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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-07-09

@. @. McCracken desires to thank
his neighbors and friends for their
kindness and assistance during his
recent sickness.
The Rev. and Mrs. M. E. Spahr left
Wednesday for Seattle to attend the
Exposition and a convention of the
Epworth League.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert MacGregor
are enjoying visit from two of Mrs.
MacGregor's sisters, who arrived from
Chicago this week,
AT the Presbyterian Church next
Sunday. the pastor will speak at IL
a. m. on Triumphant Trust" and at
8 p. m. on "One Whom Jesus Loved"
Next Monday and Tuesday, July 12
and 10, DIR. Lowe, the well-known
optician, will be in Dallas. Don't fail
to consult him about your eyes and
glasses.
H. L. and s. E. Vassar, Of Caldwell,
and Erwin Wisner, of Boise City,
Idaho, arrived in Dallas yesterday,
seeking real estate investments in this
vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Black returned
to their homestead yesterday. They
were accompanied by Miss Nola Coad,
who will spend portion Of her vaca-
ton in the mountains.
Robert McLennan, General Freight
and Passenger Agent OF the 8. F. @. q
w. Railway, accompanied by his wife
and child, has gone East to visit rela-
tives. They will return home about
August 5.
J. A. Gibson, of Douglas precinct,
was in Dallas on a business errand,
Wednesday. He says the heavy rain
has injured the hay in his neighbor-
hood, and the farmers fear that If the
showers continue, serious damage
will result.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Morrison, who
have been living in Portland fol
several years, have returned to Dallas
to make their home, Mr.. Morrison
having secured employment in Bid
dies foundry.
Scores of people recommend DR.
loves glasses. He does not go from
house to house. Consult him abou
your eyes at Hotel Gail next Monda,
and Tuesday, July l2 and 10. Nine
teen years experience.
Robert Steele was over from Mon
mouth on business visit Wednes
day. Uncle Robert is not enjoying
the best of health and is making pre-
parations to go to Southern Californi'
for an extended stay.
Have DR.. Lowe relieve your hea
and eye ache with a pair OF hi
superior glasses. They cost no NOR
than others, and you have the benef
of his skill and over 10 years expert
: ence. Dozen of Dallas references.
Miss Maye Anderson, of Mime
; apolis, arrived in Dallas last nigh
and will be the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs
L. Gerlinger, Jr., for several months
She was met in Portland and accom-
} panied to Dallas by Mrs.. Gerlinger.
The celebration finance committe
will hold it's last meeting for the pul
pose Of auditing bills in the Observe
8 office tonight Any person havin
5 claim against the celebration fun
D is requested to present it before
o'clock p. m.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-07-09
Lodge Notice.

IA regular communication OF
" Jennings Lodge, No. 9. A. +. q
A. M, will be held this, FRIDAY. even
ing at 7 80 o'clock. By order of Mark
Hayter, Worshiptul Master.
J. @. HAYTER, Secretary.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-07-09

AT a wedding the men look so cross
aud the women so happy.
Whtn children have TO wait at tiin-
ner they will hate the guests.
DO the rightthing II you have NxsaI
Catarrh. Get Ely's Cream Balm At
once. Dent touch the cataph powders
and snufis for they contaiu cocaine.
Ely's Green Balm releases the sccre~
tons that infiame the nasal passages
and the throat, whereas meaiciaee
made with mercury merely dry up the
seer, tons and leave you no better than
you were. II werd, Elys Cream
BaIn is d real remedy, not delusion, .
All druggists, 81 cents, or mailed By
Ely BROS,
80 Warren ST., N. X.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-07-09

A mill with good dwelling ana eight
acres of ground attached, located on
the Valley Branch of the Baltimore q
Ohio Railroad. IN one OF the best see
tons of Jefferson County, and half
way between Charicstown and Shen-
andoah'Junction. The water power
has never been known to freeze AVID it
is located at the head of the spring
Apply to
Moore & Moore, Inc.
Charlestown.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-07-09

Sealed proposals for the erection OF
iive-room oDe-story addition TO the
High school building in Martinsburg,
Berkeley County, West Virginia, IN
accordance with detailed plans and
specifications on file with II. 4. Alex
ander, President, will be received by
the Board of Education Of the Inde-
pendent School District of Martins
burg in said county up 10 July IL,
1909, at Z p. I'D.
Successful bidder 10 execute bond,
with approved security, in penalty
double the amount Of the contract;
conditioned according to law, and to
begin work under his contract imme.
diately upon its execution. Said adj
dition TO be cem p'eted not later than
Seplemberl, 1909.
lie Board reserves the right TO &C.
cept or reject any or all bids. Further
information on application to the
president.
Board of Education of Martinsburp
:. ~ District Gr Il
GtAH By II. L.lAlexander, Pres.
722ts. 6 w. A. Pitzer. Sec.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-07-09

Patriotic eitizens, at a meeting IN
tniontown, raised > 200, with which
10 pare are several acres Of mountain
isnd Ia the center Of which lie the re-
mains Of Gen Braddock, who was
" ounded in The battle Of Braddock's
Field, in the French and Indian war,
and carried back into the mountains
seven miles east Of Uniontown, where
he died and was buried The resting
place 81 the British general was origi-
naIly marked by an oak tree, but this
Was roken off by storm Ia 1863. A
fence now surrounds the grave.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-07-09

A New Back for an Old One How IL
4 Done 10 Nartinsburc


The back aches at times with don
iudescsibabie feeling, making Won
weary and restless; piercing paine
shoot across the region Of the kidneys !.
and again the leins are so lame TO-
stoop Is sgony. No use to rub or apply
plaster to the back In this condition
You cannot reach the cause. Exchanges
the bad back for new and stronger
one. Follow the example of this Mar
tlnsbusg citizen.
Thomas y. Page, 327 s. Raleigh 81. !.
Nartinshurg w. Va, says: "Doan =
Kidney Pills helped me grea. dcal
and believe they wilido the same for
any one suffering from backaehc or
kidney trouble. | was seIdom free
from kidney complaint during the
past five years. Whenever l caught
cold my feeling was Intensified and IL
was great efiert for me to stosp on
account Of Iamcness In my back. n
] sat down for any length Of time, +
could hardly arise ard | felt general
~ miserable. Since asing Deans
Kidney Pills, procured at Shepherds
drug store, have been greatly re-
lieved. now feel better In every way
and cannot praise Doan's Kidney Pills
too highly"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents
Foster Milburn TO, Buffalo. New
York, sole agents for the United s5tatea.
Renember the name Deans and
take no other.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-07-09

Fot iull in'os nsisn sseto teiiips Iases, Fares
Limits OF Tickets, Ssopsvess, Tram Service, etc.
sppiy at Ticket Offices.
BALfIMoRE& OHIO Raj ROAD.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-07-09

The tariff on wood pulp and paper
again fixed by the senate at "a peri
ton. And yet the only country from
W hich pulp and paper could be im-.
ported into this country in espspeti-
ton with our owl @s Canada. Bnt a.
costs more to manufacturing paper n
Canada than in this country. Them
the tariff on paper is not for revenue
but for the purpose 81 protecting the
paper trust and compelling the Amer
lean peoase tos ny this heavy tribute
to it. Can any one tell why2 Because
the trust helps TO pay the camaalg1
expenses.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-07-09
LIFE 100. 900 YEAns 400.

Sclentiests have found IN cave la
Switzerland bores Of men, who lived
100000 years ago. when life was IN
constant Ganger 81 Wild beasts Today
the danger, rs shownby A. w. Brown !,
of Alexander, Me-. II largely from
deadly disease. s'If 1t had not been Tor
Or. Kings New Discovery, whjsh
cured me, could not have lived he
writes, suffering as did from a ~ :
we're lung trouble and stubborn cough. +"
To cure sore Lungs, Colds, obstinate
Coughs, and prevent Pneumonia, u
the best medicine on earth. 80 and
Il 90. Guaranteed by All Draggbsts.
Trial bottle free. -.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-07-09
A MONT RrDKs's RAID.

The worst night riders are ealomel,
croton oil or aloes pills. They raid
Your bed TO rob you OF rest. Not 50
with DR.. Kings New Life Pulls. They
never distress or inconvenience, but
always cleanse the system, curing
Colds, Headache, Constipation, Ma
laria, 25c. at All Druggists. mo.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-07-09

Mrs. II "why are you SO very fond
Of Oriental rugsg'
Mrs. Dr. g N tell you secret. The
dirtier they get, the more genuine they
look. You've no idea bow muchsweep-
ing tina: saves
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-07-09
SEE MOTHER elnow YouNa.

at would be hard 70 oyerstago4 the
wonderful change ID my mother since
she began to use Electric Bitiers,
writes Mrs. w. Il. Fitzpatrick Of DAN
forth, Me. 'sAltbough past 10 she
seems really to be growing young again
She suffered untold misery from dys-
pepsia for 70 years. At last she could
neither eat, drink nor sleep. Doctors
gave her up and all remedies failed til
Electric Bitlers worked such WONDERS
for her health They inyigsrAte
all vital organs, cure Liver and Kid
ney troubles, infuee sleep, impart
strength and appetite. Only 500 at
All Druggists. mo.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-07-09

Some men are double spend-thrifts,
they waste both time and money
Next to the tug jokes the. most
tiresome jokes are those heard by the
man who has lately shaved otr his
mustache.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-07-09

Taste and Smell. Fun size SO cts, at Drug
gists or by mail. In liqsid form. rs cents.
Ely Brother. Sc Warren Street New orr
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-07-09
A Reliable
Remedy
Ely's Cream Balm
Is quickly absorbed.
Gives Reliei al Once.

1t cleanses, soothes,
heals and protects
the diseased menu
brane resulting from
Cafarrh and drives
away a Cold in the
Head quickly. Re-
stores the Senses OF
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1909-07-09

When we see heading In q paper
entitled. - National Disgrace we
read the article 10 ree which sneiv re-
ferfed to.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
RETAIN THE CONSOLIDA-
TON COMMITTEE

N HE HERALD wishes to suggest to
the bodies who appointed the Los
Il Angeles consolidation committee
the advisability of keeping that COM
mittee in existence at least until after
the election for voting harbor bonds
shall have been held.
The splendid efficiency with which
the consolidation committee discharged
its duties has won for it the respect
and confidence of the people of Los
Angeles in an unusual degree.
We believe that the feeling that the
people of Los Angeles have for the
committee can be used with great ef-
feet when the matter of the bond issue
comes up.
The voting of these bonds will in
volve the previous making of certain
general plans for the expenditure of
the money which they are to produce,
and it will not only hurt nothing, but
might help materially if this commit
tee should give the harbor commission
of the city of Los Angeles the advan-
tage of its advice in passing upon the
scheme of improvement after it has
been defined by the engineering au-
thorities who will have charge of it.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
GREATER LOS ANGELES

ERETOFORE our comments un-
der this heading have been writ
ten in the future tense. The
march of events has brought us into
the present tense. Greater Los Ange-
les has arrived. 1t is a big city-in
area, one of the biggest in the United
States; in population, certain to be a
city of a million within the lifetime of
most of our readers. Many of the citi-
zens who voted for Greater Los An
geles will have the satisfaction of cele-
bratIng the million mark, and will be
able to say, proudly, Il helped to bring
about the. conditions which made this
result possible"
Owning harbor facilities unexcelled
by those of any other maritime city on
the North American shore line, Greater
immense growth of the southwest in
population and in industrialism, and
will be ready for the completion of the
Panama canal within the next few
years. The opening of the canal for
traffic will be the most momentous
west, and will begin the most remark
able chapter in the history of Califor-
MIA since the discovery of gold And
it is a chapter that will have peculiar
local significance. 1t will be a South
California chapter. 1t will mean in
creased prosperity for a vast section
of the state that has made remarkable
progress not as a result of railroad pa
ternalsm, but in the teeth of railroad
hostility and a most determined effort
to gouge the public and accumulate
extortionate gains at the expense of
every industry that has been estab-
lished in the sunny southland.
Greater Los Angeles not only will
bring prosperity to dWellers within the
metropolitan area, but will have the
effect of producing business activity
unprecedented in the history of that
portion of our great state of which Los
Angeles is the Industrial, manufactur-
ing, financial and maritime capital.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
SALARIES

A NEWSPAPER which is never
IA consistent, excepting when 1t
"A adopts the wrong policy and pur-
sues it consistently to the bitter end,
says the people of Los Angeles have
never practiced parsimony and do not
expect to do it now. That is a fact,
The people Of this city are generous.
They wish to see the very best results
accomplished, and they are always
willing to provide means for accom-
plishing the best results.
This is so literally and absolutely
true that no campaign for a general
reduction of salaries could become
popular unless it were clearly demon
strated the recipients of salaries were
getting more than the city could we'll
afford to pay them, or were receiving
money that could be used for better
purposes than paying them for the
time and talent they devote to the
city's needs. We refer, of course, to
officials drawing official salaries, and
we are prepared to agree cordially with
the reader who would interrupt us to
say all men who do their duty by all
the enterprises and undertakings thar
go to make up Los Angeles" deserve
to be well paid for their part in the
magnificent general results achieved. If
any of the hardworking prosperity
makers are not receiving their share
of prosperity, it is not because par
simony is a popular policy in Los
Angeles
A generous policy in educational eX-
penditures should be favored by all
citizens of Los Angeles who have the
true welfare of the city at heart. 1t is
deplorable that any interference with
the school bond issue should have made
it uncertain whether Los Angeles at
the beginning of the school year would
be in a position to supply enough
higher education" to go around.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
FAITH UNFAITHFUL

IT NDETERRED by the consequences
of former political meddling, the
- Southern Pacific machine gang
sters are hard at it again in San Fran
cisco, where five of the candidates for
supervisors on what is called the busi-
ness mems ticket were "adherents of
Abe Ruef," says the Call, "in the time
of San Francisco's deepest shame. They
were avowedly and notoriously Ruef
men, holding or hunting office under
his infamous regime, serving him, sup
porting him, defending him, aiding him.
None of them has ever renounced that
allegiance. They not only were Ruefs
men, but they are Ruefs men now"
Allegiance" is a much misused word.
IT is saddening and maddening to think
there are men who have the privileges
of United States citizens who, in San
Francisco, aye, and in Los Angeles,
would barter those privileges for messes
of political pottage. They seem to put
fealty to the boss above fidelity to all
their other fellow citizens; loyalty to a
corrupt and corrupting organization
above loyalty to the United States. Of
such it can be said, in the words of
Tennyson, faith unfaithful keeps them
falsely true" but theirs is a misguided
loyalty, which shows there are human
beings who would really rather train
with crooks who are good fellows"
than with good men who are neither
crooks nor good fellows" in the sense
of being easy of conscience and not
overweighted by a sense of RESPONSE
bility.
And in view of this fact, what must
be said of poor human nature which
to this day has the same old banker
serpent his opportunity in the Garden
of Eden?
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
IMPERIAL HYSTERIA

k<A WAKE, arise, or be forever
falTn." is the hysterical Shrek
"A with which the National Serv-
ice league of the United Kingdom be
gins an appeal to the people to put the
British empire on a military footing.
The hysteria which is affecting the
United Kingdom, especially the south
ern and most populous portion thereof,
called England. is truly remarkable,
vixen we pause to think how baseless
it is. Imperialism" in the United
Kingdom is a strictly modern idea
almost as modern as it is in the United
States. Nobody would have dreamed
of it if the East India Company Of
Merchants had not managed to per-
suade the London government to pro-
tect their trade by annexing Hindustan
"a country which, to the rank and file
Of the inhabitants of Great Britain and
Ireland, is absolutely as if it had never
existed Only a few people are really
interested in the Indian Empire. 1t
does not affect the daily life of the
United Kingdom.
William Ewart Gladstone voiced the
thought that was in the mind Of a
large majority of taxpayers when he
said India was a useless burden, which
should be got rid ola "heresy" which
was counteracted by Disraeli, who, by
way Of impresslng on the common peo-
pie the fact India was a real country,
that existed somewhere and in some
mysterious way entered into their lives,
made good old, homely Queen Victoria
empress of India"-a country she
never saw, and about which her store
of information could have been con-
tained m a very small pamphlet. To
crown the fat little Island queen-a
courtesy queen" at that-empress of
one Of the most populous countries In
the world, was almost the most ridic-
ulou- action of which history gives any
record. But the farce is being kept
up, and Edward is an emperor as well
as a king; and what might and should
be a democratic federation of English
speaking countries is an empire" If
the United Kingdom should regain its
common sense and get back to first
principles by allowing Hindustan to
govern itself, and by encouraging the
colonies to become nations and attend
to their own national defenses by shore
and sea, it would not be forever
fallen" It would be forever risen to
the plane of common sense, and would
have lost one of it's chief disabilities
which might stand in the way of Eng
lish speaking federation, and would
lose the others-the crown, for
which. with Hindustan out of the way,
there would be no further use, and the
house of lords, which is already on the
verge of dissolution.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14

starving in what he had supposed to
be his own home.
No, provide literally for pussy leav-
ing with some one a trif1e of money
to buy his food; give him responsible
and kindly caretaker, who will not
only feed and water him, but brush
and catnip him, and pet him, too, maxi
ing him forget how lonely he is, till
his true friends come home again TO
whom he will purr welcome, making
homea more homelike. Or, If this be
impossible, board him at a good cat
home, in which most cities are blessed.
And, rather than forsake a pet, how
much kinder to phone to the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ami
mails, which, for a trifiing fee, VIII
put him quickly and painlessly to sleep.
and, If you take him with you to the
beach, oh, for commonest decency, do
not leave poor little Tom behind there
when you come back, to try to pick
living from the drifted seaweed, an
unspeakable thing done by many cal
lous people each summer, to the dis
tress of permanent residents at the
seaside, and the tender hearted.
When will the clean, comfort-loving,
intelligent cat be appreciated? When
shall we have the courage and common
sense to put to sleep all extra, unde-
sired kittens. especially the females, at
once, as soon as born, rather than to
keep them all, because they are so
cunning;" and we hate so to kill
them;" and then, when the beauty of
kittenhood merges into the lankiness
of adolescence, to turn them adrift?
The progeny of dogs is restricted,
why not that of the cat? And 1t seems
likely that those are right who believe
that taxation of cats, a nominal tax,
of course, would help the matter, act
ing for the good of cats, birds and
people.
IT is told of Mahomet that he so
loved and respected the comfort of his
favorite cat that he ordered his at
tendant to cut off the sleeve OF the
robe upon which it was sleeping, rather
than disturb the animals rest~-Truly'
to the appreciative, we'll bred, IN
telligent cat seems one of the neces-
sary parts of really homelike home.
What is the hearth fire without that