Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-06-06
NO CELEBRATION HERE
MERCHANTS DECIDE BENEFITS
WILL NOT WARRANT EXPENSES.
Prefer to Provide Money For Saturday
Evening Band Concerts During
Summer.

When comes July Fourth, the pat
will not be greeted with the fiuttering
of gay tri-colored bunting in the cody
| pleasant morning breeze, the patri-
| otic ear will not hear sweet strains of
national airs or the shrill tones of
the bugles calling merrily, nor will
the patriotic nose inhale the pungent
odor of exploded powder that like
sweet incense tickles the nostrils of the
small boy with an ecstatic enjoyment
that is not always contagious. Con-
trary to its custom in alternate years,
Dallas will not hold a public celebra-
ton this year in honor of the natal
holiday. A decision to that effect was
arrived at Wednesday night at the
special meeting of the Commercial
Club, after the question had been
thoroughly threshed up one side and
down the other by nearly every MEM
ber present. At first, the general SEN
timent was against the usual form of
celebration, and in favor of a general
picnic in the city park without any
decided to cut it out altogether, as
the merchants did not think the bene-
fits would warrant the expense neces-
sary.
Prefer Band Concert.
BY way of atoning for this action,
and for the purpose of assisting Dali
las peerless band, and at the same
time adding to the social gaiety of the
city on Saturday nights during the
summer months, the Club enthusiasts
tically paved the way for weekly con-
certs to be given on the court house
plaza, and in order to back up its the
ory that such entertainments would
voted to contribute the sum of $40
toward the cost of each performance,
the remainder of the amount required
to be made up by popular subscrip-
tions A committee consisting of r.
e. Williams, w. A. Ayers and c. L.
Crider was appointed to solicit the
subscriptions. Manager ]. L. White,
of the Oregon Power Company, offer
ed to furnish gratis the necessary
electric lights and current for the
concerts IL the band would provide
proper supports.
Street Lighting.
At the suggestion of r. Il. Will
liams, Manager White presented to
the consideration of the members of
the Club project of providing the
main business streets with the latest
and most successful form of cluster |
lights, such as are being adopted by
most of the leading towns. His plan
included the installation of 25 iron
posts, to be placed on Main street,
between Oak and Washington, and on
Mill and Court near Main, and for
half block on the north and south
sides of the court house plaza. On
behalf of the company he offered to
donate $50 toward the cost of INSTALL
alton, and to provide for the mainte-
nance and to furnish the current at a
cost of about 81 per month per mer-
chant. The matter was referred to
the board of managers for consider
alton.
The Club is making strenuous ef
forts to obtain a fruit packing estab-
lishment for Dallas, and representa-
tive of a big Eastern company has
been here looking over the situation.
Further data required by the agent
will be gathered and forwarded.
A Kansas City commission mer-
chant who wished to come to Dallas to
establish a commission house, dealing
in farm produce, is in correspondence
with the Club, and an effort will be
made to induce him to come here.
A fruit .evaporating plant and
furniture factory are among other
enterprises that are seeking locations
here.