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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-12-02
Washinuton.

!
The Forthcoming report of the spe.
cial naval board of which Rear Ad-
miral Swift is chairman, it is de-
clared, will submit recommendations
| to the secretary of the navy that will
reVolutionize the operation of A1neri-
can navy yards. Officials refuse to
give any idea of what the report will
be, but experts are OF the opinion that
concentration will be the burden of
1 the report.
Il shall cheerfully aid you in your
proposed temperance movement in the
army" promises General Frederick
Grant, in command of the Department
of the Great Lakes, in a letter adj
dressed to the Rev. WILDER F. Crafts
of Washington, superintendent Of the
international Reform Bureau.
Satisfactory progress in the con-
struction of the Panama canal is
shown in the annual report of the
Isthmian canal commission for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1909, made
public by the secretary of war.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson,
outlining work mapped out for GER
tain bureaus of the Department of
Agriculture next year. said that soil
survey would be made of the western
part of Nebraska and Kansas in the
development of a plan comprehending
the survey of the entire United
| States.
The Interior department has with
drawn from disposition, as containing
water power possibilities. about 1904
acres of land along the Smith river in
| Montana. This tract will be held in
reserve pending action by congress,
which is expected to enact legislation
governing the disposal of power sites
on the public domain. A portion of
the lands withdrawn are unsurveyed.
Practically every small railroad in
the country carries the United States
mails at dead loss, according to
Ralph Peters, president of the Long
Island Railroad company, who called
upon President Taft to pay his re-
lsspects. The appropriations made by
congress for carrying the mails, Mr..
Peters declared, are utterly made
l#Quate and he stated that he would
take up the subject with that body
this winter.
Personal.
Six summary disnissals were made
at the; New York customs house.
81 The general counsel of the Stand
ard Oil company sees the bright side
of the court decision. :#
It. is thought that bodies of many
men in the Illinois mine will never
be recovered.
Former President Castro. an exile
/ in Santander, Spain, is accused daily
lsby the highest ofiicials of the Vene-
Iszuelan government OF attempting to
fonlent a revolution against the Co
9mez regime
Castro Is accused Of trying to TO
/ ment trouble in Venezuela. 4,
The Finnish diet has been dissolved
| for refusal to obey Russian orders.
~ n NO nus not res
signed the presidency of the Rock Is
LAND road.
1000 robbery of the b. M. +.
Automobile company OF Detroit was
i II|reported and q discharged spaymaster
| il missing 81
Governor Charles N. Haskell and
4 tie other SIX defendants charged With
i|sssc:onspiring to defralld tie government
4 III Muskogee town lots pleaded not
Izgailty
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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-02-05
PRAISES POLK'S ANGORAS
John w. Fulton Believes Animals In
This Vicinity To Be Best In
The World.

John W. Fulton, of Helena, Mon
tana, Secretary Of the American An
CORA Goat Breeders Association, was
here Tuesday evening and Wednes
day, in the interest Of the organic
alton he represents. Wednesday he
spent visiting among the various
large goat breeders of this vicinity
discussing plans for the entrance Of
exhibits of their fine animals at the
Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition next
summer.
Mr.. Fulton finds conditions in this
locality quite encouraging and anti
cipates large representation of the
goats bred in Dallas, "the goat center
of the world" at the big Fair.
He is especially anxious for this to
be done because, as he says, the pre-
sent market for the Angora goats of
this vicinity is too small, too nearly
local, while the quality of the stock
raised here is such that the Polk
county breeders of goats should he
able to look to practically the whole
world as market for their animals
and their mohair products.
SAT the National Goat Show in Kan
sas City," he said, "and that is un-
questionably the most stimportant insti-
tuition of its kind insofar as the An
CORA goat industry is concerned, it has
been the case for number Of years,
that practically every breeder entering
prize winning stock, had either secured
them directly from this locality, or
traced their ancestry to the thorough
breds owned by breeders of this vicin-
ity."
There" he said pointing to beau
tiful mohair rug which W. A. Ayres
had been showing him, II believe
unquestionably, is the finest thing Of
its kind, in quality Of hair, texture Of
the skin, excellence of finish, in fact in
every respect, that have ever had the
privilege of SEEING"
"If the goat breeders of Polk county
would give their animals and pro-
ducts the wide and effective advertise
ment and publicity that many other
commodities have received and are
receiving, there should be practically
no limit to the extent Of their market
it should embrace the world.
Partly to bring about wider pub
licity for Polk county Angoras, Mr..
Fulton has made his visit to Dallas
and has endeavored to interest the
goat breeders in the plan of exhibiting
their stock at the big Exposition so
that goat men and mohair dealers
from all oyer the world may have an
opportunity of becoming familiar with
them and their unquestionable merits.
Regarding the mohair market Mr..
Fulton is extremely optimistic, look
ing forward to Il marked advance in
the price of mohair and its products
within the next few months. He bases
his belief on the general upward tend
ency, noticeable Of late in the prices of
other commodities of kindred
nature, most especially in the recent
advances in wool.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-02-05

Tom Reel has taken charge of his
barbershop on Court street once more.
f. A. Vose who has been conducting
it for him for some time will soon
leave for Dakota.
A meeting Of the Polk County
Poultry Association will be held in
the courthouse tomorrow afternoon
for the purpose Of arranging for the
next annual Poultry Show.
The first Annual Inspection of Com
pany Fl will be conducted by Major
McGlachlin, at the Armory tonight.
Citizens of Dallas and friends of the
company are cordially invited to be
present.
A dance will be given by by the
Social Committee of Company H., O.
N. G., at the Armory, Saturday night.
Music will be furnished by an orches-
ira directed by Mr.. Corpron, of Nc
Minnville.
On Thursday, February IL, Mrs.
Eta E. Taylor, of Munsey, Indiana,
will have full line of art needework,
such as stamped and finished pillows,
tablecovers, centerpiecee, waists and
underwear, at Miss Reddecopp's mil
llnery store. Mrs. Taylor will be in
Dallas from ten days to two weeks
and will givefree lessons on all mater
ials sold. 25-2t
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-02-05
Polk County Observer

John Taylor, of Airlie, is visiting il
Dallas.
w 7 Southwell, of Falls City was 1
Dallas visitor yesterday.
T, Conner, of Perrydale, was {
Dallas visitor Tuesday.
w Fl. Holmes, of Salem, was Wis
itor in Dallas. Wednesday.
I'M. Switzer, of Willimina, was in
Dallas. Tuesday, on business.
q w. Petit returned Wednesday
from an extended visit in Salem.
A, J. McDonough, Of Falls City.
WAS a visitor in Dallas, Wednesday.
Attorney G, G Bingham, of Salem,
was a visitor in Dallas, Wednesday.
W. W. Rowell, of Rickreall, was a
business visitor in Dallas, Wednes-
day.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. Cameron
Of Antioch, Tuesday, February 2, a
girl.
Moss Walker was in Dallas yester-
dav. enroute from Portland to Falls
City.
Ralph Butler went to Portland,
Wednesday afternoon for few days
visit.
Mr.. Grant, of Portland, is visiting
at home of Rev. N. S. Reeves and
wife
Mrs. Margaret Campbell, Of Balls
ton, was in Dallas, Tuesday on busi-
ness visit.
H. G. Keyt and W. A. Keyt, of Perry
dale, were visitors ia Dallas on busi-
ness Wednesday.
Mrs. J. N. Hart, of Baker City, is
visiting at the home of her mother,
Mrs Alice Dempsey.
Charles Hartung, of Falls City, was
in Dallas yesterday returning home
from visit in Portland.
Mrs. Anne G. Farley went to Port
land yesterday for short visit with
her parents, DR.. and Mrs. Cline.
Mrs. L. Gerlinger, Jr., and Mrs.
George T. Gerlinger returned from a
visit in Portland, Wednesday evening.
Arthur Berman came up Saturday
from Dallas, and spent Sunday with
his parents in this city.-Coryallis
Gazette.
S. Briggs, who has for some time
been employed in the Dallas Steam
Laundry, left yesterday for La
Grande.
Ralph Sayery, of Ballston, was in
Dallas, Wednesday for short visit at
the home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. H. Savery.
Revival services will be held at the
Christian church in this city, COM
mencing Sunday night and continu-
ing indefinitely.
Hon. l. nj. Simpson, Of Suver, has
been drawn as one of the Jurors to
serve 10 the February term on the
Federal Grand Jury.
The Southern Pacific com pany had |
a car load of crushed granite sent
into Dallas, Wednesday for improve
ment around the depot.
Watch Tuesdays issue Of the Obser-
yer for the Dallas Mercantile Com
pany's free magazine offer.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-02-05
MEET TWO STRONG TEAMS
Inc oregons Break Even In Indiana.
Winning One Game and Los
ing Another.

Two OF the hardest games that the
oregons have played since thew met
the Buffalo basketball team. were
IN Rochester and Notre Dame. Indi.
ana' on Tuesday and Wednesday
nights respectively.
The game in Rochester was won bv
the Oregons after a close struggle
the score at the end of the play being
"a to 25.
Ihe western aggregation was not
so fortunate on the following evening
against the team at Notre Dame, suf-
ferlng defeat by score Of 90 to 81.
The Notre Dame players proved to be
the strongest and most scientific team
that the Oregons have yet been
matched against. In the first half
they carried the Dallas team clear off
It's feet and piled up big score, lead
ing in points at the close Of the half
20 tod. The Dallas boys rallied in
the second half and, playing in bril-
liant form held their opponents down
to ] l points, at the same time scoring
l6 points themselves. Desperately as
they played however they were unable
to overcome the long lead OF their
opponents.
Letters from the members Of the
team, instruct that all mail shall now
be sent to Lincoln, Nebraska. At that
place they will meet r. A. Van Orsdel,
a former student of Dallas College
and at one time coach of the basket
ball team. Their advance man has
had considerable difficulty arranging
games, since the season is far ad-
vanced and the greater number of the
teams have filled their schedules.
However they hope to be able to play
nearly every night until they reach
Salt Lake City, at least, from which
point they will probably make long
jump to the Coast.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-02-05
Legal Blanks at this office.

Legal Blanks at this office.
Legal blanks for sale at this Office.
DR.. Donohoe, Dentist. Uglow Bldg
Legal blanks for ale at this office.
The OBSERVER office wants the print
ing you are particular about.
Don't fail to be at the Colosseum
skating rink Saturday night. =.
Don't miss the programs at the Star
Theater tonight and Saturday night.
Skating at Colosseum rink Satur-
day night.
L. D. Brown, attorney; abstracts
collections. Office in Uglow Bldg.
2-5-tf
Money of private parties to loan at
per cent Oh well-improved farms.
SIBLEY & EAKIN.
Programs at the Star Theater to-
night and Saturday night.
| The best night of the week for you
to spend an evening at the Colosseum
rink-Saturday night.
Special prices on Lisks Granite
Ware at Craven Brothers Hardware.
| 1-26-tf
Moving pictures at the Star Theater
tonight and Saturday night-a fine
entertainment, don't miss it,
Watch Tuesdays issue Of the Obser-
yer for the Dallas Mercantile Com
pany's free magazine offer,
ALI 1908 merchandise greatly reduced
for the balance of this month. Some
odds and ends to go regardless Of
price. Dallas Mercantile Company.
1-22.tf
The Star Theater will be open to-
night and Saturday night, with excel
lent programs Of moving pictures
and illustrated songs.
Dry fir cordwood wanted in any
quantity up to 500 cords to be delivered
in Dallas OF Falls City. For further
particulars, call on, or address. Salem
Falls City & Western Ry. Co., Dallas
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 to 500 cords to be delivered
10 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, 1909-02-05

Next Sunday at the Presbyterian
church communion services will be
held in the morning. The pastor will
speak on Concrete Conservation. "
In the evening at 7 80 the theme
will be "Lincoln the Man"
The Willamette river has fallen to
five feet and and unless there are
more heavy rains, the water will pro-
badly hold steady at this stage some
time. The steamers have been realiz-
ing good trade since the high water
between Corvallis and Portland, and
the passenger trade has jumped up
considerably.
Roy and Hugh Black came in from
their claims near Salmon River, We'd
nesday, for a few weeks stay 10 Dali
las. They say that, while the snow
fall in January was much heavier in
their neighborhood than it was out in
the valley, the weather was not nearly
so cold. They suffered the greatest
inconvenience when the thaw COM
menced, the water in the mountain
streams becoming so high that a
traveller would be obliged in many
places almost to swim his horse across
streams that could easily be jumped
across under ordinary conditions.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-02-05
TO HOLD MASS MEETING
Dallas Development League Plan Big
Booster Session At Courthouse
Saturday Night.

Every effort will be used by the Dal-
las Development League to make
the booster meeting called for tomor-
row night in the Courthouse, by
Chairman q. s. Loughary, a success
in every respect.
An attendance, in which the entire
citizenship of Dallas shall be amply
represented is desired and the plan is
to have everyone present who wishes,
take an active and personal part in
the meeting,
A campaign in Brownsville has
met with success that is truly re-
markable, an average of 81 per cap
ita having been already subscribed to
the development fund. The Develop
ment League believes that the citizens
of Dallas are possessed of loyalty and
civic pride equal to that mani
tested by the people of Brownsville, of
Eugene, Of Albany and dozen other
towns and are relying on that loyalty
Ah bLO SlGlLOIo W uIlfS LILO
paign to put Dallas ION the map" to
a successful consummation.
The time is especially auspicious
for the beginning Of such an effort.
Three big events are to conspire to
bring thousands of people to the Pa
cific Coast next summer. These are
the Alaska Y Yukon Pacific Exposition
in Seattle, the Rose Fair, in Portland,
and the "Three Years After" Fair in
San Francisco.
The city of Dallas and the country
in its vicinity undeniably have ad-
vantages to offer which are scarcely
to be equalled elsewhere in the state
and while the tide of tourists and in
vestigators from the East is sweeping
this way, it behooves the people of this
locality to make a strenuous bid for
their attention. 1t is for the purpose
Of arranging for campaign to give
its resources due publicity, that the
Development league is calling the
mass meeting for tomorrow night.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-15
Japanese Substitute for Cows MIX

Japanese Substitute for Cows Milk.
The Japanese have discovered a
very cheap and good substitute for the
mich COW in the form of tiny bean.
The juice extracted by special pro-
cess from the bean Is said to be an
excellent vegetable milk, the properties
of which render it highly suitable for
use in tropical countries.
The preparation Is obtained from
the Sofa bean, member of the legu-
minous family of plants, and very pop
ular article of food among the poorer
classes of Chinese and Japanese. In
making the vegetable milk the beans
are frs of all softened by soaking and
are then pressed and boiled in water
The resultant liquid is exactly similar
to cows milk in appearance, but is en-
tirely different in its composition. This
Sofa bean milk contains 92.5 per cent.
water, 3.02 per cent. protein, 213 per
cent. fat 0.03 per cent. fiber, 1.SS per
cent. non-nitrogenous substances and
0.41 per cent. ash. Some sugar and a
added in order to prevent the elimina-
tion of the albumen, and then the mix
ture Is boiled down till a substance
like condensed milk is obtained This
CONDENSED vegetable milk" is of a
yellowish color and has very pleas
ant taste, hardly to be distinguished
from that of real cows milk.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-15
The Gospel Of Getting.

Get your desires and get them
quick. Get money, which. as things
are, is the root of all good Get ex-
elusive houses and gardens Get
motor cars. Get old oak, and brag
about 1t. Get invitations Get you
can of all that is good and correct
so you remember early-so you re-
member enough-the words which
contain the pleading of all fathers and
the passion of all experience. wis
dom is the principal thing; therefore
get wisdom, and with all thy getting
get understanding. John o. London,
in London T. P.'s Weekly.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-15
PLAYING CARDS IN HISTORY.
origin May Almost Be Said TO Be
Lost In Antiquity, Although
Something Is Known.

Playing cards probably date back
to an early period in China They
are said to have been invented in tho
reign of Seunho, about 1920, although
some authorities maintain that they
were known even at an earlier date in
Hindustan. Originally the Chinese
playing cards contained only 30 In the
pack
The game of cards was known as
early as the thirteenth century both
in England and France as -Four
ngs"-which, by the way, would be
considered a fairly good poker hand
in these days
Some of the writer's on antiquities
contend that the game of cards was
known among the ancient Egyptians.
and that the merry old kings and
queens played something like "Old
Sledge" to while away the weary
hours and make dollar now and
then.
1t is recorded that in the year 1878
a French soldier was caught playing
some sort of game of solitaire with
deck of cards in church. He was
hailed before the mayor of the town,
and thus excused himself for his lit.
tie lapse from the ritual:
THE ace reminds us that there 10
but one God; the deuce signifies the
Father and Son; the tray, the Father,
Son and Holy Ghost; the four repre-
sents the Four Evangelists; the five,
the Five Wise Virgins; the six says
that in six days the Lord made the
heavens and the earth; the seven tells
that on the seventh day the Lord rest
ed from his work; the eight signifies
that eight righteous persons were
saved when the Lord drowned the
earth; the nine, that nine lepers were
cleansed by the Saviour; the ten
means the Ten Commandments"
When | see the queen" continued
the prisoner sit puts me in mind of
the queen of Sheba and the king is
the king of heaven and earth"
And what of the knave?" queried
the mayor.
"Ah, the knave is the sergeant who
brought me here" quoth the soldier.
Il don't know that he is the great
est knave," replied the mayor but
surely he is the greatest fool
Whereat the soldier returned to fin
ish his game of solitaire.
1t is true that the number of spots
on a deck of cards is 1854; it is true
also that there are 80 cards in the
deck-where they don't play with the
joker-coinciding with the numl err of
weeks in the year, and that there are
other strange similarities between the
| deck and the calendar But there is
nothing in all the archives to show
that these things are more than mere
| condolences.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-15
II She Had Not Married.

The lover of euphonious female
names must look back with regret to
the eighteenth century with its fra
grant memories of Belinda, Arabella
and Amabel Yet in Spain euphony Is
still preserved. Could you have a
more beautiful name than Juana Maria
de los Dolores de Leon? 1t is one of
the ironies OF history that the owner
of these charming yocables was fated
to be known in after life as Lady
Smith, and to bestow that much less
attractive and euphonious title upon
a town in South Africa,
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-15
GOOD Jokes
WE'D LIKE TO KNOW.

What shall we ask the Martians when
We know the've noticed us?
with signals flashing to and fro,
What shall we first discuss?
Some people think we'd better ask
what is a Democrat?"
And What is whsky2" as II Mars
Had such a drink as that!
Perhaps we'd better ask the chaps
Who talk to IFS from Mars
Through many million niles of space,
All sprinkled DER with stars.
If on that world, so far advanced
Which men of science, boost,
The suffragettes have won the day
And women rule the roost
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-15
Too Much Devotion.

$50 your husband always stays in
the house nights" said one woman.
Yes answered the other. once
Hiram gets settled down in front of
his fireside you can't get him out o.
doors even to bring in an armful of
wood"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-15
What He Meant.

your novels will not endure" said
the critic.
II know It," said the author.
They are not literature said the
critic.
Correct said the author.
We'll, then, what do you mean by
them?"
Money" said the author Waiter.
fetch me a porterhouse steak"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-15
Useful Article.

See here!" snapped the angry pas
senger, this nickel you gave me is
lead and has hole in the middle"
II know it. sir" responded the con-
ductor, calmly.
well, that's nice way to rufie up
a mans temper when he is going on q
fishing trip"
THAT is the reason / gave it to
you, sir You can use it as sinker."
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-15
rhe RISING Generation.

"Bliggins is always repeating some.
thing his small boy said"
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne.
THAT boy must be wonder. He is
the only person | know of whose opin-
ions Mr.. Bliggins regards as more i'm
portant than his own
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-15
Why Not;

SAY, paw queried little Tommy
Toddles. what is lambkin?"
"A lambkin. my boy" answered Tod
dies, ST., lis little lamb"
Then. paw" continued Tommy, Il
s'pose the little nap you take after
dinner Is a napkin, amt it?"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-15
And Turn About is Fair PLAY.

Charitable Man Ito beggar woman
pushing her crippled husband in a
wheelchair)--And do you push your
poor helpless husband about in this
chair all day long?
Beggar Woman-Oh, no! We take
turn t!-Meggendorfer Batter.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-15
An Event Anticipated.

And when do you expect your
daughters wedding to be-"
why, my daughter isn't going to be
married. She's trained nurse, you
know"
Il know, but l thought you said she
was nursing sick millionaire"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-15
Scared Rabbit.

Shelf is said that the rabbit sees
behind as well as in front"
He--That accounts for the little an
imal taking fright when he sees one
of those peach-basket hats coming or
going Statesman.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-15
Wrona Tlme to klss.

did you ever see fishing smack
capsize?"
mo, but | once saw boat turn over
as the result OF a fishing smack"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-15
Out of keepinu.

"They had no suitable gloves in the
store we went to. And that is most
extraordinary proceeding"
"Why extraordinary"
Because in the nature of things,
gloves are something which should al.
ways be found on hand"