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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-09
PROSPECTS bright
FOR FACTORY
NEW ELECTRIC LIGHT SOCKET
TO BE MADE HERE.
Product to be Put on Market Within
Next Six Months--Stock Now Be-
ing Sold to Dallas Men.

Prospects for the establishment or
a factory in Dallas for the manufaet-
ure of an improved form OF incandes-
cent electric light socket are extreme
lv favorable, according to c. w. Min
mich, manager of the newly organiz-
ed Adiustible Electric Socket COM
pany. of this city AS already pub
Iished several weeks ago in The Op-
server, the company is the owner OF
a patent covering one of the most
valuable inventions that the electrical
world has seen in a number OF years.
II consists of a socket or base for the
ordinary incandescent lamp, wherein
by an ingenious and yet simple ar
rangement, the intensity of the llght
may be varied at will from the full
indicated candlepower of the lamp
to complete darkness. A pull OF the
cord regulates the light with the
same ease that governs the movement
Of a wick of the old style kerosene
light burner. Many attempts nave
heen made to obtain such result
in electric nBhInBf but Wis
first time that it has been accom-
plished. Electrical engineers ana
electric light experts have examined
its workings and have pronounced IL
entirely practicable. The inventor Is
the man who designed the well known
..Hylon electric socket which has been
on the market for number OF years
and has had a large sale.
Mr.. Minnich is now looking Tor OF
fees and for a factory site In TINS
CITY. and in an interview with The
Observer he stated that he expected
70 have the sockets on the market
within the next six monts. As soon
as in operation, from rs to 80 men
will be employed. and as fast as pos
sible the plant will be enlarged 70
keen pace with the demand for the
output
The sale OF stock in the new com
many has been started and a number
Of Dalias business men have invest
ed in shares in 1t. Mr.. Minnieh wen
70 Portland wednesday afternoon e
arrange a number of details In con
nectlon with the enterprise.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-09
BIC MEETING FOR
PYTH|ANS
KNIGHTS FROM SALEM, FALLS
CITY AND INDEPENDENCE.
Grand Chancellor Wrightman TO be
Present: Salem and falls III! :"
Use Special Trains.

Unless all signs fail there will be
between so and 100 visiting Knights
~ Pvthias in Dallas tonight to par
take Of the hospitality Of the local
1,ratbren of Marmion lodge, and as
sist in comforting the ranks OF Is
oufre and knight upon several canoi-
dates. Special trains will bring the
E-niobts here from Salem. Falls City
and Independence.
Headed by Grand Chancellor r. l.
VUr,ghtnap. Of the domain Of oregon
and Grand Keeper Of Records and
sal stinson. the Salem delegation
Iii come over more than 25 strong
,s,-inq made arrangements for the
cbartering Of a special motor car .
make the trip. Members from + ail'
Citv and Independence will also az
ts,5 in body and in the latter case
a. Least will return by special tram
- their homes after the eeremonle'
- ~. evening have been finished
Igpcheon TO be Feature.
Following the cOnferring Of th'
-. tbere will be a luncheon sup
- nv Afarmion lodge al Thiei
--..-bes and the mutual expressioi
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-09
HOMESEEKERS BEGINNING
TO REACH POLK COUNTY
Advance Guard Of Land Buyers Pur-
chase Valuable Tracts Near
City Of Dallas.

The advance guard Of the spring
rush Of homeseekers is beginning 10
find its way to Dallas. and from the
start that has already been made u
is expected that the number VIII De
much larger this year than ever De-
fore.
Through the agency OF H. q.
Campbell. Is acres Of the 4 NJ.
Knight place one mile east OF this
citv has been sold at a good figure
10 r. II. Neal. lately Of Turner. IL
ls probable that the remaining por-
ton Of the same place viii be taken
later BY Mr.. Neal
Another sale made b. AR. Camp
he'll vas that Of the farm Of Julius
Miller. three and one-haif miles
southwest Of town. The purchases
Vas Allen Reed. who comes IRON
Afontana-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-09
BIC Cement PLANT.
IS EXPECTED
COMMITTEE PLANNING FOR SALE
OF STOCK HERE.
Preliminary Details Being Worked
out to Insure Establishment of
S75O,OOO Concern.
Being Worked

The proposition to establish lzOV
barrel capacity cement plant in this
city is rapidly assuming definite
shape. Since the matter was brought
to the attention of the Commerclal
club at its meeting last week, the
special committee appointed from the
club at that time has been making
efforts TO outline plan to place pc.
fore the club for its cooperation, and
IL appears now that it will not be
long before the local sales of stock
will commence. The committee nam
ed by the Commercial club Is COM
posed of George Gerlinger. W. V. Full
Ter and w. A. Ayres. Mr.. Gerlinger
has made several visits to Portland
lately to carry on the work OF inVes-
tigation for which the committee was
delegated, and while the plans have
not been FULLY matured, 1t is under
stood that it Is only a short time un-
til they will be.
AS published in The Observer at
the time, wealthy Missouri and Kan
sas owners Of cement manufactures
have quietly acquired a large body Of
very fine cement rock in the immedi-
ate vicinity of Dallas. They propose
to spend s750,000 here in equippins
a large cement manufacturing plant
ON condition that local people sub
scribe for capital stock in the new
company to the amount of $50.O0O.
Subscriptions Asked.
! The oregon Portland Cement Com
many as the new concern is TO b'
known. will be capitalized for $780,
900. and Dallas people have beer
asked to subscribe a portion OF ina
amount in order that local monel
and men may be interested in th'
business. AS already stated, the com
many wished TO sell $4,000 worth o
stock here, but from an unoHcA
source II is reported that the amour
NAV be reduced to $4,000.
1t is expected that the cemen
nlant will employ between 200 an
a00 men the year round, giving a pa
roll Of not less than $500 per day.
i Chairman Gerlinger made a repoT
of progress at the Commercial ciu
: meeting Wednesday night and at NJ
suggestion the committee was give
authority TO employ legal advice }
drawing I'D a contract between IN
lcompany and Dallas investors ana
e arranging details Of stock sales.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-09
DALLAS GIRL BECOMES BRIDE
Miss Cordia B. Gooch Married We'd
nesday.

AT the home Of her mother Mrs'
Amelia Gooch. 124 Court street, IN
This city. last wednesday at hign
noon Miss Cordia b. Gooch, one OF
Dallas most charming young laoles
became the bride Of Mr. r. Roy De-
Armond. Of independence. The eere-
mony wa performed in the presence
of immediate relatives by Rev Leon
I. Myers. minister Of the Church OF
Christ. The young couple VIII MAKE
their home IN Independents.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-09
OREGON MANUFACTURERS AsSO-
CATION LAUNCHES BIG
STATE MOVEMENT IN
DALLAS.

Portland and Salem Speakers Urge
Need Of Encouragement For Home
Industries as Pathway to Addition
al Prosperity; "OregOn First" But
tons Prominent i'm "MOhair City."
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-09

ordered that the bonds Of the fol-
lowing named supervisors be approx
ed. John Duignan, d. p Stapleton'
D T Peterson, william Carroll =
". Finn, Jacob Smith. n A. 1oleS'
A sampson. o. E. Warden. A Brow a. D
i \ Jones. E. Z. Hiltibrand' = >
I,eveck. Evan Evans. Henry No.n'
W r Bronson. c. D. Sheppard a
y. Brown. G. H Crawford W "a
Schaad- -. =,
ordered that the sum OF sll o
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-09

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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-09
PASSES ON
COUNTY BILLS
RoNDs OF NEW ROAD sUPERvIs-
oRs ARE APPROVED.
Amounts Ordered Credited TO County
Treasurer - Perrydale Warehouse
Bond Accepted.

The regular term Of commission
ers. court for the month of February
was held in the county court house
"Wednesday. In addition to the au-
diting Of the various bilis asai'is'
the county for services rendered IN
January. the following orders were
made:
ordered that the county treasurer
- ..-,afted as follows.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-09
=
WATER Is
superiority OF Dallas supply
Demonstrated.

. pr. Calvin S. White. Of Port
. land. state health ofhcer' mas
. proved after a chemical anaiy-
. sis that the city water Of Dali
. las is practically as pure as na-
. ture can make g. A sample
. submitted from the school ny
= drants By County suDerintend-
. ent II. c. Seymour IL declared
= 10 have only three organisms
= and no colon baciilL"
A&4&&44&444 80
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-02-09
s4+4+++%++*#+%++%+* =
= Oregon First Consumers League. +

= Oregon First Consumers League. y
=
Z The Undersigned is hereby en-
. rolled as a charter member OF
the Oregon First Consumers
Z league and agrees to give pref =
= ference in all purchases, price =
Z and quality being the same, to :
: the products of Oregon labor, =
= Oregon industries and Oregon =
I capital
+&%%**%++++ + + + + + + + + +
Upwards of 100 of the above
pledges were signed by Dallas peo-
pie at large and enthusiastic open
meeting Of the Commercial club held
in the circuit court room of the Polk
county court house Wednesday night,
following a number of stirring ad-
dresses by Portland and Salem busi-
neS men upon the MADE in Ore
son' gospel. The organization OF
the first branch of this league in the
eV Of Dallas, marks the first step
u what is destined to be a state
woe movement to educate the peo-
PIE in a buy-at-home program, the
encouragement of home industries,
ana the boosting of home capital.
Ohder the auspices of the Oregon
AAnufaeturers association meetings
" a similar import will be held in
NeV important city and town
throughout the state.
The advantage of the buying al
nome campaign were alluringly sci
urn at Wednesday nights meeting
@na Il was shown how a concerted
movement in that direction would re-
sui n building up every industry in
us STATE and thereby contributing
-.-'eiially to the prosperity of ever!
Nuzen- Business men were urged t
piseuee what they preach" and as
themselves and encourage tn
-.He buying propaganda by them
'es making that idea their slogan
1sh enthusiasm was manifest a
meeting and it is believed tina
reaching results have been attain
feature Of the evening was tn
ssnee Of the Dallas band which
- - NE leadership Of Z. S. Grant
-..ed s-lsred several choice selection
i'o-x '-'-
Names Dallas Industries.
response to the request of Co
aoier' Of Salem. Secretary Waite
.'l1e Of the Commercial clul
d statement regarding the in
-.A oi Dallas calling attention
'.et that this city had many MOI
-----eturing - enterprises than pc,
7he1ally realized. In this col
- he mentioned the big plai
- Dallas Lumber and Loggir
49, aEmm and planning mi
-. .@hnery. electric light plan
nad increased to three tim
60. size in a few months. F.
- ash and door factory. Dali
4 - - branch OF the T. 5. Tow
7elnery company. new whes
-. iaetory. tool handle facto
1-a been reopened and viii,
- sfeatT enlarged. sween
-. -i-lg NIL cigar factory. "
- neEspapers Among the /
q Prospect vas the big s75l
Bisbee daily review., 1912-08-04
POT
 STARTS 10 BOIL

Continued from Page D
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! O, UT O PI A. q
 Hodna ! #N By John T. McCutcheon.

IcopyrisAta lsl2: By John T. Nscs,cAsOA.l l
Bisbee daily review., 1912-08-04
PROSPERITY OF
 SALT LAKE CITY
 SUBJECT OF REPORT
Railroad Men Notify Head Offices in East of Bright , Conditions Obtaining
 in That Vicinity

Statistics and reports sent to gen. sral offices of the great railroads or America in New York, Chicago and other centers, prove Utah is in a most fiourishing condition. Increases from 2j to 40 per cent are shown in all branches of commerce and industries. Dry farming conditions have never been equalled.
 Reports indicate that there is a rapidly growing indifference on the part of the business part of the com mqnity to the fact that it is presi. dential year. There is no unusual demand for money. neither is there any unusual accumulation of idle funds, these two features checking each other In Salt Lake, deposits per capita are from 25 per cent 10 S2 per cent greater than in Spo-. kane, portland, Denver and Seattle. and bank clearings per capita are from 2S per cent to 43 per cent greater The reduction in freight rates from Chicago and the Mississip- pi river to Utah common points, ef- fectiye since last fall, has increased the radius of the territory served by Salt Lake jObbers about 40 per cent.
 Crop conditions are better than st any time in the states history, say the reports. The fruit crop. by reason of a backward spring, will be Increased at least 100 per cent over 1911, Grain and hay will show an increase of not less than 15 per cent and beets 10 per cent
 There are several irrigation pro jects under construction in Utah by private companies, state and national The United States Smelting, Refining and Mining company has fiOated Sl0.- O00,0OO worth of bonds for developing coal properties in Utah, and for building a railroad connecting with the Salt Lake route.
 Asphalt shipments from the Uintah reservation. handled by the Barber Asphalt company, are again moving to the east after a period of stagna tiOn-Herald Republican.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-08-04

which the presidents political enc mics cited as a proof that the upris- ing was of his contriyance, is now said to have been shouted in a spirit of derisiOn and defiance. However that may be, General Gomez, having actual knowledge of the undercapitali- zation of Estenoz and Ivonet, threw ali his forces against the insurgents, crushed them utterly and is now in position to bid for votes of his fellow citizens as the savior of the republic.
 Despite countless conferences to settle terms of fusion between the Miguelista party, and the Zayista fac tions, the liberal party appears to be as far from union as ever, and the president as implacable as ever in his opposition 10 Zayas. One of the cur iosities Of the situation is the reap pearance in the political field of Gen eTal Pino Guerra, the military hero of the revolution of August, 1906, then as now, the firm ally of Dr. Zayas.
 The attitude of the conservatives in the campaign is not well defined. It is well known that General Memo cal accepted the nomination with eX- treme reluctance and his political managers are not displaying any ac- tivity. 1t would seem probable that they may follow the line of policy Op- eniy admitted during the campaign when Jose Miguel Gomez was elected, when it was decided that a conserya- tive victory would be dangerous to the welfare of the country.
 Apparently no party is disposed to make a bid for the colored vote, which might fairly be expected to be hostile to the administration on account of the ruthless slaughter of pacific ne. groes by the troops, but apparently little animosity is felt, the colored people generally taking the view that the insurrection was not a racial movement. but a movement for politi- cal purposes by some misguided mem bers of the colored race.
 While only one known case of plague exists in Havana, the patient being eonvalescent if will probably be a long time before the sanitariums be. gin to relax their vigilance or consid- CT the question of raising the quaran- tine. Havana, however, will have en- ioyed the compensation of having been subjected to the most drastic cleansing process in its history. Moth ing like it was attempted even when the city was first occupied by the American troops in 1898. Every house in the city has been inspected and every pound of rubbish removed, in cluding all rotten flooring that might give harbor to rats, and eventually it Is hoped to make the city practically rat proof.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-08-04
OLDER THAN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION

Long before the Mormons came, however. small sections of the dryer portions of the great west were being cultivated through Irrigation. The ancient canals Of the town-dwelling Pueblo Indian tribes may still be seen in the broad valleys of the arid DOT tions of New Mexico and Arizona. On the. mesas, or highlands, of south western Colorado and the adjacent sections Of Utah, Arizona and New Mexico are to be found the remains .of the wonderful cliff dwellings, and in the little nearby valleys are the ir- rigating ditches used by the inhabi- tants -oG a thousand or more years ago
 The descendants of these tribes till a portion of the lands which were sup piled with irrigating ditehes and can als at the time when the Spanish first came into the region. They follow many of the practices of their an. cestOrs, having been influenced but slightly by contact with white set tiers, who, rather, have learned from them how to successfully cultivate the soil.
 The Mexicans of mixed Spanish and Indian blood gradually pushed up into this region, and from the neces- sities of the situation adopted irrigat- ing methods. bitches dug by them are to be found along the Rio Grande as far north as Colorado and the tri- butaries of the Arkansas River. The early Spanish missions of the Pacific coast also practiced irrigation, and in southern California particularly, are still to be seen the ruins of substant- ial masonry dams and headworks which were constructed by Indian la, Dor.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-08-04

Hundreds of thousands of acres of valuable farming land have been re- reclaimed in the arid west through the means of irrigation. The mountain streams have been damned and their waters diverted to irrigate vast tracts Of sun-dried soil. Great electrically driven pumps have beer installed 10 raise millions and millions of gal Ions of water from tine depths Of the earth 10 be flooded over tne dry lands in order to stimulate the growing crops.
 But. 1t must not be forgotten that irrigation in the west is nothing new although many of these recent sys- tens are numbered among the gi- gantic engineering ventures of rhe world.
 The first systematic employment of irrigation in the aTid west Dy Eng lish-speaking people was made by the MOrmons, who, expelled from their earlier settlements in the Mississippi Valley, sought refuge in the unkown desert regions, and at last. after ex- periencing great hardships, were com pelled, through necessity, to halt and settle on the shores of the great salt lake. Here the soil was found to be so barren that crops could not be grown by orodinary mems, and, sforc- ed through fear and privation' 10 adopt new and extraordinary devices, they turned the waters of the little canyon streams upon the ground where Salt Lake City now stands. After many years of scant success or dishearten. ing failure they succeeded in master ing the art of irrigation. and. under the wisdom of their leaders they have become prosperous people.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-08-04

(Continued from Page D ition rather than to be succeeded by Zayas. There was also taken into consideration the possibility that Gen eral Gomez. in spite of his reiterated assurances that he would never &C., cept a renominatiOn might find it es- sentiaI to the welfare of the republic that he should retain the reins of gov eTnment.
 In this new phase of the campaign General Gomez, if he may be c0nsid- cred a candidate, and the probability that he will be daily increasing, is the only one of the presidential possiblli- ties who has gained a distinct ad- vantage There can be no doubt that the, presidents prestige and populari- ty have been greatly enhanced by the stern and successful measures he took to stamp out the negro uprising. It has been openly charged that he himself cOnspired with Estenoz to start a small uprising in Oriente so that the president might improve his prospects of reelection by suppress sing it. and that later EstenOZ should be rewarded with a sum of money sufficient for him to go abroad and live in comfort.
 The story appeared improbable and was confessedly circulated by the presidents most bitter political op- ponents.
 What Is now said on good authority to be the true story Of the uprising and which receives a measure of con fifmation by certain well known facts, is this Estonez had for years been menace to the peace of the coun- try; he was arrested for conspiring against the second government of in- teTvention, and President Gomez was anxious to dispose of him. An at tempt was made to get him to leave the country, but he refused to go. About six months ago Isonet made a claim on the government for back pay as an officer of the army Of liberation in the war of independence. It was well known that all legitimate claims had been satisfied before the close of the 5iagoon administration, but as a matter Of policy ftcwas considered ad- yisable to piacate Iyonet, and it was arranged that he should receive si0.- 900. About the same time Estenoz presented a claim and is said to have received $I4,O0O.
 In recognition of the presidents good offices in facilitating the pay ment of these claims, the two color ed statesmen expressed a willingness to go to Oriente and preach the doc trine of reelection among the men of their race. This they seem to have done for a while until it occurred to them that the money they had receiv- ed and which seemed vast sum 10 them, could be put to exceedingly pro fitable use by financing a revolution, the ostensible aim of which should be the repeal of the Morua law, forbid ding political organizations along ra- cial lines. They evidently believed that they could scare the government into compliance with this demand, which would have given them an Op- portunity of organizing a tremendous ly powerful political machine.
 The cry of Viva la Reelection. " which the rebels raised In the first few encounters with the troops, and
Bisbee daily review., 1912-08-04
oIdtlms Dinner Reprpduesd.

A reproduction of 8 ninth-century dinner hss been served at a recent Vienna cookery exhibition. The menu consisted of pike cooked in oil and then pressed Into a paste; paste made of venison with millet; and a roast peacock containing a whole chicken. the chicken in turn stuffed with a pigeon. and the pigeon again stu1ed with roasted eggs.
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Little sam's father was asleep in the library and was giving evidence of 1t in steRtorian fashion. After listen ing for moment little Sam said in- qBiriRglys sChoo-choo?" Not quite sat isfied with his own explanation, he listened again. Then his face bright ened. "Cow!" he said triumphantly.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-08-04
Artificial HaIr Saved Life.

The way in which her hair was dressed was all that saved the life of an Indianapolis woman the other day. She was walking along a residential street, when an alarm clock fell out of window in the upper story of a house, and struck her on the head.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-08-04
A FRENCH DUEL.

q hear they fought a duel with swords
 ''Yes: I was one of the seconds Anybody touched ?",
 -I was touched for the fares out and back.
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HIS CLAIM TO FAME

Why is wombast swelling around so?"
 Seems he had half vote al the Baltimore conventioI.n
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Iii for Tat.

He-"Madam, you promised to obey me. Do you do it?" She-"Sir, you promised me your worldly goods. Do l get 'em2"