Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-09-01
DALLAS Want CARRIERS
roLh COUNTY DELEGATES AFTER
STATE CONVENTION IN 1912.
rural Postmen of Oregon to Meet
al Eugene Next Sunday and
Monday.

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Daiias' the hustling, active center of
tHe peerless prune district-Dallss the
i,uo OF the thoroughbred stock pro-
uuclhg section-DaIIas, the headouar-
ters OF the Angora goat industrv-Dal-
las the county seat of the Blue Rib
Ooh County," is to be known as a
convention town, if Assistant Postmas-
Ter b. f. Wells and seven of the trustv
iural postmen of this county can land
the 1872 annual convention of the Or
esoh Rural Letter Carriers associa-
'ioli Ior this city. And as they are all
iiVe ones, used to arising with the
larK and hustling all the livelong day
lhey think they can, and their friends
think they can.
Inc ninth annual convention for
'iiiS year Is to be held in Eugene Sep
| tehDer and 4, and the Polk Countv
association has chosen the following
ueIesates to represent it: F. J. Nor
rlson' M, B. Grant, Nathan Stowe. of
Oailas' Archie Parker, P. J. Dickin-
son. OF Independence; Fred Huber
OF Monmouth; and o. ]. Bagley, of su-
vef' All except the latter will attend
the Eugene convocation, and they are
gong with explicit instructions to
Drlng back the 1912 convention. or
else stay away They are out for bear,
ana Will go early and labor long and
Justify.
Prospects Good.
Ihe prospects for the capture are
exceedingly good, they think, as Polk
county has a host of friends among /
the delegate carriers. In previous
years the local boys have got in and
rolled up votes for Yamhill and Ben
ton ana other counties, and now that
1t IS their turn to ask they feel that |
Lhey will have ample support in their
assistant Postmaster Wells was
-ormerly rural carrier himself. and
he has reformed, he is still a
N''S'SblC III OlllOLGI VI all lnaI | l.
to the welfare of the asso-
nation. He is taking an active inter-
st IN the plan to bring the conven-
ION here next year and will be heard b
N the subject early and late. &
The Polk county membership in the
ssociation is considered to be the
trongest in the state. ]. H. Coins, of
lbany, former state secretary, and
ow national delegate, who was in the a'
lty recently, spoke highly of the local III
ody and said they were in the lead. III
Formal Invitations. ~
In order to give their campaign the
roper backing and to show the con-
ention that Dallas is anxious to en-
rtain them to the very best of her so
otlity next fall, the delegates from n,
ere will carry with them urgent in IN
tations from Mayor Craven, on be- Ia,
alf of the city; President A B. Muir, ho
4 behalf of the Commercial club; te
nd County Judge Ed f. Coad, repre- va
nting Polk county. A telegram will IN
so be sent to Eugene by Secretary
alter L. Tooze, Jr., during the prog
SIS of the session.
BY next fall Dallas will be in fine err
ape to take care of a convention. ma
he Armory will have been finished by s
at time, the New Scott Hotel will be
operation and there will be no lack
accommodation.
Value of Convention.
The advantage to Dallas in obtain tr1
g the annual meeting of the carriers clio
inestmable. They are good adver- IL
ers, as is shown by an attractive and ga
,ll-illustrated siX-page folder which
ey have sent out to each member
roughout the state, and which will
of great benefit in the way of pub mes
ity for Eugene. One page is given bu
to "A Little Journey Through
Igene," in which succinct ana inter-
ing paragraphs about that city are !
asented. Pal
There is no body of men whose dt
cd will is worth more than that OF s"'
rpraI carriers They are the very DIRE
st of mixers; they mingle with all
sses the year round, in sunshine
storm. They bring the farmer his
eek for produce; they bring him
magazine and his daily paper, and LOT 10
, package of seeds from his con- oh'
,ssman. They bring his wife a
Ter from her absent son; they bring
the receipt for sponge cake that =,
sister makes. back in Iowa, and -
Y bring her the spools of thread '''0
[ she needed to finish Allces shirt
st. Little Johnnie depends on the .
rier to bring him the fish hooks, ~ y
Sister Jennie is always out to greet wa
! with smiles when he has letter
m that fellow in the city. So it -
hat up and down his life's road the y
rier is warmly greeted and well ''09
d.