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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-08
For State Road.

Last Thursday evening w. V. Full
Ter made a trip to Salem by automo-
bile, taking with him A. B. Muir, Ed
win jacobson and U. S. Loughary, to
attend a meeting held there for the
purpose of boosting the scheme to
build state road between Portland
and Salem. The plan is to use con-
Wet labor and build a loop highway
on both sides of the river A portion
Of the west side road will pass
through Polk county.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-08
ssgrss RAzEs LANDMARK
:, show Room To Be Built
'l''''r For Guy Brothers.

II .oose of business IN Dallas
B BE- llle,e" l,ea'nand for more room to ac'
& the deu'u the commercial activities
nodallle I - responsible for the, de,
HE cltye = "a Of the city's first
ition ;lJ;nos. o. J% built in 1871 by
Dess p'IE puhn r. Smith, and used by
late yI, y,I1,n"ksmith shop until a few
as . pia, II stands on the east side
\ asO, otroct. between Mill and Oak
llal1ll, S', ho torn down to make way
WI illn1ement Je warehouse, to be
b ,9pa lllp' for Guy Brothers hard
ihele le r The new structure i to
II slo's,4 !, q feet in size, and will b,
sorpDyeated py iron, with substantial m;11
lsir ,a,i.1 ,IGr' in order to accommodate
eospiiIif' |. ssmiti's cycIery, now ocoup;yins cup; e
ee ''.h sp''a eide Of the site, will be
so'l'D a,. to the north side, adjoin-
sea ed 'Ey, 1isery stable, and will be en-
me n' the new building, in order
\ ~ a. y mechanical equipment OF the
lnt a'sv not be disturbed.
!, b may an .Iohn M y. Smith bought the
hpn y, + cost him $78. Now il is
IN r worth $4,000, ,;,,
"A. "n ""omovar of the present build
4 |ns t,at I'M have Occupied the grounds
y ''1, many years, discloses an an
8 ''v,, vw,e,ather-beaten one-story
y y y about - by II feet, that
lsa' naen eIbowed back toward the al
y D'' tbe younger and more preten-
I ps .t"les ore and had practically been
|I,tten \ i There are not many peo-
4 nallas now who can recall it.,
!, y tbe days of its prime it was a
= n.efuI and important edifice,
hss "s snccessively passed through
4 =. stages of usefulness until it has
Y .nnrHoaehed TH its last stage of all,
%ilI iii soon sink into the oblivion
" ,,loo no. It's time it has sheltered
y 'v',,lT students, who "bached" with
y walls and burned the midnight
ale in study.
!, stsr il became a dentists office
,,s ~,s used by DR.. Rubell, one of the
,eer pain producers Of the city,
la Iater removed to California and
| there. The doctor was a me-
neal genius and derived power
his grinding and polishing ma
pw from water wheel which he
"A in the mill race which ran
gside the building.
or some time the little old house
occupied by Cornelius Hughes,
venerable shoemaker. who piled
awI and pelted pegs therein.
tio,t,s for saIa at this office
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-08

oscar Hayter. lawyer. Rooms and
6, Uglow Building.
II you want fine photographs. Cher
rington Is always ready
The Bon Marche for the Spa" ic
cream-best in the city-havors, choc-
olate. vanilla. strawberry.
The Farmers Fire Relief Associa-
tion OF Butteville. Oregon; J. d. Winn.
agent. Buena Vista. Oregon. q
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-08
Gigantic Apricots.

II w. Farnham was the recipient
this morning of a 3O-pound box OF
enormous "Moorpark " aprleots,
which were sent to him by his daugh-
tre Mrs. John Frapwell, of Watson
Vile. Santa Cruz county, California.
They were so much larger than the
ordinary kind that they we're hardly
-aeoouizable.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-08
*+*s+***4*+4@+++*. !.
ARCHITECT ARRIVES
Armsby Company Will spepd
" Over S1OOOO IN plaa4 'p0hu

~ lI.
= W. J. Byham, architect o,,a :
: contractor, of Vancouver, Wash. 4
' ington, has just arrived in Dai !
= las, to draw the plans and man i
Y out the preliminary work of i
Y building the big prrne paclino i
y plant which that company is 90. !
= ing to establish in North Dallas 4
= The latest plans announced =
= = cal for building three stories i
y n height and 50 by 1850 feet n /
= = SIZE, and the cost, including the 1
= equipment which will be needed I
= to operate this fall, will reach :
= $lO,0OO or over Work will he /
= rushed as fast as possible. tits I
= expected that Scott Swetland !
y manager for the j. X. Armsby !
= company in Oregon and Wash +
e ington, will be here in a short I.
= time to look over the situation j.
= Mr.. Byham designed and buiIt 4,
= similar plant at Vancouver +
= Washington, and is thoroughly T.
= familiar with the requirements. j.
i
+ + 's's.s'*+*%%%s+@%%% = = = 4 T. j. j. i. !.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-08
Notice to Wood Dealers.

Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersioned will, until 5 o'clock p. m,
an Tuesday. August Is, 1911, receive
sesled bids for forty (40) cords of
erst-elass oak grub wood, to be deliv-
erred at the public school building IN
DALLAS. Oregon, not later than sep
tember 10, 1911
The right is reserved TO reject any
and all bids.
dated at Dallas, Oregon, this lsi
TRACY STATS,
Il Clerk. School District No ?
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-08

Call at Stafrin' S drug store Friday,
August II, and have your eyes exam
ined by an expert. Glasses furnished
if needed, at moderate cost. Drs,
Freeze & Rice. OIL
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-08
Land for Sale

The owner offers the following three tracts Of land
\ for sale all within easy distance from Dallas Forty
aues all under cultivation, good fruit and garden
4 land on Salem road, less than one mile from court
\ house. Another tract comprising "a acres, on La
Creole creek, one mile from Dallas, about Is acres
\ dit bottom land. A third tract comprising 160
acres four miles west of Dallas, and one-half mile
from Teats station, contains 100 acres of timber,
about 40 acres under cultivation and 20 acres of
IWm land. Two strong springs on place makes fea-
he irrigation possible with but little expense. Any
@a of these tracts will be sold unreasonable terms
/ with small cash payments down. If interested, ad-
dress "B" Observer office.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-08
a4+%4444++++++<++++
= To Farmers

= After you have registered
. xour farm name, come 10 The
. observer Office and leave an or
. der for some up-tO-the-minuie
. nriuied stationery bearing your
. farm name. Vel do the work
. - Won Al reasonable rates and
= With dispatch Printed station
. erv has 3 disfinctiveness al lts
. avn and lends . dignity to your
. busiuess and even your social
. correspondence
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-08

Brown & sibley, Attorneys, Notary
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-08

The Bon Marche for the Spa" ice
cream-best in the city-fiavors, choc-
olate, vanilla, strawberry.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-08

Saturday special-Sherbet. We
make prompt deliveries to any part
of the city. The Bon Marche.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-07
ISSUES HEALTH MAGAZINE
Free City Publication Is Edited
by Experts in the Department.

The first issue Of a new monthly publ
cation of the Health Department viii he
brought out this morning. The new maya
zine will be composed of thirty or more
pages of matter dealing with many feat
ures Of department activities, and includes
an explanatory editorial. This will not in
terfere in any way with the regular week
~ bulletin. which is Of more technical
nature. In the future the magazine will be
used a medium for special articles from
officials of the department and others
In the first number il is pointed out that
remarkable progress has been made i'm the
of contagious diseases Comparative fig
ures are published indicating the advance
made and showing the areas Of the city
where in years past certain conta gious dis
eases have been noted more than in others
According TO the new magazine. the death
rate among negroes i'm the city is IS - per
cent. which is the highest. and the death
rate among Germans is the lowest. with Il
percentage of 1880. The high mortality
among Syrians places them next TO the
negroes, with 1886
The most densely populated city block
at present Is that bounded by 18th and
18th streets and First and Second avenues,
which houses 2.fU persOnsI Although con-
dtlons for a high mortality rate among in
fants Is apparent in this block, there are
approximately lj6 deaths i'm thousand
here. az against 3ls in the block bounded
by 6lst and cd streets and Amsterdam and
West Eni avenues, known as San Juan
Hill. Many negroes live i'm this block which
has a total population Of 1850. only one
half the density Of the East Side block
The new publication is free on application
for same.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-07
HAIR MORIAH HOSPITAL FEUD
More than 800 East Siders at
Meeting to Discuss Management.

More than three hundred East Siders
crowded Progress Hall. No. IS Avenue A,
last evening to discuss the present manage
ment Of the Har Moriah Hospital. which
was built and dedicated as an institution
erected by the dimes and nckes of the
poorest Of the poor" Certain insurgents"
hold that ii is the object Of interested
parties" TO get this hospital into their own
hands for purely selfish purposes. Among
the speakers were l.. Lehman. vice-presi-
dent Of the federation; DR.. S. |. Newman,
trustee: Jacob Kirschenbaum; DR.. II.
Kirschenbaum and Charles l.. Appel who
presided.
Mr.. Appel said the Federation of Galician
and Fucwinna Jews OF America was
founded by nine prominent Hebrews In 1904.
They had gained many members, by whom
the Har Moriah Hospital was founded.
The working of the hospital had been sub
iect to a general board of forty-eight d.
rectors Instead of this. however, there
had been In reality only board OF thirteen
and that these We're controlled by presl-
dent who was "a dictator
Within the last few months Drs Solomon
Newman. William Newman and BENJAMIN
Tilton resigned from the medical board:
Last night they gave their reasons, all or
them protesting against the methods or the
directors \ letter from DR.. 11lton was
read i'm which he said he had been visiting
surgeon to the hospital for eighteen
months but that he felt obliged to resign
because the hospital was being injured by
pOlitiCS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-07
LITTLE PAPERS ARE TIMID"
Editor Explains They Must Keep
Ont of Jail and in the Mail.

THE Liberty Of the Press" was discussed
last night by Louis F. Post. editor of The
Public" of Chicago. at a meeting Of the
New Social Ideal Forum. at Packer lnsti-
tute Brooklyn lie said:
THE big papers have liberty. but the
little papers are constantly on tenter
hooks. fearing that they will say something
to offend somebody in Washington. and
that they will he I'm consequence excluded
from the mails. Their constant anxiety Il
TO keep out of Jail. and in the mail The
freedom Of the human mind is the essence
OF this question. I have sympathy with
the conservative. who would restrain the
liberty of the press When you have the
world fixed just as you want ii, II is de-
pressing to have the progressives get up
and shout for change.
Society does not stand still. II is we'll
there are conservatives and progressives
Truth has "A better chance between them
than il would have with either alone. Lib
erty Of the press is necessary to make the
truth effective. Liberty must not mean lib
orty to invade the personal rights Of others.
That is one of the greater abuses Of the
stronger press. The remedy to apply is
the natural rcmedy-the development of
public opinion against the abuse.
Law TO restrain the press is likely 10
be remedy worse than the disease. An
other menace 10 freedom of the press,
which means freedom OF speech is the
person who refuses 90 talk rclevantly Per
sons so inclined should be kept ont of
public meetings Freedom Of the. press is
not personal right. It Is privilege which
you receive from those TO whom YOU
grant II -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-07

the Madison Trust Company They
bought the Nineteenth Ward Bank for
5000 a share
The individual loans on stock In Cum
Minis syndicate enterprises are part OF
the schedule of time loans. which aggre-
gates SSs5.6741S and the loans directly
TO Cummins companies come under the
head of bills purchased. which schedule
totals s3,6ss.552 so. There is also in
Guided in this schedule $446,S30 As OF
loans to p. j. Keran and the defunct
Fidelity Funding Company. run by
Kieran
In the time loans arc included three
to the Carnegie Safe Deposit Company
all made on October 81. 1910. and aggre-
eating S163511 %. The security for
these loans is full tide to the vaults of
the company and the rental Of the boxes
and vaults, according to the terms OF
three agreements made in 1907. 1908 and
1909. This company has been known as
an asset of the Dickinson family, and It's
officers have been members of the family
of the late Charles G. Dickinson. VINO
was until few months before his death
president of the Carnegie Trust Com
pany, which he organized.
The item of cash on hand on January
6 was said by Mr.. Cheney, State super
ntendent of Banking. to account for the
closing of the Carnegie company the
next morning That item was SoO,26o %.
On that date a loan of $1,000 was made
TO the Bench and Bar Company on
note Endorsed by Archibald r.. Watson,
Corporation Counsel. This, according TO
the inventory, was the last loan made by
the Carnegie company before 1t closed
its doors There are five loans. totaling
$4,000. made to Charles 7. Norcross on
notes Endorsed by City Chamberlain
Charles II. Hyde and there are loans TO
Senator Timothy d. Sullvan's theatri-
cal enterprises amounting to $4,000.
The inventory shows the total assets
of the company to be $40, 12S.S6O oS; but
this includes. besides the loans to the
Cummins syndicate. the Robin enter
prises and the Fidelity Funding Com
pany. which total $2,110.354 G3, an item
Of $4,000 for equipment. and one OF
S216. 900 50, which is a claim against the
Phenix Insurance Company. and the
item Of accrued interest is $2lS,I02 SO
As against this statement of assets the
liabilities of the company are estimated
TO be 100000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-07
TRANSFERS NEAR A STRIKE
General Tie-up in City Threatened if
Grocers Do Not Yield.

Unless the grocers of New York accede
10 the demands OF delegation Of their
drivers. who will wait upon them this
afternoon it is likely that a general strike
Of all the teamsters in the city will be
called. II they do not accede a meeting
of representatives from every local union
Of teamsters will meet in Chelsea Hall. No.
l6 Eighth avenue, tonight and decide this
important problem. If "A strike is called,
the leaders say that almost the entire
trucking business ia the city will be tied
UP. Almost 5000 men will be affected
AT a meeting OF the grocery drivers on
Sunday afternoon il was thought that a
vote would bc taken to ask the lnterna-
tiOna Brotherhood Of Transfers To- call a
general strike. but action on this point was
deferred until Yesterday. whom tonight :
meeting was decided upon. instead. The
grocery drivers whose demands started
the present disturbance. feel that they
have the sympathy OF all the other team
sters and that unless their employers come
10 terms a general strike will surely be
called.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-07
ARTIST REPORTED MISSING
Wife of Brooklyn Man Gives Descrip.
ton to Police.

The police of the Adams street station.
Brooklyn reported TO Police Headquarters
In Manhattan last night the disappea
of William +. Gill. fifty years old. an
artist. who lives a. No l65 state street.
BROOKLYN His disappearance was reported
by his wife. IIlda. who told the police
that when her husband went away on
Thursday he had 800 in cash with him.
lie was described as weighing about 145
pounds feet inches I'm height, dark
complexion black hair and blue eyes
When last seen at his house he wore a
dark suit, dark gray overcoat, black derby
and black shoes and stockings
no. 1875 state street was found TO be an
apartment house called the Lincoln Arms
1t was said there last night that Gill had
answered an advertisement for a superin-
tcndent. which the house had sent out on
Tuesday last. and had taken up his duties
on Wednesday. He was q Brooklyn man.
it was asserted. and at one time the pos
SCISSOR Of some wealth. His special forte in
the artistic line seemed to he etching.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-07
HIGHER PAY AT COLUMBIA
Directors Adopt So, 776,OO1
Budget-NeW Appointments.

At the meeting of the board of directors
of Columbia University yesterday the main
topic discussed was the budget for l9ll- Il.
which was finally adopted. 1t called for a
total expenditure of s2.776col %, the largest
on record. Columbia University proper re-
ceived $lSOl .6o6 %; Barnard College, S2oOSo;
Teachers College. s7SS, 80. and the College
of Pharmacy. s34,S65.
The larger portion of the increased APP
proprations went TO the teaching staff,
whose salaries were universally raised. No
less than l3l of the members of the
teaching staff profted by the increase, so
that now all assistant professors who rem
der full service will receive not less than
s.. OO) annually, while associate professors
will get 5000.
1t was announced that an aggregate Of
81 .SG7. $50 % had been received for university
purposes. including $4,000 from the estate
OF tho late John Stuart Kennedy; 1898, 900
az part payment Of the bequest of the late
George Croker. to establish the George
Croker special research fund; S3300O0 from
an anonymous donor, TO meet the cost OF
erecting and equipping a new building for
the Avery Library of Art and Architecture.
and for the School Of Architecture. $4,000.
The following appointments were made:
Charles s. Baldwin, Ph. r.. now professor
Of English at Yale University, 10 he pro-
fessor Of English on the Barnard College
Foundation; Arthur Livingston. Phi D.
now assistant professor in Cornell Uni
versity, TO be assistant professor of Ro-
nance languages and literature: Robert
l.. Schuyler, PHI D. formerly instructor in
history at Yale University. to be assistant
professor Of history. Frank A. Dickey was
appointed assistant registrar Of the uni
VersitY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-07
POLICE BREAK Up GANG
Believe They Have Five Men Who
Got $4,000 Recently.
SAY PRISONERS CONFESSED
Detectives Declare Search Took
Them to Flat Filled with
Valuable Loot.

With the arrest last evening OF five
men. ono OF whom was a negro. the po-
lice believe they have rounded up n
number Of crooks who have been leisure
~ opera ting I'm both Brooklyn and Man
haitian and within the last four months
have obtained jew"lry. diamonds ana
apparel to the value Of $4,000. Accord
ing to their own confession. the burglars
yesterday afternoon robbed the fiat OF
Mrs Ida Harris. at No. go West 111th
street. They intended To go South TO-
day and rest up for q while.
shortly after 4 O'Clock, while three de-
tectives attached to Brooklyn headquar-
ters were walking along Myrtle avenue.
at Nevins street. they saw two men and
a negro, all carrying suit cases. Despite
the fact that they were neatly dressed
and did not look like thieves the de-
tectives stopped them and asked to see
the contents Of the suit cases. Much to
their surprise the detectives found when
the suit cases were opened that they
were filed to their capacity With valua-
BILE jewelry
At Police Headquarters the men gave
their names as Harden Ferris, negro;
Joe Nogel and Ray Barrett, all living
at No. 2lO West 1O9th street. The pris-
oners were reticent at first, but, accord
ing to the police, they later admitted
that they had stolen the property.
Later the police went to the 109th
street address. There they found man
who gave his name as Robert II. Hay
wood. said by the police To be leader
of a gang Of crooks, and "Joe" Brady.
The place was deliberately furnished. and
the police say they found jewelry and
apparel amounting TO several thousand
dollars.
According to Detective Brennick. Hay
wood and a man named Higgins, few
wears ago dynamited a safe in the Park
Side Laundry, a 18th street and
Seventh avenue. and got away with sew
eral hundred dollars. Higgins got away,
but HAYWOOD was caught and sent to
the reformatOry.
According TO the police. the prisoners
confessed TO having robbed about fifty
places within the last four months. Their
methods, according TO the police. would
be to ring a bell, and if they failed to
receive any reply, would Jimmy" the
door.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-07
WIRE PRODUCTS ADVANCING
Increase in Orders Anticipated in Next
Fridays Statement.

Another advance Of 81 ton in the price
of all wire products was announced yester-
day by the United States Steel Corporation
and the independent companies generally.
A similar advance was made in the begin
ming Of February. Nails are now 81 10 a
keg. as compared with 81 % in January.
There was a report In Wall Street that this
advance in prices OF wire products fore
Swallowed advances In other finished steel
products. but this could not be confirmed
I'm official quarters.
IL was said that new orders of the United
States Steel Corporation In February aver
aged O775 tons day the largest tonnage
reported since early In 1910. From the
showing made in February II was expected
that the statement OF untitled orders To be
made public by the Steel Corporation next
Friday would be more favorable than had
heen Anticipated, and an Increase OF 5000
tons over the February statement was
looked for.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-07
INGRID'S SAILORS FREED
Three Were Held as witnesses OF
Communipaw Disaster.

Upon the ground that there was no war
rant in international law for holding in
this country as witnesses seainen VINO
were citizens of foreign power. Judge
Rellstab. in the United states District
Court at Trenton. y. j., yesterday granted
freedom to Trygve Anderson, Sigurt MI
sen and Arthur Rasmussen, who were
taken from the Norwegian ship ingrid at
her dock in Jersey city two days after the
Communipaw explosion, on February J.
They were brought before him on writ OF
habeas corpus, obtained by T. Langiand
Thompson. an attorney of this city. acting
I'm behalf Of the Norwegian Consul
These men were wanted as witnesses
against Arthur Hamilton and others,
charged with manslaughter. because OF the
explosion. In the petition for the writ Mr.
Thompson declared that the men had been
lured ashore on the morning of February
3 it'll the promise that they would not be
taken to court, and persuaded to sign a
statement of what they had seen on the
morning OF the catastrophe. As 1t was i'm
possible TO hold them as witnesses until
they had appeared before a judge, they
were placed in jail overnight. without food
and taken next morning before Judge
Queen, who ordered them detained as ma
terial witnesses under a 500 ball bond.
Back in Jail again. ii was held. they were
housed in miserable quarters and supplied
with unfit food. such that in the thirty
three DAYS of confinement Anderson lost hf
teen pound and Nilsen ten. Appeal was
made TO the Norwegian Consul. who com
muncated with the State Department at
Washington through the Norwegian Min
ister Prosecutor Garven. of Hudson Coun-
~, however. Informed the department
through Governor Wilson. that the seamen
were being held at the order of Judge
Swayze. of the Criminal Court, and moth
ing was done.
Habeas corpus proceedings were then in
stituted about thirteen days ago, with the
result that yesterday morning. after a
short argument. i'm which Prosecutor Gar
ven appeared To have the men held, they
were released.