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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27
For Sale.

Ranch in Tillamook County, Or
Would exchange for real estate in
Dallas. .. E. Dennis, Dallas. Phone
Black 515 410-113
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27

As usually treated. a sprained ankle
viii disable a man for three OF four
weeks. but by applying Chamberiain's
Llniment freely as soon ss the injury
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27
For Sale.

Team of horses, two and three
years old; weight about 1000 pounds; !;
practically broken; cheap. Ed Mex
kers, Perrydale. Amity phone.
405-1031
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27
Prime Fnrm For Sale.

Large tract OF very choicest fruit
land. especially adapted 20 prunes;
easy terms. Address owner" care
Observer. 363tfsi2
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27

Furnished bed room for rent; cleo
trio light, bath, telephone, nice loca-
ton. Inquire No. 222 jefferson
street. 406tf1024
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27

Oats, vetch and cheat seed for sale.
Phone East IS. Evan Evans. Dallas.
s62-tf9f2
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27
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BUSINESS LOCALS
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advertisements under thie head
are charged at the rate of / cent per
word, first insertion; " cent per word
for each insertion thereafter; 80
words or less, 81 per month"; No ad-
vertisement inserted for less than Is
cents.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27
Engraving.

Orders for engraved visiting cards,
invitations or announcements, may
be left at Observer Office. Prompt
deliveries and reasonable rates pre-
vail.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27
Horse for Sale.

-Four year old sorrel gelding;
work any place; weight about HOO;
fine driver. Address A. j. Evans.
41ltf1027
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27

Clean vetch and cheat seed for sale
in lots 10 suit o. f. Focht Bailston.
sl8-1mS2s
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27
For Sale.

Driving horse, harness, buggy and
cart, at a bargain. Charles Gregory,
Dallas, Oregon. 373tf9l9
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27

al" He was taken over to Salem
Tuesday afternoon by Sheriff Grant
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27
For Sale.

Modern 5-room cottage, two blocks
from Main street, on Mill. William
Tatom. 354-tf-929
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27
For Sale.

Team, wagon and harness for sale
cheap. Address A. G. Jones, Dali
las. 402tf1017
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27
Wanted.
Room to Rent.

Girl for housework, small family
good wages. Phone 573. If
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27
Removal Notice.

After October /, 1 will be in rooms
4 and 5, new National Bank Building.
DIR. L.. A. Bollman. 386-1031
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27
Fruit Inspection.

County Fruit Inspector r. " AL
len can be found every Saturday at
Brown & Bird S real estate Office.
398-1027
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27
For Sale.

Four-foot Oak wood, also few
cords of 16-inch wood. Phone 9X7.
A. ]. Evans. 409tf1027
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27
For Rent.

Two furnished housekeeping rooms
with use of bath. Phone TIA.
399-tf1017
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27

Wanted, good dairy cows; also cows
for sale at al times. r. A Campbell,
Sheridan, Ore. 32StfS4
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27
For Sale.

r. H. Smiths residence in Dallas.
See Fred Wagner. 3S5-tf-9-29
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27

Saturday night special, ladies free
at Colosseum Rink
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27

New furnished house one block
from square. Address co." care
Observer. 407-1027
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27
For Sale

Oak and Cedar posts. soehren
Warehouse Company. 11-1S-tf
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-10-27
CITY OFFICERS.

Mayor .............. >. II. CraVeh
Councilman-at-Large Wv. A. Ayres
Councilmen-
Ward No. 1-H. J.. Fenton,
II. G.. Campbell.
Ward No. Piracy Stats,
w. V. Fuller.
Ward No. 81. J. Coad,
II. B. Cosper.
Auditor and Police Judge
.............. Charles Gregory
City Attorney 80. w. L. TOoze, Jr.
City Engineer .. +. H. Morrison
Street Commits 'er p. S. Greenwood
City Marshal ....... 7. A. Odom
Night Policeman ...... ID. j. Grant
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-29
Wayside Wisdom.

If Love is blind, it is because Folly
has put out his eyes.
There is nothing so expensive as an
undeserved compliment.
mans character seldom changes
it is merely revealed.
The easiest way to come to grief is
to follow our own advice.
Sometimes we bury our friends a
good deal sooner than their faults.
It generally takes a pound of pre-
vention to prevent an ounce of cure.
1t is astonishing how quickly girl
acquires beauty after she inherits a
fortune.
The men who could be rich If they
weren't religious aren't nearly so nu-
merous as those who could be reli-
giOus if they weren't rich.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-29
Some More of Them.
OF COURSE.

AOME one has counted up and found
that the present Congress has ap-
~ pointed ninety-eight special COM
mittees to investigate this and that
Ninety-eight are not enough. There
should be other specials consisting Of:
A committee to investigate the Sen
ate as a body and report how much
worse it is than the New York Legisla-
ture.
A committee to investigate the
House as a body and report as to how
many members would have made a
holy show Of themselves as aldermen.
A committee on turnips, squashes
and pumpkins.
A committee on hot air.
A committee on changing the word
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-29
He Was Saved.

AM a man that does not go about
looking for trouble" said the
grocery drummer, but when it
comes to me I try to be ready to meet it.
For instance. the last time I was West
a man called me liar over game of
billiards. 1t was my duty to haul off
and punch his head, but friend
caught my arm and hustled me out of
the place. I demanded an explana-
ton. Of course. and he said:
1.-The fellow you were going to hit
is Red Mike"
But what of it?"
He is keeping company with sena-
tor Blanks cook
And what of that?"
The Senator's wife wouldn't part
with her cook for anything"
But what have I to do with sena-
tors and their wives and cooks7'
" It's this way. If you had hit
Mike you'd have been arrested for as
sault and battery. He'd have told the
cook, and she'd have called it feloni-
Gus assault. She'd have told Mrs.
Senator. and she'd have made it at
tempted murder. The Senator would
have heard about it. and he'd have
called it premeditated, and by the time
they had you in court you'd been
good for twenty years in the Jug
but he called me liar. and thirty
OF you heard him.
~ know. but If we were summoned
we'd have to swear that it was you
who called him a liar"
But why?"
Because you are going away in a
day or two, while Mike. the cook. Mrs.
Senator and the Senator will continue
70 Live right on here. It's the future
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-29

graft" to fees
A committee to answer the winks
and grins of the Beef Trust.
A committee to smoke and chew va
rious kinds of tobacco and report as
to whether the Tobacco Trust is O..
K. or not.
A committee to discover how many
Cabinet officers have found places for
their relatives under the Government.
A committee to guess when Senator
Lorimer will be tried and how many
coats of whitewash he will get.
A committee to take a long think
as to whether the country wouldn't
be better off if Congress should ad-
journ for about four years.
JOE KERR.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-29

Mr.. De Lots-Naow. Josiah. this
isn't the fust time I ketched We loafin'
today. It seems ez college has com
pletely spilled ye!
Josiah (class '11)=Patience. pater;
I'm merely trying to figure out by
geometry how to get around this rock
with the pillow without swerving from
my counsel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-29
LABOR SAVERS.

Say, them plows is great labor
savin' machines. amt they?'
We'll. I should say so. Why, Il it
wasn't fer sech things THROWN men
out of work we might hev ter labor
ourselves. You bet they saves US Ia
Dor all right
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-29
MADE HIS REPUTATION.

Bosh-That fellow Bangs is an en-
thusiast, isn't he?
Josh-That's what! You know he
likes to speak of himself as a sports
man?
Bosh=Yes.
Josh-Weu. the only thing he ever
did in that line was to go on a wild
goose chase three years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-29

a RAGE ar FLZ7y :
THE RIGHT WORD.

- HE colored porter of the ware
house had been absent two days
without leave. and on the third
came in looking very much the worse
for wear.
you are a nice sort of man to walk
off the way you did" exclaimed the
indignant proprietor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-29
~ ~

wild Gawge Johnson"
''Oh. you did. Ell? You mean you
had an alteration with him? Altera-
ton means to change. to alter"
Den OATS 'zactly what mean. Say,
boss, 1 alterated dat mans counte-
nance till his own mudder passed him
on de street and thought it was Sam
Rawlinsi'' JOE KERR.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-29

Didn't Uncle Nose Ransom stop
and tell you dat was laid up wild de
grip %
mo, sir. he didn't and I don't be-
lieve you were. 1t looks to me as If
you had been in a row and got badly
handled. Don't try to lie out of it"
mo, sir-no, sir, I won't dun lie.
De troof am had a leetle alteration
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-29

we look at in this town. and you'd bet
ter go back and tell Mike that you
meant he was a gentleman instead of
liar"
JOE KERR.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-29
MAYBE

SMITH wonder why they call
chicken dressed when all of its fea++-
ers have been removed?
Jones-F'or the same reason +bo.
they call a woman in a bali 60 80
dressed. suppose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-29
CHILLY
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Dobbs-My dining-room is the hot
test place on earth. wish I knew
what to do to cool it.
Wobbs-Did you ever take a friend
home to dinner when your wife didn't
expect it?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-29
A RESPONSIBLE ROLE.

boarders?'
a regular
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-22
Illinois Factory Inspection

work which the department has done
and is attempting to do will be speedily
replaced by active and enthusiastic CO
operation and encoura cement when the
facts are known.
In 1893 an act was passed by the leg
islature, commonly known as the sweat
shop act, one section of which provided
for the appointment Of chief factory
inspector, an assistant chief inspector
and 10 deputy inspectors-f1ve of whom
were to be women-so that beginning
with 1898 when factory inspectors
were first provided for, the only duty
imposed upon them by law was to in
spect sweat shops and enforce the pro-
visions above quoted. At that time the
work of the deputies was almost en-
tirely confined to Chicago. only two IN
spectors being assigned to duty outside
of the county of Cook.
July 1, 1907, the child labor law was
extended to cover mercantile institu-
lions and Offices, and also provided
that no child under the age of 16 should
work more than 10 hours in any one
day. On the same date there became
effective a law protecting metal pol
ishers, and requiring exhaust pipes and
fans on emery wheels and other metal
polishing machinery.
No new legislation was secured after
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-22

legislation affecting women in fac
tories and laundries. The law was
sustained.
This new statute and the others
above enumerated very greatly in
creased the duties of the department
which had already become burden
some because of the insufficient
number of inspectors and the limit
ed appropriation set apart for the
work of the department. But in
1910 the bill prepared by the in
dustrial commission on the basis OF
the measure recommended by the
writer to the preceding session of
the legislature became a law and
the work of the department was, by
this one act, more than doubled in
volume.
The law is called the health, safety
and comfort act. 1t provides for the
guarding of all dangerous machinery
or places in or about any mercantile
establishment, factory mill or work
shop, all stairways, elevators aud
wheel holes. 1t requires adequate fire
protection, seats for women employees,
CONTINUED on Page Twelve.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-22
. ,E>r~41 80

CBy Edgar T. Davis. Chief Illinois De-
partment of Factory Inspection-)
The work which has been carried ON
during the last few years by the depart
ment of the state government, inappro-
priately called THE Department Of
Factory Inspection" is not well known
by the public But the results are no
table. Although the number of inspec-
tors is less than half what it should
be and the appropriation for the sup
port of the department has for the last
few years been so inadequate as ser
iousIy to cripple the efficiency of the
department, nevertheless with all these
handicaps the state has made a start
In the direction Of proper protection for
the worker In mercantile establish
ments. factories, mills and workshops.
It has taken q stand in regulating the
employment of women and children
which viii place US in the front rank
of the Industrial states Of the union in
the conservation of life and health
among employees il proper support Is
given to the department by the state
and other good citizens in
terested in this very important work
for the general betterment of working
conditions
am perfectly confident that the In
difference of the public in regard TO the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-22

keep constantly on file q daily report
of the inspections made under the var
ious laws by the different inspectors.
These changes brought the Illinois de-
partment of factory inspection up to
the very highest standard OF efficiency
and made it, perhaps, the best equip
ped Office of the kind in the United
States; but, unfortunately, the in
crease in the number of laws and the
large growth and development of the
department were so rapid in compari-
son with the knowledge and informa-
ton Of the legislature and the public
that the necessity for the large addi-
tional facilities and appropriation to
enforce the new laws and to carry on
the machinery Of the department was
not appreciated or understood. The
valuable service which the depart
ment might have rendered was in
large measure seriously interfered
with and the usefulness of the de-
partment very greatly impaired.
There also went into effect on
July 1, 1909, the 10-hour law for
women, which provided that no wo-
man should be employed in any me-
chanical establishment, factory or
laundry for more than 10 hours in
any one day. This law was pattern
ed after the Oregon statute. which
had been sustained as a legitimate
exercise of the powers of the legis-
lature by the supreme courts of Ore
gon and of the United States prose-
cutions were mediately instituted
by the department under this law
and a test case was taken to the SUI
preme court; the defendants con-
tended that it was an unwarranted
interference by the state of the right
of contract, that it deprived wo-
men who wished to work for more
than 10 hours day Of a constitu-
tional privilege and that it was an
arbitrary discrimination against wo-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-22

men employed in mechanical estab-
lishments, factories and laundries in
favor Of women employed in other
establishments throughout the state.
A decision of the supreme court rem
dered in 1895 gave the defendants
abundant reason to hope that they
might be successful in having the
statute declared invalid.
We secured, however, the volun-
tary assistance, without pay, of some
of the most experienced and success
full constitutional lawyers in the
country. including William c. Cal
houn, United States minister to
China; Louis D. Brandeis of Boston
and Samuel A. Harper, attorney for
the Illinois Industrial commission,
Illinois employers liability commits
sion and the state commission on
occupational diseases. After a Bit
ter fight our supreme court proved
that it was keeping pace with the
better thought of the day and de-
clared that the continued health and
prosperity of our people required
that the constitutional and function
al differences between women and
men might properly be recognized in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-22

1897 until 1903, when the new chic
labor law went into effect, when 10
conceded to be one of the best cmld
labor laws in the United States. IL Is
very comprehensive in its terms, aooi-
ishes the notary public afhdavit sys-
tenn, which prevailed under the provls-
| ions of the sweat shop act quoted
above, placed the authority for grant
/ ing certificates to children who wish 70
work in the hands of the school Off
Gals, and prohibited the employment
of children under the age Of 16-before
| the hour of z a. N. and after the hour
of D. m, limiting the hours OF en-
ployment to eight hours day and spe-
cifying certain hazardous occupations
in which children should not be per-
mftted TO be engaged. During the same
year the number Of inspectors was In
creased from 10 to Isl men and
women.
In 1907 we secured the passage or
several statutes Of great benefit to the
workers, and also to the public at large,
notably the butterine and ice cream
law, providing for the inspection OF
places where butteTine and ice cream
were manufactured, and requiring
proper alterations and repairs to in
sure the manufacture of these food
products under wholesome conditions
and modern systems Of sanitatien The
statutes required license 10 be secured
by people D. .tAg to engage in the
manufacture Of butterine or ice cream.
There was also the building construc-
ton law, requiring safeguards to be
provided for the protection of men en-
gagged in erecting high buildings,
bridges, viaducts, ETC., and requiring
temporary floors, danger signs and
signals and other very necessary pro
tections to be taken in this very ha-
zardous occupation. During this year
We also thoroughly reorganized the de-
partment. We secured the passage OF
a law establishing the present depart
ment of factory inspection as sep
arate and Independent department OF
the state government, and making pro
vision for % inspectors instead Of is.
Prior to the passage of this depart
ment act the only provision for fac
4AoPOSlOAS "oo INC VIC e@OS'S ~
ferred to in the sweat-shop act. The
provision was really incidental to the
purpose Of the sweat-shop legislation
of 1898, and, in the Judgment Of at
torneys who were consulted with ref
erence to it, would, undoubtedly, have
been held unconstitutional. The whole
system of factory inspection, as 1t then
existed, would have been wiped out
had the definite question ever been
presented to the supreme court. The
new department act recognized the
growing need for a separate executive
division Of the state government to
handle the important work which the
laws already passed had imposed up
on the so-called factory inspectors.
This new department act is constitu-
tional, and valid exercise of the leg
islative power. in the judgment of the
attorney general.
AS a part Of the reorganization OF
the department under the new law the
writer adopted up-to-date business
methods for carrying the work of the
department and installed a card in
dex system requiring 10000 cards,
which would enable the department TO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-22

Continued on Page Twelve.)
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25
ORIGIN OF BOOSTER"

every one knows what boom is. as
applied to a town. Charles Dickens
described 1t seventy years ago in the
CITY or Eden, although the actual
word had not been coined. But for
long time-indeed, until lately
things were managed very unscientid-
caiiy. The art of booming was n most
one-sided affair. chiefly worked by the
real estate owners or agents. "CitIes'.
so made-arising in a single night
showed lamentable tendency To "hust
up or move on" There was an all
sence of local pride, which is s,cb 4,
conspicuous feature Of the new order
OF thlngs-the order of the boosters. Z"
Boost Is common American term
meaning to push upward" In 1903
the first Boosters club was formed al,
spokane Wash, for the purposo of
boosting Spokane into the place which
through its natural resources and at
fractions 1t deserved The club, which
comprised practically the whole ponu.
lation of the town, drew up rules 4,
whivh every soul pledged himself IN
regard Spokane for conversational and
advertising purposes "as the center Of
these United States and God Almieb-
tvs creation. and never TO let a dav
pass without having done something
IN word or deed to boost this town"
booster clubs began to spring up all
over the west. They spread to the
east, to the north and to the south
and now the prevailing sentiment has
grown so local as to find expfessiop
IN the phrace, "Cuss America: give
me Oshkosh" Americans who formerly
went about with the American flag in
their hats and the American eagle IN
their button holes have now substi-
tuted Photographic views OF their own
towns or local emblems. in default Of
regularly granted municipal coats-of-
arms.-Strand.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-10-25

first Grand National Brass Band
Contest" at the Crystal Palace. on
that occasion 1863 bands entered and
about two-thirds OF the number ac-
tually competed Musical critics were
greatly impressed by the playing of
"Aule, Britannia" the "Hallelujah Choir
u.s. and other more or less suitable
pieces by the massed bands.
From England the movement spread
to America, where 1t is said the men,
bers of brass bands may now be num-
bered by the hundred thousand-an
estimate that is possibly exaggerated.
though every minor celebrity over
there scans to be escorted about his
business by companions of lusty blow
ers that sem to emanate from the side
walks or pavements. The writer has
been assured by an American author
ity that the best brass bands in his
country are to be found in the textile
towns, where, as everybody knows, the
foundations of the local industries have
been well and truly laid by immigrants
from Lancashire, who were no doubt
missionaries of robust music as well
as teachers of the arts of weaving ana
spinning.
In European countries the private
brass band is infrequent for the simple
and sufficient reason that the whole
supply of instrumentalists is absorbed
by their enormuos armies, the mill
tary band being ubiquitous.