Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-10-11
BUSY SECTION OF MILL STREET
is LURE FOR NEWS-HUNTER;
EVERYBODY WORKS IN
CLUDTNG FATHER.
FLOUR, FOUNDRY, FURNITURE
Mill Handles Biggest Wheat Crop;
Foundry People Busy on Odd Jobs;
Coad's Cabinet Works Turn Out
Equipment For New School De-
partment.
(By Cedarquill)

over against the water fiume where
Mill street loses itself amongst the
buildings, and the hop yards, and the
houses; over where the thin stream
of water >flched from the laughing
LaCreole or "Rickreall" or whatever
you wish to call it, slips again into
it's natural bed, there is busy sec
! ton of this busy city, There is
something doing there all the time.
+ If it isn't doing in the mechanical
| line, it is in other ways, for you can
drop into the mill office and listen
4 to Uncle Jim Sweeney and his stor-
| ies-that is entertainment enough for
one day.
! But just now there is no time for
stories over in this manufacturing
! center' Everybody's busy now, in
cluding Father" At the Sweeney
Bros mill they are running all the
time and the smile of prosperity sits
serenely on the face of both Demo-
cratic proprietors, as they view the
Joys and the incoming dollars of these
piping Republican times. They new
er handled a bigger wheat crop, they
say, and they have handled so much
that they've stopped buying because
they have no place to store any more.
It's a good wheat crop too, Uncle
Jim declares and he knows. The
mills business has greatly increased
over former years which is flatter-
ing testimonial to the value of it's
product. Everything looks prosper
Gus around the plant-even the dog
7 .11rr Ia n
CHEEKY sort of way.
Busy at the Foundry.
They're busy at the foundry, too
No big jobs are in sight right now
not that the company isn't fixed to
handle them, for they have handled
them in the past-but just plenty Of
work of all sorts. When the writer
called the other day Ralph Morrison
and another workman We're engaged
in putting together an Immense cleo
trio sign which the Oregon Power
company will swing to the breeze in
front of their office, and Frank Wing
with a soldering icter and a can of
vaseline was assisting on the fancy
stunts-Frank is strong for the span
giles. The Dallas Foundry IS one of
the best equipped in the whole valley
and Manager Morrison says they can
handle anything from a "leadpipe
cinch" to Ralph Adams lamented
gasoline engine.
Working at the Planning Mill.
But no. it isn't exactly a planning
mill"-it's a cabinet shop, where they
build nice furniture, and lots Of it,
That's the sort of a place that our
genial friend Frank Coad operates
Say. there's plenty doing there, too
Just now the force is working on the
equipment for the Domestic Science
department for the high school,
There is a lot of this work, for the
new department will be fitted up in
the most modern manner, the Dallas
graduates of this useful branch Of
knowledge must be up to the best
quirks i'm the science of the kitchen
and the home.
Complete new equipment for the
Falls City postoffice has just been de-
livered from the cabinet plant and
the citizens of that city, and the boss
of the pOstoffice. are all pleased with
the job. Aside from the school equip-
ment there is much work being done
for the different buildings about the
city. including the Carnegie library
The matter of the interior furnish
ings for this building has not been
settled Mr.. Coad will go to Port
land some Of these DAYS to inspect
the furnishings Of a new library there
and he may decide to build the same
sort Of equipment here. He can do
Il all right. for he can make anything
in the furniture line or practically in
any other line. II it's made Of wood.
SO that's the layout over against
the end Of Mil street. and you're well
come to investigate. You'll find the
bunch ready to welcome you and
some Of 'em may stop long enough
to hand you a little OF the stun they
peddle 20 all who travel that way.
but IL win be an interesting journey.
nevertheless. and you'll probably find
things down that way that you never
even guessed that Dallas possessed.