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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-19

contest with the Corvallis High school
team in Wagner's hall tonight, Fri
day, on the question, Resolved that
the grammar school students of the
public schools of Oregon should be
supplied with free text books. Falls
City will take the negative side Of
the question.
A. Porter, who is surveying the log
ging railroad near Pedee, spent Sun
day with his family in this city.
U. S. Loughary of Dallas, visited
relatives in this city Tuesday.
Robert Sears, of Dallas, spent
Tuesday in Falls City.
George Fuller was up from Dallas
Tuesday.
John Courier made a trip to Dali
las Sunday
Miss Maude Montgomery, of Dali
las, visited her mother, Mrs. A.
Montgomery, over Sunday.
Mrs Paul ]. Sheppard returned
Sunday from a visit in Portland
Rev. F. M. Waehlte of the Meth
odist church, has returned from
weeks visit at San Jose, California.
Mrs. Mary Snyder, the wife of Jer-
ry Snyder, of this city, died at her
home in Falls City, Monday morn
ing at o'clock, from heart disease
and infirmities. She came to this
city from Los Angeles, California, in
1911 and was married to Mr. Snyder |
in the same year. She was native
of Ohio, born in 1914. She has been |
married twice and leaves two chill
dren from her first union. She was
an enthusiastic member of the Meth
odist church and was an active
worker in the Ladies Aid society.
Burial will take place in Los An
geles
Charles Hartung, the enterprising
tailor, was in Dallas on business the
fore part of the week.
Bert Wonderly, of the Siletz Ba-
sin, was in this city Monday and re-
ports that the snow is thirty inches
deep on his claim, but melting rap
idly.
|
atives in Portland.
Funeral Director r. L. Chapman,
Of Dallas, made a professional trip
to this city Tuesday.
George Gerlinger, of Dallas, spent
Tuesday in this city.
Fred Zuver went to Black Rock,
Wednesday.
Mrs. S. L. Eddy, of Portland, Wis
ted Mr.. and Mrs. W. r. Hinshaw, {
/ few days this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Fisher and {
children of Field Home, Alberta, have I
1een visiting Mr.. and Mrs O. L.
Carey on their farm near this city. |
Miss Mabel Stowe, who has been /
listing Mr.. and Mrs. O.. L. Frink, +
'eturned to her home in Dallas Mon e
lay
George Brown transacted business a
n Dallas Monday. v
Mrs. Walter Williams and Mrs. o
Pearl Shaw, of Dallas. are visiting
ir. and Mrs. c. c. Powell.
Zimri Hinshaw came out from the b
iletz Basin Monday.
A. V. r. Snyder of Dallas, trans 2
cted business in Falls City Monday o
A, L. Porter, the civil engineer,
made a business trip to Dallas Mon r
ay. fl
John Charles is conducting the il
lartung furnishing store in the alb n
ence of the proprietor
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-19

horse when last seem
ford the creek and thai ! d
ried down stream. Tbo = was "
found later grazing on u. AVie VI
the creek. DaaGl Il
The body was taken q ~.
from where it will be tato. "A'aaa
land. rat'
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-19

If your children are subject to at
tacks OF Group, watch for the first
symptom, hoarseness. Give Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy as soon as
the child becomes hoarse and the
attack may be warded off. For sale
by all dealers.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-19
Satisfaction OF MORTGAGE

The Observer has added Satisfaction
Of Mortgage to its stock of legal
blanks. Notaries and attorneys NAV
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, 1912-01-19
DR.. Bells Pine-Tsr-Houev

Is household word III every state
m the union as well as in several
foreign countries. For Grippe. Colds.
coughs. Asthma and throat troubles
It Is the best. Look for the Bell on
the bottle. For sale at Stafrin's
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-19
Millions of Bottle.

of DR.. Bells Pine-Tar.Ho...
annually is good evidence tb,t !. y !
a good remedy for LagriUDp ~ -.
colds and all throat and h,.,l1lI ,,i'a
troubles. Look for the Bell '' ! \
bottle. AT Stafrin's drug stom : Y
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-19
When You See the Bell

On the bottle You have our guaran-
tee that you are getting the best
cough and cold remedy. DIR. Bell 5
PIne-Tar-Honey has millions of sat
lshed users. Sold at Stafrin's drug
store.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-19

Mrs John Waugh was visiting in
Independence the first OF the week.
William I'm is working for ". A.
Morrison
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-19
Engraving.

Orders for engraved visiting cards.
invitations or announcements. nav
be left at Observer Office. Prompt
deliveries and reasonable rates pre-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-19

Mr. Landsn Is very busy starting
the stumps OF the land he has clear
ed. The river Is high enough 10
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-01-19
HIGH WATERS CAUSE DEATH
H. Freiwald. Homesteader Near
sheridan. Caught in FIood.

sheridan. Or. Jan. Is.-The boav
Of II. Freiwald. OF Portland. a home
The Washington herald., 1912-09-20
KABITZKE FAILS
TO PASS TEST
Plans to Try Again To-day-0rville
Wright Says Flying Is Safer
Than Motoring.

At the first attempt, William Kabitzke
succeeded in ascending 1900 feet in AZ
minutes in the new Baby Wright aero
plane at College Park yesterday after
noon. The government requirement is an
ascension of 1.sOO feet in , minutes. and
Kabitzke again will attempt to pass the
test to-day.
Orville Wright. who visited the avia-
ton field yesterday, expressed the opin-
ion that the dangers of flying are great
ly exaggerated He declared that aero
planes are safer than automobiles He
also stated that our army fliers are more
careful than foreign avfators.
Ten applications for detail to the fly
ing squad at the War College have been
received from various officers. These
are very welcome, as a scarcity OF avia-
tors Is one OF the difficulties which has
restrained the development OF flying IN
the army.
One OF these applications is from
Lieut.. Sherman. who Is an experienced
aviator. having received his pilots
license two months ago. He probably
will begin flying at the War College to-
morrow.
Col George Scriven. chief OF the Sig
nal Corps, and Gen. Leonard Wood will
visit College Park to-day and later will
go to the War College. where Gen. Wood
will mako fight in a hydro-aeroplane
with Lieut.. Harry Arnold.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-20
BARRETT SOUNDS
NOTE OF WARNING
Americans Must Prepare for Open
ing of Panama Canal to Pre-
serve Business Interests.

Director John Barrett, OF the PAN
American Union, yesterday issued
statement urging the people of this coun-
try. particularly shippers. manufacturers,
and trades people, to get ready to take
the greatest possible advantage Of the
Panama Canal when II opens about a
year and half hence. Mr.. Barret thinks
this nation will be behind others in the
race for the world commerce which the
canal will make possible unless they are
up and doing. In part Mr.. Barrett says:
only about year and a half remains
before the Panama Canal will be open
to commercial traffic. Unless the manu-
featuring. exporting. importing. and ship
ping interests OF the United States exert
themselves TO the limit during the next
eighteen months they will find that they
will be distanced from the start by for
eign competitors in deriving practical ad-
developing field Of Latin America"
Mr.. Barrett goes on to say that from
a careful study of the situation in for
eign countries he finds the following
facts to be true:
Every important port of Great Britain.
France. Germany, Holland. Belgium,
Scandinavia. Spain, Italy, and Austria is
efficiency for oversee commerce.
Every European shipbuilding yard of
recognized standing is busy to its capac-
ity constructing ocean-going merchant
vessels.
European governments are instructing
their diplomatic and consular agents to
study and report upon every phase of
trade opportunity expected to result from
the canal.
In Japan, three steamship companies
are building vessels for the canal, and
Japanese banks are considering the open
ing of branches in Latin America.
The west. or Pacific Coast, of South
America, reaching 5000 miles south from
Panama. is showing great preliminary
activity"
Mr.. Barrett's conclusion is summed up
in the statement that, while the United
States government and some Of its COM
mercial organizations and interests are
doing much to get ready for the canal
and to develop Pan-American trade, and
deserve great credit for what they are
doing, they must, in view of these facts,
redouble and extend their efforts. Other
wise, they will tail the international race
for the trade Of the Panama Canal and
Latin America.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-20
Why Immigrants Prefer Cities.

The report by the Census Bureau that
II per cent of the immigrants to this
country settle in the region north of
the Potomac and Ohio and east Of the
Mississippi may not reflect the condi-
ton we would like to see prevail, but
it is the truth.
The peasant of Europe who abandons
his old home and friends to establish
himself in America seeks to better his
economic condition. He is looking for
higher wage for his labor. In most
cases his labor is the only capital he
possesses. He is unskilled in the work
of industrial America. But he has a
strong body and that makes him useful
in the mills and mines of this country.
The industrial center of America is
confined principally to the northeastern
part of the United States, the section
in which the II per cent of immigrants
settle But they will leave the crowded
cities and go into the country just as
soon as the country offers them in ma
terial> return as big a reward for their
labor as the city does. Until that re-
ward is in sight it will do no good to
make speeches and distribute pamphlets
The era of free land in America is
about at an end. The propertyless man
must work for wages, and the section
paying the highest wages will draw
him
The Washington herald., 1912-09-20
The Harvester Trust.

The Harvester Trust has furnished a
harvest for crickets and grasshoppers,
thanks to the sweetening in the binder
twine it sold to the farmers. The bill
of fare was not only attractive, but ex-
: pensive, costing the company several
millions, to say nothing of the losses
accruing to the farmers. But the SI4o,-
100000 corporation lived to tell this tale
and others not less interesting, fur
nished at the hearing Tuesday in Chi
cago on the question why that trust
should not be dissolved.
For ten years the stockholders of the
concern handed the corporation over, as
it were, TO a voting trust of three,
Messrs. Perkins, Deering, and McCor-
mick The effect was identical with what
would have happened had there been a
gift, instead of a voting trust, so abso-
lutte was the power vested in the three.
Then was formed another company for
selling purposes, of the destinies of
which Perkins. Deering, and McCor-
mick also became the arbiters
To make assurance doubly sure, when
a finance committee was created. Mr..
Perkins was elected chairman. and four
of the six members were directors of
the United States Steel Corporation.
This is part OF the case set forth by
the government in its effort to per-
suade the Federal examiner that it is
assailing real trust, and it must be
admitted that Mr. Perkins knew how
to fortify himself For the Assistant
Attorney General. who is managing the
prosecution, took occasion to announce
that the government never calls as wit
nesses in civil suit any persons who
may be prosecuted in criminal proceed
ings growing out of the same suit.
What that statement signifies is easy
of interpretation 1t more than hints at
criminal prosecution. That the Attorney
General has Mr.. Perkins principally in
mind may be taken for granted, for the
greater the power the greater the re-
sponsibility, and the word of Mr.. Per-
kins was unquestionably law in distrib-
uting farming implements as we'll as in
making them. That would provoke a
storm on the part of the third term
candidate. There is hardly any atrocity
he would not charge against the govern
ment. 1t is almost worth while that
this be done, if only for the purpose of
inducing such tempest which would be
impressive, if not terrifying.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-20
EXTEND FREE DELIVERY ZONE.
Railroad Companies Make New
Boundaries.

By order OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission. the Baltimore & Ohio and
Pennsylvania Railroads have extended
their zone for the free delivery Of freight
so as TO include the business establish
nents along Fourteenth Street North
west between Florida Avenue and Park
Road
The extension Of the zone was the re-
suit of a long fight by the citizens Of
Columbia Heights and environs. aided by
The Washington Herald. For many
years the free zone boundary has been
Florida Avenue, despite the fact that Co.
lumbia Heights was much nearer the
freight stations than Georgetown, where
delivery was made without charge
The free delivery zone boundaries now
i'll effect are as follows: Beginning at
and E Streets Southeast, run
ming north on Nineteenth Street TO
Florida Avenue: west on Florida Avenue
to Brentwood Road; north on Brent
wood Road to T Street: west on Street
to LeDroit Avenue; north on LeDrolt
Avenue to Pomeroy Street: west on
P"meroy Street TO Seventh Street: south
On Seventh Street to Florida Avenue, fol-
lowing the line OF Florida Avenue to p
Street bridge, across Rock Creek dn-
cluding also both sides of Fourteenth
Street between Florida Avenue and Park
Road: west on Street TO Twenty
eighth Street; north on Twenty-efshth
Street to U Street: west on U Street to
Ihirty-seventh Street: south on Thirty
seventh Street to the Potomac River. in
Guiding Georgetown University; thence
following the wharf lines Of the Potomac
River and Eastern Branch (Anacostia
RiveD TO Pennsylvania Avenue South
east; thence following the western and
northern boundary of the Congressional
Cemetery to Nineteenth and E Streets
Southeast
The Washington herald., 1912-09-20
verrnont.ohio, a Comparison.

The prediction that Ohio might vote
for a Democratic President is pretty
nearly in the same category as one that
Vermont might go Democratic or Texas
Republican. The nearest that the Dem
ocrats have come to carrying the State
in a Presidential election was in 1892,
when Mr.. Cleveland's vote was only
about 1000 smaller than Mr.. Harrison's.
Therefore the estimate that the Ohio
leaders for both Mr.. Taft and Mr..
Roosevelt concede that Mr. Wilson will
carry the State in November is bound
to attract attention Prophecy as to cleo
ton figures is uncertain, but some of
the conditions described are so like
those observed in Vermont before its
September election that Democrats may
we'll take heart. Suggestive is the fact
that there is no trace of excitement in
the State, except among the politicians
whose jobs are involved. The voters
are calm. So they were in Vermont
There is no tariff scare in Ohio. There
was none in Vermont.
VIXEN Mark Hanna carried Ohio and
the country for Mr.. Mckinley in 1896,
he filled both these States with the
slogan of "the full dinner pail" before
the middle of September. People both in
Ohio and in Vermont believed that
American industries, as we'll as Ameri-
can credit, were endangered by Mr..
Bryan's candidacy. and they piled up
Republican majorities in accord with
their convictions. This year there is
no such feeling, and in Vermont some
5000 Republicans voted for a Democrat
for Governor in addition to the 10000
who voted for the Roosevelt candidate.
The belief that Mr.. Roosevelt was
going to draw votes from the Democrats
was controverted so far as Vernon:
was concerned There is the same dis
inclination of Democrats in Ohio to
vote for the third term candidate. They
elected Gov Harmon by 10000, and
they feel inclined to stick by their party
and his. not being disaffected by the
failure of their Governor to secure the
nomination at Baltimore
The Roosevelt vote in Ohio will be
large, but the indications are that it
will be drawn mainly from the Repub-
licans. Thus that divided party is faced
by united opposition, as it was in
Vermont, while the Ohio electorate has
proved much more fluid than that rooted
in the Green Mountains. Any such per-
centage of change in the Taft vote of
four years ago as occurred in Yer
mont would give the State 20 Wilson,
but political percentages often are de-
ceitful.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-20
Machine Politician Primaries.

The absence of interest in Tuesdays
primaries in New York City illustrates
the futility of direct primary legislation
that is the result of the contrivances of
machine politicians. Even an honest
direct primary law must fall short of
accomplishing what is intended, unless
it also embodies the idea of the short
ballot movement.
To attract citizens to the polls. there
must be something to be accomplished
which is both important and intelligi-
ble If you don't know what you can
get or get at by voting, or if you do
know that what you can get is of no
consequence in the matters that are of
real interest to the public, you are not
going to get up great deal of excite
ment about the matter.
If the people had been called upon to
choose nominees for Governor, there
would have been interest enough in the
primaries. AS it is, both in the Re-
publican and in the Democratic party
they have to stand by while political
managers, in whom they have no con-
idence, are fixing up their states, and
do the best they can to influence those
magnates toward right conduct by
threatening to smash the states if they
are too corrupt.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-20
LO is 1 A N A
~ GEORGE FITCH.
Author Of cat Good Old siwaah.s

Louisiana 10 q naturalized member Of
the United States. having imfnigrated
from France in 1903. It still has strong
French accent and is full OF rivers.
towns. and citizens whose names cannot
be pronounced without the assistance Of
the shoulders and eyebrows.
Louisiana consists largely Of the termi-
nal facilities of the Mississippi River
and, In fact, has been made by this river
during its idle moments during the last
few million years. 1t is the only State
which is growing in size as well as popu-
lation. 1t has only 1900 square miles.
but is large for its age, having acquired
several counties In the last few centuries
by the growth OF the delta country.
Louisiana was discovered by the Span
ish. settled by the French. captured by
the English. ceded back to the French,
bought by the United States. converted
by the Confederacy. and finally hauled
back into the union by the scrun OF the
neck and Ben Butler. It has lived under
fve flags. and for a time the cautious
man didn't hang out the flag Of his coun-
try until he looked in the newspaper
and found out what his country was
that day.
Louisiana is ono of our national curl
osities. 1t has the only elevated river
system in the country. the Mississippi
flowing through II so far above the land
that the careless citizen has to climb
up to II on a ladder in order to fall in.
Louisiana has more miles OF navigable
rivers than II has railroads. It has
parishes instead of counties. 1t has more
pine land than cotton land. more swamps
than farms, more monsieurs than
misters, and more steamboats, than au-
tomobiles.
In Louisiana the society people live in
the country and the rustics gawk at
them from the streets Of the cities. The
The Washington herald., 1912-09-20
HUGH s. GIBSON
GOES TO BRUSSELS
Charge Who Figured in Havana In
cident Receives Promotion.
Other Diplomatic Changes.

A number OF important promotions In
the United States Diplomatic Service
were announced at the State Department
yesterday. Included in them Is the ad-
vancement OF Hugh S. Gibson to be sec
retary Of legation at Brussels. As charge
d'afraires AZ Havana he recently figured
largely in the relations between this gov
eminent and Cuba, owing TO the personal
assault upon upon him by a Havana re-
porter. and the steps taken by this gov
eminent to obtain proper apology from
the Gomez administration and the pun
ishment Of the offender. It has been well
known for some time. IN view of the ex-
treme satisfaction with which the State
Department has looked upon Mr.. Glib
sons work In Havana. that he would
receive substantial promotion at the
earliest opportunity. Mr.. Gibson Is from
California He has served at the en-
hassy in London and Tegucigalpa, Hon
duras. and was for more than a year con-
fdential secretary TO Assistant Secretary
of State Huntington Wilson
Fred W. Carpenter, formerly secretary
to President Taft. and now Minister to
Morocco. is appointed 20 be Minister to
Siam. succeeding Hamilton King. who
died suddenly at his post a few weeks
ago.
Irwin B. Laughlin. of Pennsylvania
now secretary OF the embassy at Berlin.
IS appointed secretary Of the embassy
at London.
Joseph c. Crew. Of Massachusetts, goes
to the embassy at Berlin. from his DOS,
as secretary OF the Vienna Emhas ssy. L.
Grant Smith. OF Pennsylvania. now secre-
tary OF the legation at Brussels. becomes
secretary at Vienna. J. Butler Wright.
OF Wyoming. now on special duty IN the
Department OF State, succeeds Mr.. Gb-
son as secretary at Havana
The Washington herald., 1912-09-20
PUBLISHING PLANS
OUTLINED D.FOR YEAR
Seventh-day Adventists Propose to
Garry Campaign All Over
the World.

Extensive plans were outlined for the
advancement Of the publishing feature
OF the denomination throughout the
world In yesterdays afternoon session of
the annual council OF the general confer
ence OF the Seventh-day Adventists in
Washington Foreign Mission Seminary at
Takoma Park. One OF the most impor-
tant plans adopted was that OF selecting
and training young men as general and
field missionary agents and placing them
the great fields of the world are manned
for handling the circulation OF gospel
literature thoroughly.
A Vigorous campaign will be conducted
this winter by the managers OF the vari-
Gus publishing houses in the United
States to organize the magazine work
under the direction OF field agents. n
was stated that more earnest efforts
will be put forth by the leaders in this
campaign TO have the circulation OF these
different magazines considerably in
creased
1t was also decided TO issue subscrip-
ton books from all the publishing
houses in this country IN uniform bind
ings. and have a uniform retail price
for both the United States and Canada
1t was further decided that each pub
fishing house would furnish to any other
publishing house signatures Of such sub
scription books as it prints at cost OF
manufacture, plus initial expense.
The morning session was given over to
the consideration OF the items Of the
Treasury Department. II was stated by
". T. Knox. treasurer. that nearly
s350. 900 was received into the treasury of
the general conference during the past
eight months, for the furtherance OF the
gospel in foreign lands. Over $4,000 Of
this amount has been donated in free
will offerings, through what is known as
the ffteen-cent-a-week fund. which has
been set aside exclusively for missionary
effort in other countries than the United
States and Canada
The total was swelled to s323. .52o. % from
the surplus tithe In different conferences.
the Union Conference tithe, and miscel-
laneous sources, Treasurer Knox giving
a very comprehensive report OF the way
this vast amount was disbursed- Among
the countries that have benefited from
the distribution OF this fund are the
Bahamas, the Canary Islands. China,
India, Japan, Korea, the Malay settle
ments, Mexico. the Philippine Islands.
South Africa. West Africa, the West
Indies, Brazil. and other countries of
South America.