OF a
cloud into rain drops. When the drops
become heavily charged electricity
escapes from them to the surface OF
the cloud. Only a part of the electricity
in a cloud is discharged in a single
flash.
This electricity is of the static sort
made by friction machines. It's dis
charge, always oscillating in character,
comes as a Tremendous blow so its be-
havior in a wire differs from that of
electricil from a dynamo.
THE DOUBLE OFFICE OF A ROD.
The thunder cloud usually, is charg-
ed with positive electricity which IN
duccs q rising of negative electricity IN
all conductors extending from the
earth below it. II the conductors are
metal and have sharp points, or trees
full of sap ana leaves, they give Oft
brushes OF electricity which %naturalize
the stress above them and prevent a
Lightning stroke. This is the most i'm
portant Office of a lightning rod.
Franklin in 1855 wrote to an English
scientist, Wherever my opinion is ex-
amined in Europe, nothingis considered
but the probability of these rods pre-
venting a stroke, their conducting a
stroke which they may happen not to
prevent, seems to be totally forgotten,
though Of equal Importance and ad,
vantage
Brother potamian, physicist in the
Manhattan College. NewYo said in ar
article in the Electrical World, 1.-THE
rod no more attracts lightning than
drain pipe attracts a down pour.'
KINDS OF CONDUCTORS.
Rods are made from copper. iron o.
steel. The eonduct;vity Of copper fo
electricity is seven times that of steel
This makes it the more valuable TO
that important function Of a rod, givin,
off negative electricity to avert
stroke. But when a stroke comes thi
superior conductlvigy is a disadvantag
for the electricity surges in the ro
and is likely TO give off side flashes. ]
there is insufficient time for a rod t
ward off a stroke because Of the rapi
approach OF q cloud, the greater RI
Lower coast gazette., 1909-06-19
Card.

June Ia, 1909.
desire to make public to the entire
state the damage and loss to property
which ! have suffered at the hands Of
the Levee Board for the Grand Prairie
L.yee District. This damage is steadily
increasing year by year and it is my
intention to go before the next legls-
lature with a claim for damages to the
full extent which the Grand PRAIRIE
L,evee Board has caused me to suffer.
Respectfully,
NJ. MACHELLA.
Olga, La.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-06-19

greed corn, for its color and size varied
somewhat. As to color, the ears were
red, white, blue black and combina-
tons of all these colors. The ears
averaged about four inches in length
and the stalks from three to four feet
in height. The ears grew from the
sucker stalks mostly and in gathering
the corn one had to do his work in a
stopped position. In the cultivation OF
their crops the natives made use OF
hoes in~geniously constructed from the
shoulder blades Of an elk.
We are indebted to them for a lesson
in standardization. In their migration
northward they were perhaps centuries
in reaching their destination and the
aboriginal corn belt was extended very
gradually. In this way this valuable
cereal was introduced into this latitude
from its original habitat in the South.
The following abstracts from the
journals of early travellers and explor-
ers may be of interest to our readers:
Sieur de la Verendrye visited the
Mamdans as far back as in 1888. He
was presented with a gift Of Indian
corn in the ear
Captain Lewis, of the Lewis and
Clark expedition, in his journal, has
this entry under the date Friday, Aug
ust Is. 1906: 1.-The Mandans had offer
ed to give US some corn, and on sending
this morning, we found a greater guam
titv collected for our use than all our
canoes would contain. W. therefore
thanked the chief and took only six
loads
In 1874, Macmillan, Prince OF WED,
visited the Arickaras and Mandans and
found them %cultiyating nine varieties
of r 1.-THE cultivation Of the maize
and other fields, Of which every family
prepares three. four or five acres, takes
place in the month Of May. Rows OF
small burrows are made, into which the
grains of maize are thrown singly, ano
covered with earth. Three times in thu
summer the plants are koed and tn
earth heaped up against them, that tht
moisture may have better access II
them. The harvest takes place II
October, when men women and child
rem lend a helping hand. The field
are never fenced, but lie open and ex
posed"
DR.. Mathews, who was stationed a
t Fort Berthold in the early sixties, re
! counts the mythical veneration OF tn
: Mandans for the corn symbol:
"Corn Mother" 1.-THE Aricarees an
f Mandans have doubtless titled the so
t for many centuries. Their accounts {
: the origin Of % are mingled wit
i their earliest myths and tradition:
Lower coast gazette., 1909-06-19
State of Louisiana Parish OF
PIaouemineS-

preparedness
BY virtue Of and in obedience to an
order for sale to me directed by the
Hon. Fred J. Grace, Register OF the
State Land Office, and in conformity
with Act 215 Of 1903, l have advertised
and will proceed to sell at public auc-
ton to the highest bidder, at Pointe-
a-la-Haehe en- SATURDAY, 10th day OF
July, 1909, at the hour of II a. M, the
following described property, to wit:
Fractional S. W. IA Of Sec. 4, con-
tanning 46 48-l0O acres.
Fractional S. 1-2 Of NV. IA of Sec.
4, containing AZ 2O-lOO acres.
FRACTIONAL N. ". 4 of Sec. 9, contain
ing SO $500 acres.
Fractional S. w. ola Of Sec, 9, con
tanning S3 acres.
Fractional S. E. IA of Sec. 9, con-
tanning So 80-lW acres.
Fractional S. l-2 Of N. E. Ia of Sec.
9, containing 60 acres.
Fractional s. w. IA of Sec 10, con-
tanning 30 36-lOo acres.
Fractional N, W. Ia Of Sec. 10, con-
tanning 60 ocres.
In township No. Twenty one, South
Range Twenty East, in the South Eas
of the River, Land District.
Terms Of sale cash, not less thai
twenty-five cents per acre, TO be sol'
in tracts as above described, less thai
100 acres each.
FRANK C. MEYERS.
Sheriff of the. Parish Of Plaquemines
Lower coast gazette., 1909-06-19

sistance of steel is an advantage in
that it damps out the vibrations sooner,
rendering the flash slower and there
fore less explosive. Aside from this
steel is less liable to accident. Each OF
the manufacturers who produce an as
sortment of rods makes one Of galvan-
lied steel covered with copper, to COM
bine the greater resistance OF steel
with the higher conductivity Of copper.
The instruction of the French Gov
eminent say that nc square rod of steel
as large as three-ffths of an inch has
ever been fused by lightning-square
bars being used it that country.
WHAT IS NECESSARY.
The greatest scientific writer on this
subject in Germany, a country in which
there is government inspection OF all
rods each Spring, says a copper rod
should not be less than one-third Of an
inch solid.
Such a rod would weigh 1877 pounds
to the thousand feet. Many of the
copper rods now in US are mace OF a
number Of wires and weigh but l47
pounds to the thousand. One rod IN
the market weighs but 1T pounds to
the thousand feet, but we have no re-
ports of any of them being melted by
strokes. The danger from reducing
the size is from the rod being melted
by the conversion of energy into heat.
A rod of but III pounds weight to
thousand feet must be near the danger
line in lightness, far We know that II
many cases in which stock is killed
near a wire fence, the wire carrying
the lightning is consumed by the heat
and copper is melted by less heart thar
iron. 1t is claimed that a woven wire
cable IS not liable to be melted because
it's large open surface promotes cool
ing. The time it has in which to cool
to avoid being NEEDED by the rush o
lightning, is about one hundred thous
andth part of a second. And that is
good deal ''quicker'n a wink
w. S. ROGERS,
State Fire Marshal
Office of the Fire Marshall,
Columbus, O., May 8, 1909.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-06-19
Office of the Fire Marshall,
Columbus, O., May 8, 1909.
Aboriginal Corn Growers.

The Arckara Indians who lived
along the Missouri river, so far as we
know were the first agriculturalists in
the Dakotas. They produced the first
corn that we have an account OF n
were able to furnish the early explorz
ers with enough of this article of food
to give variety to the usual daily bill OF
fare. The supply was not large but it
was efficient. The kind that they rails
ed was not what might be called pedi-
Lower coast gazette., 1909-06-19
Proceedings Of the Board Of Com
missioners for the Lake Borgne
Basin Levee District.

New Orleans La. May 2lst, 1907.
The Board of Commissioners for the
Lake Borgne Basin Levee District met
this day in regular session with the
following members present: John Dy-
mond, president; Commissioners Bourg
and Jonah, Attorney John Dymond Jr.,
Inspectors Leopold and Nunez and
State Engineer Monget.
On motion of Mr.. Bourg, seconded by
Mr.. Jonah, the Secretary was instruct
ed to advise Mr.. N. A. Baker that b
cause of the latest legislation relative
to the sale of lands by the Levee
Boards throughout the State, the "a
plication for the purchase Of certain
lands from this Board as contained in
his letter of April Path, 1908. and which
application was granted under certain
conditions on July 18th, 1908, and which
said conditions were never carried out
is this DAY revoked.
On motion Of Mr.. Jonah, seconded by
Mr.. Bourg, the following application OF
Mr.. George Seregne was referred to
the Laud Committee.
May lst, 1909.
To the Board of Commissioners for the
Lake Borgne Basin Levee District
New Orleans, La.
Gentlemem:-l hereby make appll'
cation, under the provisions Of Act 2l;
of 1908, for the sale at public auction
of the lands situated in the Parish OF
!, St. Bernard and described as fo}lows:-
"a certain tract of land situated il
| the sixth ward (Bencheque) in the Par
| ish of St. Bernard, about 20 miles from
the Mississippi River, measuring on
half arpent' front on both sides Of tn
Bayou Terre. aux Beufs. bounded aboV
Lower coast gazette., 1909-06-19
The State of Louisiana, Parish of

Plaquemines.
Twenty Ninth Judicial District Court. No. al.
Succession of Valery O. Schayot.
Whereas, Emile A. Schayot has pctitioned the
Court for LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION on
the Estate Of the late Valery 0. Schayot. de-
ceased. notice is hereby given to all whom it may
concern to show cause within ten days. why the
PRAYER Of said petitioner should not he granted.
GEO. v. GROLEAU.
Deputy Clerk
First Published in The Gazette June s. 1908.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-06-19

The nan who is constantly in the
market for experience will soon have
nothing else.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-06-19
For Sale.

Choice Honduras seed rice at $3.50
per barrel, apply TO-,
M. WALTER & co.
Bohemia Plantation
Lower coast gazette., 1909-06-19
The Amateur Oardener r.

(Some Helpful Hints for Beginners,
by Prof. D. f. ID. Beet, ?. y. O., Au-
thor of The Origin and Development
of the Squash
To have peas by June 7 you will DO
we'll to leave your order with the gro
Ger on the 18th, giving him full partic-
ulars as to whether you wish them
fresh or canned.
To raise very large cabbages, caui-
flowers or pumpkins, a derrick is not at
all necessary. Any good hired man OF
ordinary physical capacity should De
| able to raise them as high as you wish
! without serious damage to his spine.
When planting your pea seed SOW
oats along with them. This will fool
the crows, pigeons, horses and other
insects that prey upon the garden when
there is nobody around to shoe them
away,
Much backache will be saved begin
ners in gardening if they will remem'
Der to curb their enthusiasm and let
the hired man do all the work.
Bone dust is good as a fertilizer. You
will therefore save all your family
skeletons until spring, and then after
running them through the coffee mill
place them where they will Go the mos
good.
If everything goes wrong with yot
always, no matter what you &C, ant
YOU want a fine lawn, put IN elgh
hours a day trying to raise weeds.
There is no use of trying to tran
cutworns to cut flowers tor yon. The,
!, are dull and letharic n brain power
!, and have the low taste to prefer cab
bages to roses.
A two-by-fve toad set in the m'ddl
' of your garden will be a great ass's
lance to you in Kidding it of insect:
Do not get too big a toad. The capa(
ity of a toad Of the size specified
@ forty-seven cubic yards Of insects I
the minute. -Harper's Weekly.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-06-19
Card of Thanks.

Card of Thanks.
The ladies of Pilot Town and Port
Eads wish to extend their thanks to
the "Burrwood Social Swells' for
courtesy and a pleasant time at their
ball on June, II.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-06-19
Inevitable.

Inevitable.
Twas the age of the wireless tele-
phone.
"Gimme Z--double L--73054. kazoo,
uuick!!" said the patient subscriber.
"And, as he listened this came right
back at him from the exchange:
"Airsbusy!!'- detroit Times.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-06-19
Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance with act
l76 Of 1908. that | am applying to the Police Jury
of the Parish Of PlaQuehincs for permission Ia
conduct a colored bar room at Ironton. La.
l.. ARNOLIE.