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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-13
WILL MEET DALLAS MILITIA
BASKET BALL TEAM AT
ARMORY HERE NEXT
SATURDAY NIGHT.
COMING AFTER A VICTORY
Near Champions of East Side Have
Longing to Snatch Victory From
local Fast Five-Extra Attract
inns in the Way of Orchestra Mu-
sic and Preliminary Bouts.

with determination to take the
measure Of the Company G basket
hall team of this city, greatly
srsngthened, and in proper shape
for the hardest game of its career,
the fast silverton team of Silverton,
oregon, will journey to Dallas next
Saturday evening and do battle with
the strong local team upon the Ar
mOry court. The Slverton team is
one Of the strongest in this state, and
thus far this season, it has met with
but one loss when Dallas defeated
them % to II. In that game, the
score stood 10 to 2 in favor of Dali
las at the end of the first half. Dur
Ing the second half, Silverton came
back strong, and made 10 points
while Dallas was making IL.
Result Uncertain.
SIvertOn fully expects to win, and
the local team is not at all certain
as to the result. However, feeling
that they should give Silverton a
good beating in this next game has
become imbedded in the heart of
each Of the Dallas boys, and they are
going out to win, and forever silence
any claims Silverton might otherwise
make to being near champions, If
not champions.
Two men on the Silverton team
are acknowledged to be among the
aei ID the state in their respective
positions. Sllverton does not play or
sanlzatiOn ball, and has a right to
pay anyone in its lineup that cares
% All members of the Dallas team
are soldier boys, duly and regularly
ehls'ed' and each and every one OF
nen IS subject to military duty. Nc
we outside of the military company
caA play With the state to pick
hoa' and desiring most of anything
win from Dallas. Silverton viii
0he here stronger than ever from
standpoint Of players.
Extra Attractions.
me game Saturday night will no
y called until 9 p. m, for the ben
sA' Oh the business men. However
u'iiss will not lag from s o'clocl
uhm the start Of the big game, 70
lnofhes Dallas orchestra will fur
HAl music, and there is a stronl
O'aolllty Of a preliminary game be
-s arranged between Dallas colleg
'na The local High school.
Ssas Tor this big game will b
raesa on sale at Fuiler's Pharmac
! Wednesday. The usual prices o
'4Ailssion viii prevail.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-13
Dallas GmardSmeN May Be
Ordered to Mexican Front
: A+%+++++++++++++4 = : :
!. HIGHWAY SCHOOL MONDAY :
supervisors to Study Science OF
|. Roadmaking.

= supervisors TO Study Science OF =
4 Roadmaking.
4 The fundamentals of scientific
= ic roadmaking are to be taught :
4 nv an expert to the supervisors =
4 Of Polk county at a course OF =
a Lectures and demonstrations to =
: commence in this city next Mon :
= dav and to continue two days
= and perhaps more. Ernest r.
a Avres highway expert in the :
= engineering department Of the :
\ state Agriculture college at Cor
= Wallis. will be present to give IN
4 structions in theory and prac-
a ,ice for the benefit Of the men :
\ who are TO have charge OF the
= roadway improvements Of the
4 county for the coming year
\ The lectures will be illustrated
= bv stereopticon views taken from
> photographs
= The project is the plan Of
= County Judge Ed F. Coad en-
= dorsed by county commission
a ers and every supervisor VIII
= be expected TO attend All VINO
= are interested in the subject %
= good roads are invited.
+$4%%%+%+++++%+T = , ,
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-13
Valuable CLAY Deposit Found
Near City May Bring Many
Ney Industries to Dallas
= %%%%+%+%+*%%%%%% = + = 4
%EXTRA MOTOR CAR SERVICES
!. Airlie and Salem to be Connect I
: ed. I

j AiPiie and Saiem 10 DC NoHuicCt-
= ed.
J. From a reliable source, 1t is y
4 learned that within short time y
i. the railroad service of this coun-%
4 ty is to be improved by the ad- =
j. dition of gasoline motor car =
= to run between Airlie and Sa- =
J. lem by the way of Independ- =
j. enee. The deal is now on be- =
J. tween the Southern Pacific and =
J the Independence & Monmouth =
i railway.
! The plan is to make two y
i round trips day from Airlie =
+ to she Capital City, using the =
= Southern Pacific tracks from =
j Airlie to Monmouth, the Inde- =
+ pendence g. Monmouth to Inde- =
j. pendence, the Corvallis branch =
j. of the Southern Pacific to the =
+ crossing of that road with the =
+ Salem, Falls City & Western y
4. and thence into Salem over the =
= latter.
A4@@%%%%%+%%%%%%%% = = = 4 = = =
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-13
ryDEPENDENCE Is AWAKENING
New Hotel. Bank and Many Home
TO BE Built

Tndependence. or. Feb lz--Aitel
h.y5,p remained dormant for ~
vsars or more. Independents = eAPe-
-ie,ciue a wonderful awakening. BE-
.ises the new hotel and bank buiio-
- now under construction 20 resi-
s--,-.s wfu be erected in the city dur
ing the coming sumner Ine ei.s
council also oontsmplates putting -
.sveral more blocks Of hard suri-es
-.vsueut during the sumner
- srtiritv IL surprising % m2ns
- frs osd settlers - Indspenoeile--
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-13
Samples Good.

The nresence of the clay has been
pnown for sometime. Samples OF IL
have been carefully tested by expert
enced brick makers and they nave
pronounced IL capable of making the
f,nest sort of pressed or face prieh'
II readily produces a very fine grain
ed brick of almost pure white, Which
,s easily changed to many dinereht
shades by the addition of darker
oo1ored claws. number of bricks
uada from it and exhibited in Dallas
have been pronounced unequalleo'
Manager Partridge, of the Dalias
Prick & Tile company, has had long
exnerience in the business ana ne ls
convinced that the deposit of mater
iaI in question is very valuable.
The clay was first discovered IN
the garden Of the old Garwood place
In oakdale, on the Falls city roao'
7, t,as within two feet Of the surface
beneath a layer of beaverdam sou
that is famous for its productivity.
Tbe clav is of a very fine texture ana
is Of a blush slate in color when
,urns m white on being burnt. IL i
as soft and as fine as putty-in fac'
,s annarently greasy to the touch
1-ha nronertv is now owned by MI
and Mrs. o. f. Dennis and mas Deei
ysed for garden purposes for oVel
20 years
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-13

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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-13

rspresentative of the Oregon
por,land Cement company. the con-
Ger, which proposes to establish
ego 600 cement plant here has eN-
ar,ined the clay and it is understood
considers IL worth development TX
sDination Of the peculiar formatioh
wing below the clay has revealed 10
him. II is said, a substance that mas
= similarity to cement. and may pe
considered even Of much greater I'M
nortance than the cement ilseii-
F,rther Investigation is 70 be mace
a. soon as possible. and Il IS conn %
dentiv expected that the results VII,
warrant still greater investment o.
c.ritsl sufficient 10 promote ths
r~o,ertv TO the fullest extent
In order TO make cement rom ".
-, found here il is necessary 70
- a certain percentage Of lime
.,o,e The oregon Portland Cemen'
,o-,n.,v has been in search OF
rlr,esfone deposit. the one requlsit'
20 make its ownings complete mere
- Z, "a now understood that Il ha'
so-,ns the desired mineral on the up
- waters Of the Lacreoie IN a re-
rson that r. popular with the oe
hunters q this city.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-13
CAPTAIN WALTER L. TooZE' 'h''
HAS COMPANY C IN READl-
NESS TO MOVE ON
SHORT NOTICE.
Militia of oregon to be Modified at
Clackamas If Necessary to Folio"
RESTRICTIONS of War Department
Provision Made For Recrui'i"s
More Men For Service.

1s the United states to intervene
IN the Mexican situation, and IL SO
=, -. oragon National Guard to be
.,,a5 on for service. are two ques-
.,aas that are agitating the minus
Of The members OF Company u Oh 'il''
- recent war news has given CON
e,So-atla color 10 the belief that Do'h
..--.tr,s are to be answered IN tl,e
sa-,o,ive Still further interest y
a55ed bv the orders which have - -
nj ont to every company Of llii'''- =.
p ~ state. ordering them TO oe D"
- - a.. 20 move on short notice
Will no communication OF any
sort has been received, II Is Sai-, -. =
por,lsn5. bearing on the present - -
- :, - - she Mexican border ana l. tns
---s,ts mobilization Of loo'oo'
- xet tlse War Department ~
.e..s.,,1s -.osss, are 50 complete as to ie--'s
nsrelv the final word oi
lacking -
-.-r. telegram Of ten WoIos ~
-, washington would s-ii'-.
= ,b-ow the Third oregon kes'l-.-... .-..
- rssls Battery A into ne -
I,.,s-.,ion - camp at Clsckan'as -.
~ - r,fles south of Portland I.
80 80 :, - able promptly % ne
.sseh an order In the ess1s y
II
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-13

Eugene Guard: The real esta>s
.-.T,-stv IN lane county st he present.
sfrue IS only q forsrunner o. Nn-t =
!. -o-e Win the advent q spFinE.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-13
MATERIAL FOUND IN FOOTHILLS
WEST OF DALLAS PRODUCES
FINE QUALITY OF PRESS
ED FACE BRICK.
SAMPLES PRONOUNCED GOOD

From the number of enterprises
that are being rapidly developed IN
Dallas and its immediate vicinity it
is soon TO become the industrial CEN
fer of the entire West Side. Scarcely
has the news spread that an i'm
mense $75O,OO0 cement plant was 10
be established here giving employ
ment to hundreds of men ana aoolhs
large payroll to the city, than
comes the further information that
living in the foot hills to the west
ward of the city a distance OF ohiy
three miles is body OF the nnesI
notter's clay that can be found IN
the entire state of oregon. In ad-
dition. it is learned, a substratum
of a peculiar kind of clayey substance
is reputed to have qualities that
make II even more valuable than ell
ther the clay or the cement rock oe-
nosits that lie a mile or SO west
which are now owned by the Port
land Cement company of oswego'
Exnerts have examined both of the
minerals and their opinion Is thae
either is of incalculable value.
Another find that is expected TO aoo
much to the wealth of the city ana
county and to lend encouragement
to the eastern capital now seeking
linvestment here in the cement DUST
ness is that of large body Of what
is supposed to be first quality lime,
stone rock, one of the much needed
materials required in the manutact-
ure of cement, and which has mere
tofore supposed to have been lacking
in this locality.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-03

OPEN AIR SCHOOLS

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Pennsylvania Society for the Pre-
vention of Tuberculosis, in making re-
sumo of conditions in this city. SO far as
consumption is concerned, deplores the
lack of schools conducted IN the open air
in connection with the present system Of
education. 1t urges the immediate estab-
lishment of an open air classroom In each
public school in the city, and argues that
by this means children already infected
with tubercular germs, or those who are
inclined to contract the disease, could be
segregated from healthy pupils, while at
the same time they would be receiving
treatment for their own individual cases.
There is merit in the suggestion, and =
step has already been made in this direc-
ton. A few of these open air classrooms
were in operation last year, and the I'M
derstanding was that more should be pro-
vided for the next session. There is no
doubt that children affected with this dis
ease should be segregated as much as
possible. 1t would take very little money
TO provide such classrooms, and the money
would be wisely spent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-03

President Taft's term will be ended
on March next. One does not have
to be prophet or the son of prophet
to foresee this. How then can the
President steam through the canal in
his term of office on the old battle
ship Oregon unless Congress perfects
a canal bill before the present session
is ended? 1t cannot be done, and our
ponderous President is corresponding
ly worried over the inaction of Con-
gress in this respect.
Congress could in jiffy pass ca
nal bill if it could agree over the tolls
to be paid by American ships and over
the passage through the canal of rail-
road-controlled ships. These are the
two burning and unsettled questions.
Each day makes public sentiment
over these two questions more dis
tinct. 1t favors free passage to all
American ships and it desires to see
all ships controlled by transconti-
mental railroads shut out of the ca
nal. Public sentiment on these two
points is unmistakable, and it is be-
coming more distinct every day. If
the legislatures were in session they
would speak out plainly. The canal
was built by America for the benefit
of the America that lies on two
oceans, and the situation simply calls
for free ships with no railroad string
attached to a single one of them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-03

Dental nomination. prospective speaker If
the democrats continue in control of the
lower branch of Congress, and withal one
of the most interesting political figures
developed In the last decade.
oscar w Underwood" it reads in
who's Who as we'll as in the Con-
gressional Directory, and all the biograph
ical lexicons in which the name of the
distinguished son of the south appears. In
these various works the subject of Q
sketch is supposed to give his full name.
but Mr.. Underwood for some reason has
been keeping them guessing as to what
the wv" in his name stands for. And
naturally enough, this has aroused the
curiosity of everybody who must know
all about everything.
Friends of the majority House leader
were appealed to and one of them care
fully confided the secret that Oscars mid
die name was "Wiiiam." and that he was
always called willie as a boy. So
william 1t was to the students of gene
alogy. But recently the Alumni News of
Mr. Underwood's alma mater gave the
name as wilder" This started fresh in
vestigation. The other day it was put
squarely up to the democratic leader him
self. He confessed that the W. in his
name really did stand for Wilder. Now
all sthe mystery is removed. Oscar Wilder
was a merchant of prominence in LoutDs
vile, where Mr.. Underwood was born. He
was a friend of the Underwood family,
and when they came to christen the future
statesman they gave him the full name q
this friend Thus has a great secret bsel
unfolded to the country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-03
rHERE,s A DIrrERENCE

Roy X. Moulton in the Richmond Times
Dispatch.
There's a>vast difference between hered-
ity and environment.
When a young man goes out into the
world and makes good and brings home
bales OF long green, buys house and lot
for his parents and becomes a famous
man, the parents claim it is due to hered-
ity.
When a young man goes out In the
world and makes a failure and finally
comes home to live with the parents, a
sort of shiftless good-for-nothing, the pa
rents believe that 1t is a pure case of en-
vironment, and that there is no such
thing as heredity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-03
Kansas Electoral Middle

The Kansas courts refused to order
the names of eight Roosevelt candi-
dates for presidential electors to be
stricken from the primary ballot, and
Justices Pitney and Vandervanter of
the United States supreme court
granted a writ of error to the full
bench of the supreme court when it
meets in October next.
The valueless nature of the Pitney-
Vandevanter decision is seen when it
becomes known that the names of the
Roosevelt men will appear on the bal
lots at the Kansas primary to be held
next Tuesday. Action on the questions
involved next October will therefore
be to some extent at least academical.
The eight Roosevelt candidates for
electors in Kansas were nominated
before the Chicago convention met bn
June Is, and when the disruption came
the eight declared that they would
if elected, vote for Roosevelt. A COM
mittee of citizens then started move.
ment to have the names of the eight
debarred from. places on the republi.
can primary ballot. The Kansas
courts, however, decided that the ques
ton was political one and that they
had no jurisdiction over political dis
putes. Justices Pitney and Vande
venter really did no more than to pas
the unprecedented case on to the full
bench of the supreme court.
In the meanwhile the Taftites will
lose all chance of representation in
eight Kansas districts, and the full
bench of the supreme court may de-
clare that the eight candidates, il
elected, would cast tainted ballots, and
thus the entire election might become
a muddle if Wilson and Marshall were
not sure of great majority of the
electoral vote.
Justices Pitney and Vandevanter
had enough sense to prevent them
from issuing an injunction in a
political matter. They simply hurried
the matter on to the full bench of the
United States supreme court which
meets in October. 3
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-03
A REASON FOR EVERYTHING

From the Boston Globe.
Strange phenomena reported in one
days news:s
Wooden clothes will cost more, because
the wool clip is smaller.
Cotton clothes will be dearer. because
rains have hurt the cotton crop.
Shoes will be higher, because so much
leather is used in automobiles.
Wheat will be higher, because the
Turks have closed the Dardanelles.
Meat will cost more, because the pack
ers need the money.
Butter will be dearer, because the finer
grades are scarce.
Fresh eggs will be higher, because the
hens Will soon stop laying.
MIX will be dearer, because everything
else is
Coal will cost more, because Mr.. George
F. Baer and his associates say SO.
There Is thus a reason for everything.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-03
AT THE OUTBREAK

form of the last 30 years of what has be-
come typical vice Of American politics.
the avoidance of saying anything real
on real issues and the announcement of
radical policies with much sound and
fury"
AS a striking contrast to Platform IN
sincerity" King Khaki in the sketch en-
titled Personal Sincerity asked the au-
dience to call to mind the many real
things he had said in the last Il years
on such a real issue as the tariff, for
example; and as for the announcement of
radical policies, he offered as a contrast
to sane business men his various explicit
proposals for 81 varieties of the judicial
recall. Then he spoke at length upon the
term weasel phrases, each of which
sucks the meat out of the preceding state
ment" The quotation was again from
the editorial. Some sceptics in the audi
ence at the Outbreak Opera house asked
him to give a specific illustration of
weasel phrase" King Khakhi was not
to be set back and at once said that
under no circumstances" ought to come
at once to the mind Of any decent and
honest citizen as classic example of
weasel phrase.
At this point the performance took
serfo-comic turn, for, tossing the printed
editorial aside, King Khakhi said he
wished to refer to a new type of undo
sirable and despicabie citizen. those who
use their own private magazines or peri
odioals as medium for their low and
selfish ambitions; such mon as Senator
LaFoliette. for example. or w. J. Bryan
with his Commoner. When he spoke of
them his majesty nearly rasped out his
sentiments. He described these two
statesmen as political road agents"
who seek to help only themselves indi-
vidually and who care not a rap for the
honorable ambitions of moral and prac-
teal men. II loathe them with a hatred"
said he. as just as it is deserving. They
will have no quarter at my hands and
they can have no place in any truly
progressive party with the slightest pre-
tence of sincerity, personal and political.
They are upstart copycats. seeking cheap
notoriety by camping on my trail"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-03
Increase in Business Activity

The good crop outlook stimulates
general trade, and every week brings
better times in the business world.
No summer since 3prosperity's high
record in 1907 has witnessed such
brisk operations in all sections of this
country as the present summer. The
farmers are prospecting in marked
degree. Progress in agriculture is
greatly in evidence in the south.
Strides have been made bereabouts in
the past five years, and trade journals
are full of the south's wonderful de-
velopment along all lines of industry.
The one disturbing element this year
has been politics, but so sound have
business conditions been at bottom
that even those things which natural
" tend to retard industrial develop
ment no longer restrain legitimate
business ventures.
The next President will be demo-
crat. The indications for democratic
victory in November are so plain that
many leading republicans practically
concede the defeat of their party. In
1896, when Mr.. Bryan was making a
vigorous campaign on silver plat
form, capital was extremely nervous,
and all business halted until demo-
cratic prospects were shattered, few
weeks before the election. But the
democratic platform of today is far
less radical than the platform Of 1896.
Woodrow Wilson, the standard bearer,
Gill prove an agreeable surprise to
those business men who feared that
he would pose as a progressive of the
| populistic type. 1t is Believed that
when he formally accepts the nomina-
ton next week his speech will not only
be temperate, but will bristle with
| SAFE anu SdilS uttcii diiSCo, oho Will
have strong appeal for conservation.
There is every reason to hope that
the presidential campaign will be free
from vituperation. There will be no
cause for wrathful expression on
either side. The republicans have been
in power, 16 years, and that is long
enough for any party to rule the
country. Democratic triumph is in
the air, and while some of the tariff
beneficiaries quake at the thought of
the downfall of the high protection
party, the great majority of the
American electorate rejoice at the
prospect.
An era of unprecedented prosperity
has set in, and with banner crops moth
ing will stay the march of progress.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-03
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun
WI 1HILE there has been no Official
A/ announcement. It is understood
w that the Outbreak Opera house
intends to offer a weekly change OF Dill
throughout the campaign season. vi
course. the permanent feature will be
King Khakhi, who will remain as the
top liner attraction for this popular priced
house. the home of the pldln people. His
majesty will appear in his familiar roles
ranging all the way from constructive
radical to a business-like conservative.
During the present week the king is ap-
pearing in an amusing sketch entitled
Personal Sincerity" the skit being some
thing of a burlesque on a contributed ed
itorial entitled Platform Insincertty'
In essence the piece reminds one OF
moving pictures accompanied by song
and dance artist: that is. his majesty IL
Illustrates the main extracts from the ed
itorial by living pastures, sort of dead
ly parallel tabieau. For example, he
reads aloud this excerpt from the edi-
torial:
ITO make promise which cannot be
carried out or which would hopelessly
damage the country If carried out is
equivalent to announcing In advance that
not only this promise but all the other
promises In the platform are meant to
be broken. and are for campaign uses
only
After reading this forceful extract aloud
King Khakhi acts the part out in real
life right on the same stage before the
very eyes of the plain people. A pledge
that contained the rather binding clause
of under no circumstances now APP
pears to be one of the type of promises
which cannot be carried out or which
would hopeiessly damage the country If
carried out"
Another telling spectacle In this week q
series of living lies is the burlesaue
on other peoples issues illustrated by his
n,sjesty's own performances in similar
lines, though in striking contrast OF
course. For instance, the editorial says:
THE Baltimore platform offers per-
haps as good an example as any plat