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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23

Notice Is hereby given that bids for
the construction OF a piece OF county
road way. 12 feet wide. viii be re-
ceived az the ONCE Of the County CLERK
of Polk County. oregon. up TO Tues
day. the 27th day Of December. 1910.
az 1o a. m OF said DAY. The road 20
be CONSTRUCTED T. to begin az the north
end ~ what is known a. the J. c. or
Cal Kramer road. running thence
south not exceeding one-fourth mile
TN length Road way 20 be cleared
and graded thoroughly. Bids viii be
for the entire work as q whole.
Prospective bidders may examine the
read &c b. Improved On the ground.
PAYMENT viii - made on completion
of the WORK - fhe satisfaction o. the
County Court The Court reserves the
rirht 20 reject any or an bids TIE
IDS uIIi be opened az to.is q m
n ~ SMITH.
County Cerk. I
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23
services at Presbyterlan Church

| oCftiCcS al ITeSuyt6ftdn CHurcA
Sunday school 10 a. m. Preaching
service IL o'clock. Topic of sermon
The Spirit of Christmas" Christian
Endeavor meeting $40. The time OF
usual evening service will be used for
rendition of Cantata by choir. Mid
week prayer meeting Thursday even
ing, 1880. You are cordially invited to
attend our services. The program of
special music follows:
Morning.
Voluntary, Carol ..... Ashford
Response, "Hallelujah to our Lord
and King" .........,...... Lorenz
Offertory, Holy, Holy. .Spohr
Anthem, The New Born King" "....
................. Wilson
Evening.
Cantata
THE PRINCE OF PEACE"
Music by e. L. Ashford.
Hymns by E. r. Latta.
PART /.
"The Promise"
No. /. Sing to Heavens. (Chorus) }
No 2. The Heavenly King. (Bass
Solo,
No. 3. And There Shall Come
Forth. (Quartet.)
No. 4. Fear Thou Not. Solo and
Chorus.)
No. S. Hail Bethlehem. (Contralto
Solo.)
Offertory.
PART II.
"The Fulfllment"
No. 6. o, Holy Night. (Male Quar-
tet)
No. 7. There Were Shepherds. ESQ
prano Solo, Quartet and Chorus)
No s. Bright Star of Hope $50
prano and Contralto Duet.)
No. 8. March of the Magi. (Male
Quartet
No. 10. O, Blessed Lord. (Soprano
Solo,
No. II. Blessed Be the Lord God.
(Final Chorus.)
Benediction.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23
Your Winters Wood.

Order your slab wood now and be
sure of having good dry supply for
Winter. I can sell you either slabs,
blocks, or trimmings. Can furnish any
other kind of wood desired. Plenty of
good oak and fir. Send in your orders
by either phone. Mutual, 1896 Bell,
443. AUGUST BOMAN.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23
Tor Sale.

House and lot on Washington ST., 2
blocks from Court house. so x 100 lot
Bath complete. All modern improve
ments. A snap if taken at once.
$3.50. Inquire Brown & Sibley.
12-13-1m.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23

Two $500 lots for $3.50 each, on
Main street. Pavement, sidewalk
nice fruit trees The best buy in
town. See S. b. Taylor, 9O1 Jefferson
street, Dallas. 11-221m.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23

Board and lodging house two blocks
north of Courthouse on Jefferson st.
Mrs. C. Freeman, 207 Jefferson st.
11-22-1m.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23
Notice.

Persons indebted to the estate of the
late DIR. T. V. b. Embree are requested
to call and settle their accounts with
Mrs. Annie Embree. 12-2-tf.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23
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: BUSINESS LOCALS. :


advertisements under thip head
are charged at the rate of l cent per
word, first insertion; " cent per word
for each insertion thereafter; 80
verttsement inserted for less than Is
cents.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23
Lost.

A medium -sized dog, of bull terrier
type. Color, yellow, and hair short.
Liberal reward for information lead
ing to his recovery. ]. b. Embree, Air
lie, Oregon. Phone on Camp. 11-25tf
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23

Subject of II a. m. sermon next
Sunday, "The Birth of Christ" Even
ing subject, What the Birth of Christ
Has Brought to U.s."
Sunday School at 10 a. M; X. L. C.
e. at 6:30 p. m.
II. l.. PRATT, Pastor.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23

The Utopian Literary Society of
Dallas College gave its first open pro-
gram Tuesday evening. A large crowd
was in attendance and all enjoyed the
entertainment.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23

Mass will be celebrated in the Cath
olic Church in Dallas Christmas morn
in, after the arrival of the II O'Clock
Portland train. All are cordially in
vited to attend.
II. ]. McDEVITT.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23
Hons Reach Ie Gents.

w. w. Percival, of Independence,
sold s2 bales of hops to Charles Fitch
ard yesterday at 16 cents. The mar
ket is strong at this figure.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23

II. G. Campbell has sold the Henry
Lehman farm of 80 acres in the Salt
Creek neighborhood to j. S. Shanks.
The purchaser paid $4,000 for the prop
erty.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23
For Rent.

For rent, the Francis Wrightson
place of 24O acres, in Pedee precinct.
Oscar Hayter, Agent, Dallas, Oregon.
9-23-tf.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23

have client who wishes to pur-
chase house and lot in Dallas. Call
at my law office or phone 1892. L. D.
Brown.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23

For sale, 800 Oliver typewriter, in
good condition. Used less than a
year. Will sell for $50. Inquire at
this office. 12-2-tf.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23
House for Sale.

Good, new Groom house on Shelton
street. for sale; woodshed and out
buildings; city water. Apply at this
office.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23
For Sale.

General merchandise store; invoices
about $500. Would take some real
estate or trade. Address Box 143, In
dependence, Oregon. 11-25-tf
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23
Wanted.

Wanted, 20 or 30 good, fresh dairy
cows. r. A. Campbell, Sheridan, Ore
gon. 12-6-tf.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23

The Dallas free library will be
closed Christmas eve. Christmas day
and Monday.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23

For sale, 16inch, dry Oak wood. o.
DeHaven, two miles Southeast of Dali
las. 10-25-tf
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23

January records are now on sale at
Stockwell's Music House.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23
Wanted.

All kinds of iron, rubber, brass. cop
per, zinc and hides. Highest cash
prices paid. A. N. Halieck. Monmouth,
Oregon. 3-12-tf.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23
Position Wanted.
Typewriter for Sale.

Girl wants to do housework. Call
at this office. 12-23-1t
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-12-23
For Sale.
Wood For Sale.

Oak and Cedar posts. Soehren
Warehouse Company. 11-18-tf
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-02

WITH a navy increasing in size, the
" estimates for the expense of the
naval establishment for the next fis-
cal year show a saving Of over $4,-
100000, as compared with the amount
appropriated last year. For the pres
ent fiscal year the estimates were
$1O.00O,0 900 less than the ]appropris-
tons for the preceding year. The
two years taken together show econ
omy with increased efficiency.
Competition in the fleet has been
encouraged and has resulted in better
target practise, economy in coal con.
sumption and in consumption of sup
plies. Full power trials of vessels
under cruising conditions have been
conducted. The fastest b%attleships
on the ecent full power trials were
the only ones repaired at navy yards
under, the present system OF navy
yard organization.
The greatest progress IN the navy
has been in target practise. 1t has
been due to carefully conducted COM
petitions, where ship has been pitted
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-02

the western towns seemed to have much more self
Importance than common sense. In Denver two
of the camera men were left behind when the
colonel and his party went to the auditorium and
arrived to find that building packed to the doors
and surrounded by a ring OF mounted police. To
one OF these they appealed in vain. But we are
supposed to be with MIR. Roosevelt's party said
one or them finally. Well was the chilly re-
Spouse, IF you are supposed to be with them, why
aren't ydl?" And the officers horse scornfully
switched his tail in their faces.
1t was in Denver, too. that one. of the most
amusing scenes Of the trip was witnessed. The
Press club gave a "~chuck-wagon" luncheon to the
colonel in a park. Here said the camera men.
lis our chance for some good stuff So they put
In fresh films or plates and hustled out there BY
the d'zen. The colonel, in the midst Of a throng
OF self-invited Colorado deputy sherins, stood at
the rough board table and every time he reached
for 4 bit Of meat Or put a morsel Of food into his
mouth there was a perfect fusillade of clicks from
the cameras that surrounded him. The photog-
4raphers. were ranged in a triple ring about the
chuck wagon. those with little cameras in front,
STOPPING low; next, the men with the larger hand
cameras, and in the rear the local artists, who
had big machines on high tripods. 1t was in truth
a comical sight, but the colonel did not seem to
mind it a bit, and went on eating and talking with
the utmost enthusiasm as
The visit to Cheyenne, Of course, gave the snap
shelters their best chances for picturesque views.
for there the colonel could be caught almost any
time shaking hands with the cowboys. cowgirls and
gaudily painted Indians, or applauding the work
of the broncho busters.
There is a Chicago newspaper man who once
had the unique experience of being the only person
with a camera present at the coronation of a king,
The monarch in question was Mataafa. who had
been elected king of Samoa by a majority of the
inhabitants Of those delectable islands IL 1898. His
reign. TO be sure. lasted but q few months. for afte:
a gallant struggle he was most unjustly deposed
by the Americans and British. who thereupon partl.
toned the islands with Germany. The perform
ance took place in the open, but the king and
the chiefs who anointed him we're not to be ap-
preached within some fifty yards. So rigid is Sa-
moan etiquette that the one man with the camera
did not dare to break through the surrounding ring
of natives, and had perforcc to be content with
such views as could be had from a distance.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-02

Of the
w Currency Murray is now hard at
work in making sharper and more
searching the official supervision and
control of the national banks. He re.
Quires the examiners to make their
Investigations more complete and ex.
acting. He has changed examiners
from one district to another, and If
they thus lose something of knowledge
about local conditions, they are set
free from influences which breed par
TALLY and prejudice. Official inquiry
Is IN this way lifted above %cIiques and
the mastery Of one or two institutions
in a city.
The latest step is to cal on the ex-
am1ners in the several districts to
make u lists of the eel which
are largest borrowers at the banks.
Such reports from the ii districts are
to be tabulated at the WASHINGTON
Office which will be SO created a clear
Ing house of commercial credits. The
record is to be kept in confidence.
and he names of banks carrying
heavy lines OF paper will not be ex-
posed.
Individuals and corporations which
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-02
Uncle Sam Goes After White Slavers

Will be started simultaneously In New
York. Philadelphia. Pfttsburg, Chicago
and San Francisco.
Omcers at ports OF entry have been
asked to increase their vigilance and
to inspect female immigrants with De-
culiar care. Meanwhile officers at In.
land cities will watch and report the
movements of all suspects.
In New York some months ago Dis
tr1ct Attorney Whitman made an et-
fort to trap some of the men back
OF The trad In that city. but they es-
capped. The only way to capture the
Offenders. according to the agents of
the department of justice, is to have
the authorities of all the large cities
act together. The government agents
will net try to clean UP" the vari-
ous cities. They will simply 60 after
the leaders Of the syndicate.
In Chicago some arrests have been
made, but these are only the begin
ming of the general crusade, it is
said. In several cases it was found
that men in that city had brought
women from France. Some of the
lines developed in Chicago by these
arrests a be traced throughout the
country. 2e sss -
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-02
Savings Made in the Naval Service

against ship. man against man and Of
flcer against officer. In this way every
one has been put upon his mettle and
results have closely measured the
relative 8nrth of the various ships
and officers.
The cost Of work at navy yards
has fallen materially. Steel castings
made at navy yards have been re-
duced from about 8 cents a pound to
about S cents, and iron castings have
been cut from about AZ cents q
pound to 2A.
Although the navy has increased In
size, the cost Of the coal is expected
to be about $1,000, 900 less during the
current fiscal year than during the
previous M The estimates for fuel
for the coming year have been de-
creased by 100000. Improvement
has been made in the use of lubri-
eating oil. The cost of supplies has
been reduced by more than 20 per
cent, and in freight and transporta-
ton of supplies there has been a
saving of about 500, 900.
The most serious waste of funds
under the navy department has prob
ably been that due to expenditures
upon vessels that are not fit to take
part in n future war. There arc
many OF these vessels that Will prob
ably be relegated to the reserve or
be placed out of commission in the
ear future.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-02
Will Scrutinize the Bank Borrowers

strain their credit soon get beyond the
resources Of their home banks. They
go abroad Tor loans. Note brokers de.
rive their profit from this practise.
When failures occur it often happens
that the bankrupt Is debtor to banks
at points remote from each other.
One lender does not know how many
others have been buying the same
sort of paper. Reliance on business
statements becomes trust on broken
reeds by changed conditions as we'll
as by ~over-sanguine estimates.
The new policy of Comptroller Muir
ray will tend to restrict credit at both
ends of the transaction. Borrowers
who expand unduly will take warning
when they learn that record Of all
heir loans is kept for review. They
will discern the need Of caution II put
ting out their obligations, and will do
less business Oh other peoples cap
ital. They will feel some alarm at the
broad se~mi-publicity of their affairs
and will reduce their appeals to lend
ers. The weakest of the large Dor
overs will first be compelled to re-
duce their loans. All who rely too
much on borrowing will see the veil
lifted from their operations and will
come to act knowing that they are do
ing business in the open. Those who
are fairly entitled to The credit which
they ask a get no harm. The dan
ger Of the output of bad paper will be
diminished, and banks will be warned
against assets not desirable.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-02
DIARY OF GEN. HITCHCOCK
Way OF Winning Confidence Of lndL
ans-How Wandering Woman
was Restored &C Tribe.

Giving to the white man the dubious
honor of teaching the Indians the hor-
rible practise of scalping. the editor
of the diary Of Maj. Gen Ethan Allen
Hitchcock. United States army, takes
the reader over the early history OF
the ancestors of the subject OF the vol
ume. says the Army and Navy Jour
ma. In the ear just preceding the
Revolution we are told, here. the
tomahawk never got rusty In the viii
derness and the governor of New
Hampshire never ceased to pay .
bounty for the scalps Of Indians and
Frenchmen.
Indeed, SO natural AID legitimate
was this singular industry rewarded
that All amendment was added to the
bill Offering u premium Tor the heada
of wolves and panthers, SO as to In
clude the .enemy's scalps.' ScalpinE
seems to have been the Invention Of
the white e who taught the Indi-
ans to scalp. that they might keep
tally OF their dead, and thns be enti1
tied to their bounty" 4 Buckles
History Of Civilization" velume 1.
can be found this: Among the ex5
penses Of the wal that the government
laid before parliament one of the
items was for five gross Of scalpinE
knives"
Genera! Hitchcock. though unusual
~ firm, was singularly winning and
gentle In his dealings viii the Indians
and as n reads OF the way he won
over the most obdurate Indians tn
concord and amity one falls 10 specul
lating what would have been the hiss
tory OF our western frontier II he had1
been sent to settle all disputes. Pal
tience was his predsminAting nota
with the Indians. First he would gain
their confidence and then with this
same confidence and With the same
patience with which he wonlA teach u
wild animal he would wear down their
animosity toward the gOvernmentd'
One Incident OF his lfe among the
southern Indians shows how the hap4
piness of even the hunblnst savage
was never beyond his thought and
care. and tSat he proved fully in his
daily contact with the unfortunate
The bravest are the tesAarest.
The loving are tho daring.
One day during his flnal successful
effort to close the FloridA Indian wa1i
in 1843 Colonel Hitchcock received
note from the governor Of Florida AZ
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-02
Supreme Court May Unsquat $780, 600

The suits involving the title Of the
eastern Kentucky landspwill be taken
up. Es6lRP
About 2,5O0,000 acres, of land are
said to lie under the doubtful title OF
these blanket" grants. On the other
hand. 800. 900 citizens y OF Kentucky
have entered these lands. Claimants
under the blanket grants call them
"squatters." as.4
The attorney general Of the COM
monwealth of Kentucky has ap-
peared in the supreme court to as
sert in defense of their claim of title
that they are the people who have
built up the state, and erected a com.
monwealth, with its court houses and
school houses, its municipalities and
internal improvements.
They have for years, the attorney
general has said in a brief. filed with
the court, paid taxes on the land,
while a search of the records, where
such information would be found, he
says, shows that the sum total of all
taxes paid by the claimants under the
Virginia grants In litigation, since
the organization Of Kentucky In 1892,
to the present time. does not exceed
SIS.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-02

THE government OF the United
States has turned its whole detec-
tive machinery towart. unearthing and
destroying the white slave traffic, as
it exists between the states or between
foreign countries anc the United
States. 1t Is the plan Of the depart
ment of Justice to make one sweep on
all the large cities at once, and strike.
if possible. one staggering blow d: the
rafiic-
The governments authority comes
from the Mann act, imposing upon the
interstate aspects of the crime penal
ties Of five years Imprisonment or a
fine of $1,000. According to informa-
ton already received at Washington.
Pittsburs is the center of the trade.
though clues discovered in Chicago
make that city an important substa-
ton. The firsts swoop. it is intended.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-02

trated many a time during the
colonel's trip through the
west. Several professional
photographers accompanied
him. and q number of the
press correspondents also car
rfed cameras, and often it was
a wild race for them to keep
up with Mr. Roosevelt and be
on hand at the time when the
good human interest" pic
lures were to be had.
Whenever Colonel Roose-
welt appeared, unless the po.
lice arrangements prevented,
he was at once surrounded by
a cheering crowd. every 11a11,
woman and child Of which was
trying to get close enough to
grasp his hand or at least to
say Hello. Teddy" At such
a snapshot usually
yielded only a mass Of heads
and backs surrounding a set Of
cleaning teeth. II Mr.. Roose-
welt was carefully guarded by
police or soldiers, as was the
case in some cities, the task
Of the photographer was al
most as difficult. for the "cop.
pers" and deputy sheriffs Of
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-02

r HE legal battle which has ragged
1 in Kentucky for several genera
tons over the validity OF so-called
blanket" grants of land by Virginia,
the mother state, and even Kentucky
itself during the earlier years n
statehood, has come before the Su-
preme court of the United States for
decision. Titles to lands now said to
be worth at least SO, 00O. 900 depend
upon the decision of the court. Orig
inally some of the land was procured
ut 2 cents an acre.
Arguments were made as to the
constitutionality Of the Kentucky
statute under which 1t is claimed a
forfeiture Of the title to 5000 acres
Of land, held by the Kentucky Union
company, would be worked in favor
Of the occupants of the land. Imme-
diately after this 1t is expected
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-02

nouncing that a lone Indian woma1
had been wandering anDaG the set
tiers and could not give n account
Of herself. Hitchcock seat . u and
a horse for her and . week hter she
was brought to camp. To 01aier had
found her surrounded ~ frightened
white settlers, who in Their alarm had
put a rope around her Neck. All the
woman did In response to the threAts
was to burst into tears and cry inces.
sanity. She was about thisty-fiye years
old.
When not spoken to she wss quiet
Colonel Hitchcock sent 1or Z skillfuk
interpreter. who tried all tie southern
indian dialects, but could get no res
Spouse. Colonel Hitchcock was in q
quandary, but n day he Dointed to-
the nre and asked her wAae 1t was
She replied with a word which the Of
fcer recalled was of the Chippewa
tongue. Colonel Hitchcock had been
long on duty among the southwestern
Indians and picked up naay words.
He tells how the unfortunate woman's
fece lighted up when she heard the
colonel use words she knew. Imme-
diately he concluded she had strayed
from the northwest. On being ordered
back to Jefferson barracks Hitchcock
took the woman with his command
and putting her on a trading Soati sent
Ter a Thousand miles up the Missouri
river whcre she found her tribe. t6s&
Of this incident the diary record OF
the officer I'VE Il have often crate
fully thought that IL l had lot hap
rened tt know a few Chippewa words
she might have wandered on and on, a
harmless derelict. till she died of grief
and starvation or became a victim. to
ON party of enraged and ignorant
people"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-12-02
KINGS BEARD MODEL FOR ENeL,sHmEN.

Boards are at present the order of the day
among London's fashionable "men-about-town.'
In remarking about the prevalence ofWacial mir
suite adornments, a prominent hairdresser said:
'One would not have thought that the coming
of King George to the throne would have made
much. difference to the fashion of current hair
dressing, in view of the fact that his father wore
a beard for so many years. but I can assure you
it has, and a very great difference at that.
- I'm all. probability the present fashion Of the
point beard is due in a great measure to so young
a man affecting one. l have been told that there
was a great rage for boards among 'men-about-
town when King Edward first grew a beard many
years ago. 49,.
in my opinion the average Englishman is
tremendously initiative. The style of beard
King George wears is appropriately named the
torpedo in the navy, and since the kings &C
cession many of the younger men in the service
have started to grow them"