Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-08-11
PROSPERITY FOR POLK
LARGE HAY AND GRAIN CROPS
MEAN ADDED WEALTH.
Dealers Say Sale Of Farm Machinery
Unprecedented In History
Of Dallas.

The bumper hay and grain crops
that have waved over the broad fields
of the ''Blue Ribbon County, this
year has brought increased wealth to
the tillers of the soil and has contrib
uted greatly to the wave of prosper
ity that has swept over this part Of
the Valley this season. In no part Of
the state have conditions been better
and in no other portion of it is a
greater activity in agricultural af-
fairs than in that territory of which
Dallas is the metropolis and center
Of commercial life. All over the en-
tire county grain and hay have yield
ed in abundance, and not for many
years has there been as strenuous
efforts required to take care Of the
halvests that have taxed the capacity
of the means necessary to garner
thegm.
A True Index.
No truer index Of an agricul-
tural country's progress and pros
perity can be found than the sale Of
the implements that are needed to
SOW, cultivate and gather its crops.
Never before in the history of Dallas
has the sales of all kinds Of farm
machinery approached that Of the
present. The demand in all lines has
been unusually good, while in haying
and harvesting appliances, the sale
has broken all records. The imple-
ment dealers of this city have en-
ioyed a banner year so far, and the
indications are that the fall business
will keep up to the high standard
already set.
When the planters buy implements
it means that they have money, and
in order to feel the pulse of the bus
mess, an Observer representative has
interviewed the implement dealers of
this city, with the following results:
Especially Good.
N. M. Guy, Of Guy Brothers The
implement business this year is es-
pecially good in all respects, and /
never saw it looking better than it
does right now / think it viii con-
tinue so throughout the fall, Judging
from the advance orders coming in.
Our business has grown so much
that we have had to arrange for
new implement display room that is
to be so by 84 feet in size, and which
is to be finished as fast as possible.
Our sales of all kinds Of harvesting
machinery indicates that crop yields
have been far above the average this
year, and are a good index of the gem
eral prosperity that is manifested in
Polk county. The amount of business
being done in Dallas is attracting the
attention of the travelling statesmen.
and they have many good words to
say about the town when they come
through. =
Large Demands.
]. r. Craven, Of Craven Brothers
Hardware Company - "There has
been very large demand for imple-
ments of all kinds this year. Owing
to the immense crops of hay, haying
machinery has sold unusually we'll,
and we have had big run on bale
ties and other things used in connec-
ton with the baling of the large
amounts of hay that is now being
handled in that way. There has been
a big call for mowers and rakes. and
binders have sold better than here
tofore. 1t all goes to show that the
country is in a prosperous condition
and speaks wei for the locality"
Rushed With Repairs.
f. j. Wagner-"T The demand for
implements has been much better this
year than last, with me. In fact, |
find that it is much larger than it has
been for several years. The amount
of repair work on farm implements,
especially on hay and grain harvest
ing implements, has been far greater
than it ever has been in Dallas. | have
been rushed with repairs all season.
Some days | sent away orders for as
much as $50 worth Of extras and
parts. One day in particular. the
amount reached $52. II has certainly
been a lively season here. "