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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10
MOOSE LODGE GROWING
Thirty Members Join at Last Meet
ing; Total List Now More Than
200; Big Time for Thursday.

With an initiation of more than 30
members at the last meeting of La
Creole lodge No. 1345, l.. o. NJ, on
Thursday night, the membership Of
the Dallas lodge is now more than
200 and future additions which are
expected before the charter is closed,
will bring the total membership to
fully 300. Thursday night, among
those who affiliated with the lodge,
was the membership of the DOwney
orchestra which added considerable
to the enjoyment of the evening by
several choice selections.
Gus BOman also favored the mem
bership with some selections on
the concertina which were greatly
enjoyed. There were about $50 mem
bers present. The next meeting will
be held on Thursday night, and it is
expected that a degree team will be
present from the Sheridan lodge to
escort the tyros over the burning
sands and around such other OBJ
structions as may appear in their
pathway This inItiatory ceremony.
or a portion Of it, may be made pub
lie. il Is stated.
Already the lodge has several Of
fers from Dallas capitalists to erect
a building for their use, or rather a
building in which the second floor
would be fitted up for lodge and club
room purposes. and these offers are
under consideration.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10
One Registration Only Needed

the information given the registry
clerk which Is considerably more
than formerly. Under the new law,
one must tell his age. his weight and
height and many other things about
himself Tor herself) which makes
the card sort Of Identification ship
This card Is used to ideitfy the voter
at elections. IL.
Don H. Upjohu. Of Dallas. was ihe
first citizen 10 register IN Polk e'''"-
tv under the new law.
The question Of whether or not ile
registration Of 1912 will be sutleieili
for future elections. if the voter ha-
NOT removed from the precinct IRON
which he registered. j. still indeed
ed. Il Is stated that Attorney Zen
oral Crawford has passed an opinion
70 the effect that further reglsira-
tom i unnecessary. but tins l. qne1-
tioDed bv others and nobody sem
70 h exactly certain Just how me
matter stands.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10
FRUIT UNION ONLY SOLUTION
OF MARKET PROBLEM FOR
POLK STRAWBERRY
RAISERS.
ORGANIZATION is ESSENTIAL
Growers Who Sell to Union in Other
| Sections Get Average Price of
$500 Per Crate; Must Combine
For Their Own Protection" Says
Dealer.

With Strawberries selling at retail
for five cents per box, or 80 cents
by the crate, which latter price was
quoted by some dealers yesterday,
the indications are that the market
will be more demoralized than last
year when prices for this luscious
fruit sank to a figure less than the
cost of picking. The season for
Strawberries is hardly more than at
its height at the present time, in
fact, some growers have not yet
marketed a single crate, the cold
weather of the late spring having
greatly retarded their growth and RI
pening, hence it is fair to presume
that the yield will be greatly in ex-
cess of last year, especially as many
new patches have been planted
which come into bearing this year.
Throwed EN- in the Greek.
What is true of Strawberries is al
so true with other fruits and grow
ers find the market glutted already
in many cases, and practically no
demand. On Saturday, certain
farmer brought to town large guam
tity of gooseberries. They were in
good condition and, had the market
been what it should have been, would
have commanded a fair price. But
other growers had also brought
to the city and the re-
suit was that every dealer had more
than he could use and the price Of
fered was entirely too small to pay
for the trouble of picking and bring
ing them to the city. He refused to
sell and, rather than return home
with the berries, he dumped the whole
in the waters of the
LaCreole creek. Gooseberries, in
common with all other similar fruit
attain a wonderful growth here and
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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10
CONTINUED on Page Six)
MONEY FOR RACE MEET
Independence Driving Club Associa-
ton Hangs up Valuable Prizes for
Four Day Event June 1921.

Two thousand, five hundred and
twenty-five dollars in prizes are Of
fered by the Independence Driving
CIub association. whose spring meet
will open on Wednesday, June Is and
continue until Saturday, June q
inclusive at race track near lnde-
pendence.
The program for the four days
shows a very attractive outline OF
events and consists Of four races each
dav The biz day comes on Satur-
day when the free for all pace and
Ibs Independence Derby will be the
principal attractions. Il Is proba-
ble that large numbers of Dallas peo1-
ple will attend the meet on the dlf-
fereut days.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10
STATEMENT POINTS TO SMALL
DEFICIT FOR YEAR; MAYOR
APPLIES BRAKES TO
OTHER WORK.
SURPLUS ROCK is PROBLEM
Scheme to Use Rock on County Roads
Within City Limits is Proposed;
Permission to Remove Wooden
Buildings Given; More Macadam
is Ordered.

Lack of sufficient funds in the city
treasury will preclude all thought of
further street paving, beyond that
already contracted for, according to
the statement of finances read at the
council meeting on Monday night by
Rlsser, Of the finance committee, and
the declaration of Mayor VanOrsdeI.
The Mayor expressed himself as very
anxious that the five blocks addi-
tional, heretofore mentioned in these
columns, should be hard surfaced,
but admitted that he didn't see how
it could be done with the funds
available. According to the state
ment of the city finances, it appear
ed that there would be a deficit of
about 5000 for the year, even if no
further paving were ordered.
City Finances.
The statement Of the financial con
dition of the city is as follows:
Total tax levy .......... $40, $3.50
Amount paid in ..... 8,845.OO
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10
BUILDING PLAN IS.
CHANGED
NEW SCOTT HOTEL ADDITION
TO CONTAIN 20 ROOMS.
j. w. Crider Purchases Smith Prop
erty on Jefferson Street; Contract
for Addition is Let.

Following his purchase of the
Smith property on Jefferson street
adjoining the New Scott hotel build
ing on the north, j. W. Crider an
nounces a change in the building
plans under consideration for an adj
dition to the hotel, which materially
changes the arrangements as first
contemplated and which will give the
hotel an additional % rooms instead
of II new ones.
The lot secured is now occupied
by a dwelling house and other build
ings and the total frontage on JEFF
ferson street is 35 feet with a depth
of 14O feet. 1t is proposed to cover
this entire area with a two story
concrete addition to the hotel. The
lower floor will be used for dining
room and kitchen purposes and the
second floor will be divided into %
rooms. A portion of the lower floor
also will be used by the Sterling Fur
niture company which, in addition
to the room now in use by that COM
pany, will give it a total floor space
of 2800 feet.
The plans as now arranged, will
give the hotel two large sample
rooms and will provide a much more
commodious dining room than at
present. The present dining room
will be utilized as ladies rest room
and the kitchen will be added to the
dining room which will be provided
for in the new addition.
The contract for the improvement
of the hotel premises has been award
ed to Barham Bros, with the excep-
ton of the heating, plumbing and
wiring, and work will begin at once.
The addition will be constructed of
blocks.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10
FURTHER INVESTIGATION BE-
ING MADE OF TROUBLE
SOME GRADE I'M KINGS
VALLEY DISTRICT.
MAY BUILD NEW HIGHWAY
County Surveyor to Look Over Pro-
posed Change at Edwards Hill; No
Further Expense at Gravel Bar
This Year; Polk Widows Apply for
Pensions Under New Law.

For the purpose, if possible, of
eliminating the troublesome grade
on the county road over the ED
wards Hill" in Kings Valley, the
county court left this morning to
make an investigation. Judge John
B. Teal, Commissioner George A.
Wells and County Surveyor Suver
left Dallas in an automobile intend
ing to pick up Commissioner Petre
at his ranch. As stated in a former
issue of The Observer this hill has
been one of the most troublesome
pieces of road on the Dallas-Newport
highway and, from hasty investi-
cation made by the court some time
since, ii was believed that the grade
could be avoided by the building of
a short piece of new road around
the base of the hill. The trip is be-
ing made today to determine wheth-
er this plan is practicable and Coun-
ty Surveyor Suver will investigate
the matter and give the court the
benefit of his technical knowledge,
If the road is built it will be neces-
sary to secure some additional rights
of way from abutting property own
els, but it is eblieved that this can
be accomplished without great ex-
pense to the county, as the residents
in that neighborhood are very anx-
ious to have the road improved.
Gravel Bar Matters.
Commissioners Wells and Pebre,
accompanied by Ralph Adams, made
a trip to the American Bottoms on
to investigate donkey en-
CINE and collection Of wire cable
offered for sale by Krebs Bros, the
idea of Commissioner Petre being to
use the engine and cable in fitting
up the gravel bar recently purchas-
ed by the commissioners in Marion
CONTINUED on Page Six)
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10
TO HEAR INJUNCTION SUIT
Judge Holmes to Make First Official
Visit to Dallas Tomorrow.

For the purpose Of hearing argu-
ments in the saloon injunction suit
now pending, Judge Holmes of the
Twelfth judicial district will hold
court in Dallas tomorrow at 10
O'Clock. Judge Galloway who heard
the former arguments has relin-
quished all connection with the ease,
turning the matter over TO Judge
Holmes. The state has withdrawn
as a party to the action, through the
action of District Attorney Upjohn
and the arguments now come upon
the application of William J. Coy
who first applied for the injunction.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10
Locals Win Interesting Contest By
Score of 4 to 2; Barham Stars
in Box for Dallas.

On a slow field rendered almost
mplayable by reason of the show
erS of the morning and just before
game was called, the newly organized
base ball club of Dallas easily de-
feated the Dayton team on Sunday
afternoon by the score Of 4 to 2, in
what was really an interesting game
from the start. The unfavOrable
weather Of the earlier portion of the
day caused MANY to believe that the
advertised contest would be postpon-
ed, otherwise the crowd would have
been much larger, but it was a fair
sized turnout anyway, and it enjoy
ed the game.
Barham Stars.
The feature of the matinee was the
work of Barham on the mound for
Dallas. He not only sent Is of the
Iamhill bunch to the bench on wide
ones, but he fielded his position in
good shape and assisted in winning
MS own session by whanging out a
corhng double in the third stanza
which sent BoydstOn across the rub
Der for the first score of the after
noon. Barham had some trouble To-
eallng the plate, at times, and is
sued one pass and sent three men
down on being hit by pitched balls.
Herzog, also from the high school
Team, gave a good account of him
self at the receiving station and at
'he bat. He is credited with two
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10
Dayton is Easy For Dallas
Team in Sunday Matinee

singles out Of three times up, which
is batting some. Boydston, another
high school recruit also picked off
two safe bingles in three trips to the
plate, although, in his case, as well
as Herzog's, bOnehead plays on the
part of the visitors infeld were
largely responsible for two of the
safeties.
Used Two Pitchers.
The visitors used two fingers dur
ing the session, Hirsch replacing Pc
terson in the sixth. But the German
gentleman was no more of terror
to the local larrupers than his Swed-
ish predecessor and everything that
looked good got swipe. Rice at
right for Dallas, was the comedian
of the afternoon, although he didn t
know it. His base ball pants were
picked too late in the year and hung
to his shoe tops in long, graceful
folds, and tapped about his legs IKE
the umbrella shaped garments affect
ed bv your Uncle Samuel's men Of
the navy. But, pants or no pants
Rice was there with the stick and the
first thing he did, when he ambled
up to the plate in the first was to
smash out a double which sent the
crowd ski-oodling in great shape.
Clean Game Throughout.
Nobody ever witnessed a more
ouiet game so far as rawhidlng with
the jumps was concerned. The Day
ton bunch behaved themselves Ike
thorough ball players and good
sports all the way, as did the locals
and from start to finish there was
a noticeable absence Of grabbing and
kicking which often mars what 9th
erwise might be enjoyable contests.
1t was a splendid afternoon 5 sport
(Continued on Page Six
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10
IMPROVE MARKETS
IS AIM
FARMERS SOCIETY OF EQUI-
TY" MAY BE FORMED.
Combination Among Soil Tillers to
Result in Better Prices for Pro-
ducts, Says Organizer.

Organization of a branch of the
Farmers Society of Equity in Polk
county, is the plan proposed by A. |.
Petty, organizer, who is now at work
in the county. The primary object
of the society is TO organize the far
mers and combine them for the sale
of their products, thus improving
market conditions and doing away
with the tribute paid the middlemen.
Mr. Petty has the following to say
of his organization:
"The Farmers Society Of Equity
is an organization Of farmers for the
purpose Of systematizing the mar
keting of their crops to give them
steady and profitable prices, and in
crease the demand, is as natural as
for any other class of industries.
And IL will be easier for farmers to
secure the benefits than for almost
any other class, when they once
adopt the right plan, because their
products are absolutely indispensa-
bic. We find farmers practically
at this time because
they have not had the plan. On the
other side We find nearly every other
class organized and cooperating be
cause they went at it with the right
plan.
"The corner stone and foundation
Of the sound organization that Is
coming for agriculture is marketing
crops 10 give farmers al the money
they are entitled to.
"First, let farmers seek their in
dusirial freedom and when they have
found d.. all other good things will
come 10 them. This whole thing is
nothing more than business We
want 20 see farmers business direct
sd along lines and 10 different ends.
bat i is only business after all -
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10
First Ground Broken in
Street Pacing Operations

First ground for the hard surfacng of Dallas bok
en- on Monday when the Clark Henery Construction
started their scarer digging the macadam Court street
The machine was attached Ralph Adams big engine and the
operations watched by interested spectators The
work of building curbng has been going forward rapidly and
the crews working Main street between Academy and
Oak and between Court and Washington
Fourteen carloads of ashat and cement consigned to the Clark
Henery company in the railroad yards force of
busy building switch to with the old Spaud
ing Mill companys spur North Dallas and the paving plant
which will be used here shipped from Stockton California,
Saturday The plant will be located the former Spung
mill SITE
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10
FOR JUST REALTY APPRAISAL
State Tax Commission Undertakes
State Wide Work in Tax Matters.

For the purpose of arriving at a
more equitable appraisal of property
in the matter Of apportioning proper
assessments by the state tax commits
sion. that organization has undertak
en- the work Of investigating the
realty values in the different counties
of the state. c. d. Babcock has
been appointed to carry on the inyes-
tigation in Polk county and Others
adjoining and was in the city yester-
dav arranging to start the work. The
state Is paying the expense and Mr..
Babeock has employed Wilson Ayres
10 take mp the plan IN this county.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10
new Law Effective June 8 Makes
Radical Change in Former
Practice; Must Tell Age.

Under the provisions of the new
,eglsiration law which went into eff
.,i -ggi on June 3. but one registration
..ii De necessary so long as the elect
- GoeS not move out of the precinct,
. : mas already been explained. The
,,sslS'railon books will be open at all
IN, .ilss except 30 days before any
- s..5S'lon. when they will close and It
II. III noi thereafter be possible to reg
- 81 until after the election. and NO
may vote unless he be register
- lhere Will be no swearing IN Of
,I- -.io'> on election day as has been
-. Practice heretofore. Upon regis
ing. every voter Is provided with
ieglstraiion card containing al
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10
$3,76O.OO
Leaving a deficit of $31O.42.
Problem of Surplus Rock,

Question of the disposal of the
surplus rock which must be removed
from the streets in the paved dis
trict, occupied the attention of the
council for some time. 1t was de
clared that property owners were un-
doubtedly entitled to the rock from
in front of their property, in the
event that it was not required in
some other portion of the improve
ment district, but it was suggested
by f. C. Kirkpatrick that the rock
could be used on Uglow avenue, the
Miller road and other thoroughfares
in the city limits, and he believed
that the great majority Of the prop
erty owners would be willing to have
Continued on Page SiX)
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10
"GERL1NeER" Is NEW STATION
S. P-s-, T. G. & ". Railway Gross
ing Has New Handle.

BY q recent order promulgated BY
the p. +. & r railway the name Of
the :. z. crossing on the Salem. Falls
City q Western railway east Of the
city has been changed to "Gerlin-
ger" and 80 appears on al railway
literature. The name has been gwen
the station iB honor 81 l. Gerlinger.
she builder of the Pals City road.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10
STREET oILING HANGS FIRE
Contract Sent for Signature but Com
many Pals 70 Respond.

Notwithstanding the assurance CIV
., the council BY representatives ol
tbs pacific Road Oiling company
tbst. if the contract wa awarded
- rork would begin within three
Fsys from the signing Of the con
.--.f and although the contract Eas
-raiTel to tie company carry las.
- nothing has since been heard
- II and the city officials are en-
+--s7r iu the dark regarding the m
te-riar of the company er uhen Eork
r.lI he1n-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10
++%++%%% go
HopeKen Comes sunday.

The base ball aggregation
, from Hopewell will meet the
, Dallas aggregation az the new
ball park on Sunday afternoon,
, according 10 announcement BY
, Manager Ser. The visitors are
said 10 BE- formidable with the I
stick and defeated McMinnyille 4
last SUNDAY. A close aud eKeit- I
ing game l. promised The line I
up for Dallas will b. practically I
the same a. on Last Sunday. al I
th0ugh there may be one or two :
} changes.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10

Balance due from county$1 $4,000
Of this balance, it is claimed that
not more than $1,000 can be safely
figured on, as delinquencies, rebates,
etc, will represent about $500. This
will leave the condition of the treas
ury about as follows:
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10
SCHEDULE CHANGE
HELPS MAIL
TWO HOURS EARLIER MAIL
FROM PORTLAND.
0regonian Now Reaches City at 7:45;
Three Mails Daily to and From
Salem; Complete Mail Schedule.

Mail connections at Dallas are
considerably improved by the new
train schedule which went into eff
feet on the Salem, Falls City &
Western, the Independence & Mon
mouth and the Southern Pacific
railways on Sunday. Although two
of the trains on the |. e. NJ have
been discontinued, and Nos. "a and
rs on the Southern Pacific now run
through to Corvallis instead of Dali
las, the arrangement of trains on the
Falls City road are such that the
mail facilities here has been increas-
ed. Dallas now receives and dis
patches three mails daily from and
to Salem, the first mail reaching
here at 40 a. m. giving two hours
earlier mail from Portland and
bringing the Oregonian here two
hours in advance of its former scned-
ule.
Schedule of Mails.
Following is the schedule of mails
dispatched from the Dallas office
daily except Sunday:
Dallas to Salem 1905 and 1920 a.
M, and 2:12 p. m. Dallas to Black
Rock 7:45 a. m. Dallas to Falls
City 7:45 a. M, 2:5O p. m. Dallas
to Portland 200 p. m. Dallas to
Monmouth and Independence 100 p.
m. Dallas to Portland-Corvallis
train No. rs, southbound $40 p. m.
All Portland and Eastern mail is
good via Portland-COrvallis train No
"a at 7:05 a. m. and Salem at 1920
a. m. Mail for Independence and
Monmouth will also be dispatched
via Portland-C Corvallis train No. rs
at 6 40 p. m.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10
TIME CARD SHIFT
BOTHERS PUBLIC
TRAVELLERS FIND TROUBLE IN
LOCATING TRAINS.
Complete New Time Change Noted
Herewith; Many Favorable Con-
nections Possible.

Radical changes made by the rail-
way time schedule makers which
went into effect in Dallas on Sunday
have so far had the effect of badly
muddling the situation, the public
being entirely ignorant of the arrival
and departure Of trains. In the first
place, there is no change in the ar
rival and departure of the noon train
from Portland over the Southern Pa
cifc, but practically every other
schedule is changed
New Train Time.
The schedule as now in force on
the s., F. c. & w. is as follows: De-
part for Salem at 7:05, and 1920 a.
m, 2:12, 4:30 and GAO p. m. Ar
rive from Salem at 7;45 and 11:00
a. m, 2:j0, ) 100 and 7:15 p. m. The
7:45 train in the morning runs
through to Black Rock. all other
trains run to Falls City with the ex-
ception of the 7:l5 p. m. train which
stops here. There is no change on
Sunday. The train leaving here at
7 :05 a. m. connects at Gerlinger with
the Corvallis-Portland passenger;
the train leaving here at 1920 a. m.
connects with the southbound pas
senger at Gerlinger for Corvallis and
Beach points which is a decided ad
vantage never enjoyed heretofore;
the train leaving here at 2:12 p. m.
connects at Gerlinger with the north
bound Corvallis Portland passenger;
the train leaving here al 6 40 makes
close connections at Gerlinger for
Independence and Corvallis and al
Salem with main line train which
brings the passenger into Portland at
10.0 at the Morrison street station.
The night train heretofore leaving
(Continued on Page siEl
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-10

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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-06-20
MT. VERNON
Plant Included In 4 Million
Dollar Light Sale

Columbus, June 19-The public ser.
vice commission today authorized
nine electric light and power COM
panies in central and northern Ohio
to sell out to the Ohio Light and
Power Company. Of Tifiin. one of the
subsidiaries Of the American Gas q
Electric Co., of New York, for an ag-
gregate of s1,300,00O. The consolidat-
ed company will supply the nine cities
affected from central plant at New
ark.
The properties to be purchased are
as follows: The Logan Light q
Gas Co., Crooksville and New Straits
Vile, $25,s14; The Peoples Gas ana
Electric Co., Shawnee, $4O,SSO; The
Lancaster Electric Company, Lancas-
ter. 1901, 791; The Fremont Yargan
Company, Fremont, S363,17S; The
Licking Light & Power Co., Newark
S426. 6.260; Field w. Swesey, Fostoria,
S146, 1856; George NJ. Tfdd. New Lex
ington, Sl6.2O6; F. B. Ball. Mt. Yer
non, s216.61l.