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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-05

agent asked. The Observer has al
ready called attention 20 the Sal
Francisco blottter salesman who ask
ed twice as much for his blotters al
a Dallas printer would furnish them
yet he booked some orders, and from
people who are so tight that the,
wouldn't spend a cent with loca
newspaper if they could possibly
avoid it.
And so it goes. The travelling agent
always does business and always gulls
the people who patronize him. What
else can you expect? He must have
profit on his sales. The publishing
houses do not sell him the book for
less rate than the retail dealer has
to pay, and, in addition, he must Sc
cure margin. over and above the
first cost to pay his travelling and
hotel expenses and still permit him
to make profit for himself
Then, again. A lady visited Dali
las store and asked the price of a
certain article; that is so cents" she
was told. "Why / can get the same
thing in Portland for As cents, = she
replied. THAT is true, Madam" re-
turned the dealer, but the postage
on it is II cents, so you would in re-
ality pay six cents more for it than
we ask you" But the out-of-town
buyer never stops to consider such
trifies as postage and express charg-
es They only know that they can
save a few cents" on the first cost
of the article but they do not know
what the cost will be to deliver it,
nor do they take into consideration
the delay that will ensue before they
receive it.
The trail of the agent is well-de-
fined He is always with us. He
lives upon the suckers that he finds.
He drives his best business with the
Montgomery Ward and the Sears
Roebuck tightwads. 1t has been said
that every successful agent secures
a list of the people in every commu-
nifty who send out of town for every
thing they can possibly buy, and that
he calls upon these people first. He
does that because he knows that they
are the easy marks of the community
that they will buy his wares be- |
cause they believe that they are get
ting something 'at bargain. The
man who howls about public i'm
who always opposes ev-
cry progressive movement and who
hides his money in a tomato can in |
he back yard is easy picking for the
agent.
1t must add to the personal salts |
action of such people to discover that /
hey could have purchased the same
lrticle from their home merchant for
much less money
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-05
SALT CREEK

Mr.. Foster was Dallas visitor Sat
urday and Sunday.
Will Beck is on the sick list.
The farmers have started plowing
again.
Mr.. Van Well and daughter were
Dallas visitors last Saturday.
Antoine Schulson went to Portland
last Saturday, where he will work In
the future.
Mr.. Clanfield was a Dallas visitor
last Saturday.
Henry Gillian, of Perrydale, was in
this vicinity last Saturday.
Otto Rosenau has built new hog
pen.
Mr.. Rosenau, of Sheridan, has been
visiting his son Otto.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-05
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness and Chat is by constitutional
remedies Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucous
lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is infiamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing,
and when it is entirely closed, Deaf
ness is the result and unless the in
fiammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to it's normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by
Catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu-
lars, free.
f. J. CHENEY & co, Toledo, Ohio
Sold by Druggists, Use.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-05
Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned, Oscar Hayter, has been
duly appointed by the County Court
of the State of oregon for Polk
County, administrator Of the estate of
John Taylor, deceased, and has quail
ifed.
All persons having claims against
the said estate are hereby required to
present them, duly verified, with the
proper vouchers, within six months
from the date of this notice, to the
said administrator at his law Office in
Dallas, Polk County, oregon.
Dated and first published October
Is, 1919. OSCAR HAYTER,
Administrator OF the estate of John
Taylor, deceased. 1915 11-12
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-05
COURT HOUSE PICK-UPS
Court Items, Real Estate Transfers,
Farm Names Filed and Other News
Briefly Told.
Marriage Licenses.

Andrew ]. Shipley, of Monmouth
to Luella Higgins, of Falls City
William H. Hill, of Independence
to Lille Garrett, independence.
Louis F. Faist of Mccoy, to Ada
E. Butterick, Mccoy.
Real Estate.
Candace A. Robinson to Robert w
White ct ux, lot 6, block II, Thorpe's
Add. in Independence, w. d., 5000.
Broadmead Land Co. to Samuel E
Cox, lot 9, block g. Broadmead, w.
d., 5000.
L. o. Ramsdell ct ux to M. N. Os-
borne, land in Dallas, w. d., $725.
M. N. Osborne ct nd. to c. r. Van
Nortwick land in Dallas, W. d., $1,000.
j. L. Murdock ct uX to c. p. Hem
bree ct ux, 1857 acres in tp IS, raw,
also lots in Monmouth, w. d., $1,000.
]. F. McCallom ct ux to William
S. Boyer, 80 acres in tp 6s, rev, W.
d., $40.
W. A. Mclean ct al to ]. r. Mccall
lom, 80 acres in tp. 6s, r6w, W. d., $40.
K. II. Sickafoose to Benz. F. But
Ter. 1.4S acres in Monmouth, W. d.,
500.
Probate.
Estate of John Albers; final account
filed and set for hearing November
23. 1912, at 10 o'clock a. m.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-05
POLK COUNTY NEWS
CONTINUED from page -

from a several weeks visit with her
daughter in Seattle.
Peter Cook attended the Hoppe sale
at Oak Grove Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grove Beeler return
ed home Monday from Portland.
Judge Burnett, of Salem, will be
with the Masons here Saturday night.
Inez Arthur visited her sister, Mrs
Bud Ramsey, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs Burch returned Sun
day from Tillamook, where they had
spent a couple of weeks.
Miss Ada Osfield visited in Port
land over Sunday with her parents.
Mrs. Kirkland came over Saturday
to visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs W. E. Clark, returning Sunday.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-05

Bandon Recorder: The old schoon-
er Coqullle, built on the Coquille in
1888, and called Coquelle, which is
the me-hOnored pronunciation of
Coquille, is still afioat and is engaged
in the coasting trade. She arrived
in the Siuslaw last Wednesday, sail
ing in over the bar without the aid
of q tug
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-05

Lebanon Express: When Mr.. SUIT
cliffe was pastor of the Cottage Grove
church he had the distinction of hav-
ing the largest mid-week service in
the Eugene district. From every ap-
pearance, he is going to have a strong
attractive largely attended prayer
meeting here. Last week Al were
present.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-05
Blind

Mrs Ellie Tiler, Ravena, Tex, writes:
was blind as a bat fused Suther-
lands Eagle Eye Salve and it acted
like a charm. 1t cut the scum off
my eyes and restored my sight. 1t
is all you claim and worth it's weight
in gold 25c a tube. At Stafrin's.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-05
Notice Of Hearing Of Final Account.

Notice of Hearing OF Final Account.
Notice Is hereby given that the final
account OF Frank b. Windsor, as ad-
ministrator of the estate of Benjamin
Windsor. deceased. has been filed in
the County Court OF Polk County,
State OF Oregon. and that the 9Th
day Of December. 1919. at the hour
OF O'Clock A. NJ, has been duly ap-
pointed by such Court for the hear
ing OF objections to such final account
and the settlement thereof. at which
time any person interested In such
estate may appear and file objections
thereto In writing and contest the
same.
FRANK b. WINDSOR.
Administrator Of the Estate.
1873 ll-2s
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-05

1t is an old saying that whooping
cough must run its course, but the
use of DR.. Bells Pine-Tar- Honey has
demonstrated beyond doubt that such
is not the case. 1t can be cured by
the use OF this remedy. At Stafrin's.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-05
Satisfaction of Mortgage

The Observer has added Satisfact-
ion of Mortgage to it's stock of legal
blanks. Notaries and Attorneys may
now secure them in any quantity de-
sired. Phone orders for legal blanks
given prompt attention.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-05
DIR, Relrs Pine-Tar-Uonev

VIII break up the worst cold and al
lay throat irritation. This remedy
quickly cures coughs colds, grippe and
all throat and bronchial troubles.
Sold by Conrad Stafrin.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-05
SOehren Warehouse Co.
CEMENT CURBIEGs AND WALKS

We handle a fun line Of Cedar and Oak
Fence Posts. Brick. Lime. sand and
Cement Land Plaster. Drain Tile,
Shingles. Fire Brick. Hair, Wan Plast-
sr and Hop Supplies
one block south Of dsDst Phone 1894
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-05
Dallas Iron Works
- FOundrymen - Pattern
Makers

SAwMILL WORK A SPECIALITY
We are prepared to dc any kind OF
Iron and Brass work. Lumber trucks
and stock work on hand We make
the best and cheapest Stump Fuller
on the market Prices reasonable.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-05
Whooping Cough

and is 16 inches long. 1t has 1914
well developed kernels.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-11-05

Estate of John Albers; final accoun
filed and set for hearing November
23, 1912, at 10 o'clock a. m.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-06
WASHINGTON.

Senator Guggenheim sailed for Eu-
rope, TO be absent about month.
Senator Warren left for Wyoming.
The new law passed by Congress re-
stricting the delivery of mail on Sun
days. has aroused storm of protests
from business men all over the coun-
try.
Announcement was made by Post
master General Hitchcock that the
Postoffice Department would be ready
Jan. 1. 1913, to put into general oper-
alton the recently authorized parcels
post system.
Many important appointments made
by President Taft in the last few
months were left unconfirmed when
Congress adopted its resolution of fin
al adjournment Among them was
Judge Richard E. Sloan of Arizona.
A new two-cent stamp in comme m
Grafton of the Panama-Pacific exposi-
ton in San Francisco in 1915 has been
approved by Postmaster General
Hitchcock.
On recommendation of the Interior
Department President Taft ordered re-
stored to entry ISL, ,691 acres of land in
Colorado heretofore included in coal
Withdrawals.
All first and second class postoffices
will be closed on Sundays as a result
of one provision of the new postal
appropriation bill passed by Congress
and signed by President Taft.
Orders dispatching the Tenth in
fantry from the Panama canal zone to
Nicaragua to reinforce the marines
and blue jackets were temporarily
suspended by the War Department by
direction of President Taft.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
modified the recently issued order de-
claring that no mail could be delivered
in first and second class offices on
Sundays, SO that owners of boxes can
get their mail. but no carrier or gen.
eral delivery mail can be had here
after on Sundays.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-06
SPORT.
STANDING OF WESTERN LEAGUE

Negotiating the eight-and-a half-mile
Elgin speedway in 6:51.21, Ralph de
Palma. in a Mercedes, set new rec
ord for the course
Athletic Director A. A. Stagg of the
University of Chicago has issued call
for all varsity football men to report
to him September goth.
An offer of $1,000 has been made
to Packey Mcfarland to meet Jack
Britton in twelve-round bout before
the Pilgrim Athletic Club at Boston.
Grover Hayes. lightweight of Colum.
bus. Ohio, sailed from San Francisco
for Australia, where he is scheduled
for five fights of twenty rounds each.
After lapse OF several years, dur
ing which time not race has been
run in Missouri, horse racing will be
revived there next month. The event
will be run on September 26.
Miss Ruth Chisholm Of the Euclid
Golf Club. Cleveland. made low medal
score, SO. in the qualifying round of
the Women's Western Golf champion
ship at Hinsdale. near Chicago
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-06
GEN ERAl.

Bishop Charles C. Grafton, eighty.
two, of the Fond du Lac Episcopal dio.
cese, who has ben seriously i'll of dia-
betes, is dead.
The first automobile funeral at st.
Joseph. Mo-. was that of Peter w. Dob
endo. He made the request that only
automobiles be used.
Judging by the frequency of their
arrival in large parties at New York,
Scottish lassies are popular as brides
in sections of the far West.
The famous Danbury hat case,
which involves right of capital and la.
Dor under the trust laws came before
the Federal Court at Hartford. Conn.
on its second trial.
Four members of the family of JEFF
ferson Ruhlo, road worker, were
killed by lightning. which struck the
tent they were living in at De Soto
Mo. A grown son was severely
burned
Michael Armbruster objected to AL
bert Silvan doing the bear dance at a
picnic at Pittsburg, Pa. Silvan killed
Armbruster, and several more were
hurt in the riot that followed.
Mrs. Caroline Beers, forty, who said
she was rom Greenville, Ohio, was ar
rested b, Pittsburg detectives at the
Southern hotel at Columbus, Ohio.
while waiting for President Taft with
two long knives concealed in her
clothing.
John Jacob Astor. the posthumous
heir of the late John Jacob Astor, who
went down with the Titanic, was for.
mally served in New York with papers
in legal proceedings for the re-probat-
ing of the will left by his father.
The United States is face to face
with the ,gravest car famine in its his
tory. A shortage of 1888 cars by
October 25. provided only that tho
amount of traffic handled In 1909 is
furnished this year. was estimated In
a warning bulletin issued by w. A.
Garrett of Chicago.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-06
wsstsrn Newspaper Union news service.
COMING EVENTS IN COLORADO.

:, September s-s-Arkansas Valley
Fair. Rocky Ford.
September 1913 - Larimer County
Fair, Loveland.
September 1O-13-Deita County Fair
September 11-13-Fremont County
FAR and Driving Club-Cahon CITY
September 16-2I- Colorado state
Fair-PuebIo.
September 1920 western Slope
Fafr-Montrose.
sept. 1s-ao.-san Luis Valley Fair. Ala
mosa
September 19-21-DeI Norte Fair
Sept 24-2s.-CoIorado State Medical
association. Pueblo.
sept: z6.-opening Weld County Fair.
Rifle.
September 2l-27-crowiey County
Fair. Sugar City.
September 24-27-Ias Animas County
Falr-Trinidad.
September 24-27-Mesa County In
tion.
September 24-27-colorado and New
Mexico Fair and Indian Carnivai-Du-
range.
September 24-27-Hotchkiss Fair
Hotchkiss.
September 25-27-san Luis Valley
Fair-Monte Vista.
Oct ober 14-19-Festival of Mountain
and Plain-Denver.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-06
News Summary of the Past Week

Amendments to the interstate COM
merce law, which would divorce abso-
lutely common carriers on land from
those on the water. by prohibiting
common ownership and putting water
carriers under the Jurisdiction of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
were recommended In one of the reso-
lutions offered at the etrans-Mississippi
congress at Salt Lake.
Marcus Pollasky, arrested when he
refused to pay taxi bill Of $14.10 in
Chicago. had in his pockets $250.000 in
notes. but only $1.15 in currency.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-06
FLOODS psLuee TOWNS.
Fsrsy-sIx Drowned In Pennsylvania,
:s0hio.' Virginia and Wisconsin
Towns.

-Pittsburg, Pa.-At least thirty-six
known to be dead and eleven others
believed to have perished are the re-
suits of terrific storm which swept
western .and northern Pennsylvania,
the Pan Handle district OF West vir-
ginIn and q section Of eastern Ohio.
The money loss is estimated at over
3, 500. 900.
latest reports from the various dis
tricts give the following table of ia.
taTItfes:
Golfers, w. Va, nineteen dead.
Cherry Valley. Pa. six drowned.
Burgettstown Pa, four drowned.
Avella. Pa. three drowned.
Cannonsburg. Pa. three drowned.
Woodlawn. Pa. one drowned.
At Ford City, Pa, a dozen houses
were washed from their foundations.
Lightning struck score of houses.
and McGrahn. suburb, is under three
to five feet of water.
SIX persons were killed. two serious
iy injured and twenty-one slightly in
jured when train No. 112. on the Lake
Shore division Of the Chicago & North
western. railway, was derailed near
Lyndhurst. Wis. as the result of a
washout due to cloudburst.
Epnr;wer killed and twenty.six In
1ured in a wreck on the C. st. p. NJ. &
o. Mt Camp Douglas, Wis.
At CoIliers. W. ". where nineteen
persons were drowned. cloudburst
devastated the valley in which the
town is situated.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-06
FOREIGN.

Ethel Roosevelt is the guest at OF
tawa. Ontario. of Sir Wilfrid and Lady
Laurier.
Charles T. Weymann. the American
aviator, won the principal event Of the
hydro-aeroplane meeting at Saint
Malo.
The United States transport Liscom
sank at Shanghai. China. alongside the
wharf. where she is lying in forty feet
of water.
One of the greatest crowds London
ever saw attended the funeral of Cen
eral William Booth, head OF the Sal
walton Army.
Dispatches received from the Portu-
guese town of Aldeia Obispo tell of
the putting to death OF a priest by an
infuriated mob
The Pope is about to create new
American cardinal who is to reside in
Rome. according to special dispatch
received at Paris.
The London board of trade made it
a misdemeanor punishable by two
years Imprisonment for a sea captain
to fail to give all possible aid to a dis
tressed vessel.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-06

Miss Caroline Painter Of Midlothian
retained her title of champion OF the
Women's Western Golf Association at,
Hinsdale, near Chicago. by defeating
Miss Ruth Chisholm of Cleveland, UP
in the final match.
California's sweep of the lawn ten
mis- honors of the country was complet.
ed at Newport. R. l., when Maurice E.
Mclaughlin of San Francisco. won the
championship in singles by defeating
Wallace F. Johnson of Philadelphia in
three out of five sets. The scores were
3-6. 2-6. 6-3. GA. 6-2.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-06
GOES TO HIS DEATH WITHOUT
THE ouIvER OF A
MUSCLE.
KILLED W. C. BURROWES
INSISTS TO THE LAST UPON HIS
INNOCENCE OF INTEN-
TIoNAL MURDER.
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western Newspaper Union News Service
Canon City, Colo.--Lewis J. wechter
II dead. The end came after twenty
four hours OF agony. the suspense Of
which was worse than death.
'~fhank Cod it's over. but l am in
nocent." the slayer of Clifford Bur
roYes murmured just before he swung
from the scaffold behind the cold gray
walls of the penitentiary here.
His face drawn and his eyes staring
odtH almost sightless from their sunken
sdcxets. trying bravely to make his
iimpid body stand erect. making one
laAt feeble effort to click his heels to-
get1er as he stood on the death-trap.
Wechter collapsed from exhaustion as
the. black cap was pulled over his
head and he was jerked into eternity
almost unconscious.
'1f 1t had been last night l could
have been brave and met this terrible
fate like one Of Uncle ans Sailors"
Wechter murmured to the death-xatch
when the last summons came. But
the strain has been too great. l am
all done for. and can't make it,"
But wechter did make" the scaf-
fold. 1t was last brave effort. Even
as he mounted the scaffold stairs he
rallied his last ebbing strength and
walked unassisted to the gallows and
stood under the dangling moose. Then
the collapse came.
The little band of watchers shud-
dered as the trap was sprung and the
body of the former sailor dropped
down and then stopped with a sicken-
Ing jerk There was twitching of
the muscles in the arms. which were
bound to the sides of the sailor. and
then the rigid muscles frightened. and
all, was over. The law had eacted its
toll for the staying of the hardware
salesman I'm the White House Cafe ON
the night of February IL. 1911
The little group standing by dis
persed sadly.
The body OF the former member of
Uncle Sans navy was packed in
great silver-mounted casket that was
In readiness. casket that the exc
cuted murderer had paid for from the
pension the United States gave for
bravery and disability in service. At
taches of the prison then bore the
casket to the prison hospital and then
It later was laid away in the prison
burial plot.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-09-06
Weeks News from All Over Colorado

over and seriously injured in Denver by
an electric runabout driven by Mrs.
z. L. Jessup, a society woman.
The last stone which the d. A. R.
will erect to mark the old historic
Santa Fe trail will be triumphantly
unveiled Thursday. September IL. on
the site of Fort Bent in Otero county
Superintendent William w. Tweed
dale and Alfred Rubin. assistant pit
boss of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Com
pany, were killed by an explosion of
gas in the Frisco mine, near Piedmont.
The canning of tomatoes is now in
progress at the Rocky Ford factory.
and a force of some thirty women be-
sides a number of men are at work
and tomatoes are coming in in good
quantities and are of excellent quality.
Arapahoe county is out Of debt, it's
revenues and those of the officers
charged with the administration Of Its
affairs have been larger for the last
year than ever before and on every
hand the county appears to be on the
top wave of prosperity.
Reports reached the sheriff's office
at Greeley that Lefty LOUIE" the
much wanted fugitive from Justice in
connection with the murder OF Rosen-
thai. the gambler. in New York City.
had been seen in La Plata City. twelve
miles west of Durango.
Taking their plunder to the Greeley
cemetery, where they sorted and
sacked 1t. thieves picked 200 ripe wa
termelons from the patch of l. r. Koes
ling, two miles east of that city, and
finished their job by destroying all
the green melons and vines in the
field.
Charles Ledingham, nine, received
1900 volts of electricity through his
arm at the top of high power pole
at Fort Collins. extricated himself and
descended to the ground in safety. The
flesh was burned off to the bone and
the boy suffered intense agony, but
will recover.
A fire at Cucharas Junction, forty
miles north of Trinidad. destroyed tho
Rio Grande station, postoffice and the
general mercantile store of William
Stevens. Mail and express packages
valued at several thousand dollars
were burned. The total loss is esti-
mated at 100000 to $4,000. partial
ly insured.
With the day set for his wedding
less than two weeks away, w. s. Bag
nell. an automobile man from ST.
Louis. died at Colorado Springs. as re-
suit of injuries sustained in an auto
mobile accident which occurred two
miles north of Colorado Springs while
he and G. H. Boeck were returning
from a trip to Denver.