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FINE RECORD OF H. W. BASS,
Brief Review Of His Work In the Penn.
syiVania Legislature.
b WHITTIER II. WRIGHT.

~ WHITTIER n. WRIGHT,
Phlladelphia.-The 1913 term OF the
Pennsylvania legislature win 20 down
In history as one of special achieve
ments In many ways so far as Afro
Americans are concerned. In this con-
nection It Is quite pleasing to note the
unselfsh services Of the Hon. Harry W.
Bass the only representative Of the
colored race in that legislative body.
There was some criticism Of Mr..
Bass inactivity during the first session
OF the legislature, and it was said that
he had not done as much as was ex-
pected Of him. From the results Of
this session 1t can be easily said that
the inactivity OF our representative
was possibly due more to modesty,
which is a very probable thing In a
representative serving his first term,
than to his inability or his lack Of
interest.
Still, during that first session Mr..
Bass secured the appropriation Of $2O,-
600 for the celebration Of the emanci-
patton proclamation. II he had done
nothing more than to secure this ap-
preparation 1t would have entitled him
to the lasting gratitude of his race.
The lead which Pennsylvania took
at the instance Of Mr.. Bass has not
only awakened Pennsylvania, but has
gone still further, for New Jersey fol-
lowed with an appropriation Of $780,
600 for the celebration Of the progress
OF the race in that state, and recently
New York has made an appropriation
Of $25,0 900 for a similar celebration.
So excellent was the showing made
by the commission in Pennsylvania
that the recent legislature has made
an appropriation of $4,000 for further
ance OF the exposition.
We have on the statute books Of this
legislature a bill TO create a regiment
Of colored soldiers i'm this state. and IL
we are TO believe the reports OF the
newspapers the most brilliant speech
made in defense Of this bill was made
by the Hon. Harry W. Bass. our repre-
sentative.
But not only in this did he do his
race credit, but also in the defeat Of
the bill which was proposed to humili-
ate our people by passing law against
racial intermarriage, upon the infer
ence thst colored people were anxious
to marry white people. The speech
which Mr.. Bass made in this connec-
ton has already been given to the
world and was the most effective in the
defeat OF this bill.
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SAMUEL coLERIDGE-TAYLoR.
Friends Of Composer Of international
Fame Honor His Memory.

Friends Of Composer OF international
Fame Honor His Memory.
According to the London Evening
Standard, a stone has been erected at
Bandon Hill cemetery. Croydon. over
the grave Of Mr.. Samuel Coleridge-
Taylor, the world famed glo-African
composer, with the following inscrip-
tion. written by Mr.. Alfred Noyes:
I'm memory Of Samuel Coleridge-
Taylor, who died on Sept 1, 1912, at
the age Of thirty-seven, bequeathing to
the world a heritage Of an undying
beauty. His music lives. It was his
own and drawn from vital fountains
It pulsed with his own life. but now 1t
Is his immortality. he lives while mu-
sic lives Too young to die, his great
simplicity, his happy courage in an
alien world, his gentleness, made all
that knew him love him
~sleep, crowned with fame. fearless Of
change or time
sleep. IKE remembered music IN the
soul.
Silent. immortal. while our discords climb
To that great chord which shall resolve
the whole
Silent. with Mozart. on that solemn shore;
Secure where neither waves nor hearts
can break.
Sleep TN the Master OF the world once
Touch the remembered strings ana bid
thee wake
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Outline Of Plan and Scope For
Big Celebration. -
FEATURES OF The PROGRAM
Personnel of Commission Appointed
by Governor William suIzsr Be-
speaks Success For Coming Exhibi-
ton Of Race Progress to Be Held In
New York In October.

New York.-The commission appoint
ed by Governor Sulzer Of New York
In accordance with the provisions Of
a law recently enacted in that state to
provide for a fitting celebration Of the
hftieth anniversary Of the emancipa-
ton is particularly fortunate in the
quality Of its personnel. The nine
members Of the commission have been
drawn from among the most iRfuen-
tial and representative colored men Of
the state, a fact which is particularly
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Odd Fellows start Financial Campaign
The Odd Fellows Hall association
in Pittsburgh has commenced a pig
financial campaign for the purpose OF
raising 5000 TO pay on the second
mortgage on its property due cary
IN November. The fraternity member
shin has been quartered on in groups
Each individual member is pledged 70
raise a certain amount The house
holds Of the order have pledged their
cooperation, and the movement = De-
ing pushed with yigOr and enthusiasm-
AmonE the members Of the campaign
rommittee Who are directing the force
AZ workers are samuel A Doootns'
James s. Patton and John P. Hayd3-
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New Jersey Sunday School conve"ten'
The annual meeting Of the New Jer.
.sv atate Sunday school and Baptist
Young Peoples convention WIN be heid
A. the Union Baptist church, Orange
n J.. for two days beginning on We We
1ssdsy morning, July 3. Delegates
scd visitors are expected in large num-
- from every section Of the STATE
Among the out Of town visitors VINO
mi partidpate in the proesedinG VII
he representatives from the New -
~ Rautist sunday school convention
t,,cln6inr the president, n. b Dodson'
no Win deliver an address at the So
Sou On THURSDAY evening. July a
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Hiah Honor For Or. W. E 3. Du 5ois-
The Silver Aid association In Pitts
burZh Is an organization OF wives OF
ministers and has for its object mutual
help 10 its members and the cultivation
OF social friendliness- At a recent
meeting the association decided to read
as a study the works Of DR.. w. z. Bur
garat Du Bois. editor OF the Crisis
Magazine and director Of the bureau Of
publicity for the National Association
For the Advancement Of cOlOred Peo-
pc.
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BUSINESS PUSH
IN BALTIMORE
How the Needs of the PEOPLE
Are Being Met.
RESULTS OF COOPERATION
Undue Discrimination Against Afro
Americans, Together With the In
creased Economic Progress Of the
Race, Creates Demand For First Class
Accommodation For the Public.


Accommodation For the Public.
Baltimore - Recognizing the fact
that the overwhelming majority Of ho-
tells and restaurants in every section
Of the United States will not give the
Afro-American travelling public any
accommodations whatever and that
there is a demand from the race for
such first class accommodations, a few
Afro-Amercans here with means and
courage are attempting to meet this
necessity.
Here and there around the country
are places a traveller may stay for
brief period and find the best OF sur
rOundinGs as well as service Balti-
more is probably the one community
that stands in the forefront in this re-
gard. II has several hostelries run by
the race. and each has been built with
in the past six years to accommodate
the needs OF the local and travelling
public.
The most recent Of these places Is
one owned and run by Thomas r. and
Wallace L. Smith on Druid Hill ave
nue., in this city, right in the vicinity
OF the best coIored residential section
Natives Of the city and still In their
early forties, the Messrs. Smith con-
Quoted separate establishments for the
ten years previous to the past spring,
when they decided to combine.
The result is the property Of Wal
lace L Smith and the adjoining prop
erty were improved at cost Of $23,-
900. When the place was thrown open
to the public in October, 1912, patrons
were greeted by what is said to be the
finest place Of its kind east Of the Mis-
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interesting as showing the white mans
growing belief In the colored mans
executive ability and capacity for or
ganization-
The chairman of the commission is
Robert n. Wood, the recognized leader
of the United Colored Democracy,
whose influence with the present ad-
ADMINISTRATION and legislature was in no
small measure responsible for the sue
cessful issue Of this and that other ef-
fort to secure equal opportunities for
the colored mans social uplift In New
IYork-the bill creating a colOred regi-
ment Of militia.
Mr.. Wood is ably seconded by James
ID. Carr, assistant corporation counsel
Of the city Of New York and a man
whose scholarly attainments render
him conspicuous among the leading
men of the race. DR.. John r. Hillery OF
New York is the treasurer. Rev. W. A
Byrd Of Rochester. n. T., has been
an important factor in the life of the
city made famous for colored people as
the home of Frederick Douglass and
the location Of a statue in his honored
memory.
The other members Of the commits
sion are DR.. W. E. B. Du Bots, editor Of
the Crisis; James II. Anderson Of the
Amsterdam News; ]. Henry Taylor OF
the New York Pilot; Sumner h. Lark,
editor Of the Brooklyn Eye; Rev.
George Sims, one Of the most efficient
and practical religious leaders in New
York city, and John B. Clayton, bust
ness man Of Brooklyn These men
have set their shoulders to a wheel
that goes uphill. but they have the
push that will bring them out on top,
with only a small appropriation OF
$4,000 and three months in which 70
organize an exposition Ito show the in
dustrial, educational and religious
progress Of the colored people since the
emancipation proclamation"
The SCOPE Of the, exposition Is not
limited to New York. but will cover
the progress Of the race generally. For
this reason persons in other states VIII
be invited to take part. The commits
sion seeks to make this exposition dis
tinctiveIy and impressively education
al. There win be as little as possible
of the country fair type Of exposition
The commission rather stresses the
conferences and congresses on the reii-
Rious. economic and other important as
poets of the problem Of the advance OF
the race
A special feature Of the exposition
win be the series Of pageants illustrat-
ing historically the progress OF the Ne
gro from the remOtest times, his migra-
zion to the new world. and so on down
to and since his emancipation nom
slavery. In addition to this, special
Departments Of art, literature, inVen-
lions. ETC., win be placed in charge OF
competent persons well informed IN
their respective branches
The commission is to prepare Ton
Of honor OF 200 men, selected by their
fellows as being really representa- i've
leaders of the race The EXPOSITION
win cover the last ten days OF October
ana three OF these win be called re
spectively governors day, Dousiass
day ana Lincoln day.
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california Wensn'S Clubs Meet July ..
The seventh annual meeting Of the
California State Federation Of Won
ems Clubs win be held in the Fifteenth
Street Methodist church in Oakland for
three days. beginning Tuesday morning,
July ., at 10 O'Clock. Mrs d. v. Nor
ley, president Of the federation, says
that the annual conventions Of the or
ganizadon are great sentiment mold
erS They teach our people % be Judi
cious, cautious. wise and persistent in
al things which make for mutual bene-
1t Such gatheri1gs also encourage
TIE women Of the race b acquire
knowIedgs IN literature, AT, science.
business and the art q hone buildihs
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RrooIIyn Y. W. c. AZ Good Work.
The Lexington avenue branch OF tne
Young Women's Christian association
has added 1SS new members 70 It's TON
Kinee the FIRST week in May. The prlSe
Cor bringing in the largest number py
an, individual was awarded 70 Ar@
Richard I. Jackson Mrs Alice ~.
sery Is chairman Of the menibersnip
Committee
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-05-13
Notice

Sealed bids will be received by the
County Court Of Polk County. Oregon
uptil 10 'eloek a m, Of the lsih day
of Nav. 1913. for furnishing mate
rials and constructing four bridges I'D
said County.
Bids will be received for wood
steel and concrete structures.
Plans and specifications for tue
wood bridges are on file in the Office
Of the County Judge.
Bids for steel or concrete sirle-
tures must be accompanied win MS
or their plans and Specifications
All bids must b. accompanied o' 2
certified eheck payable % the County
Court for ) ~er cent Of the amount OF
the said bid. said check to be forfeit
"a n the County as fixed and hgli-
dated damages If such bidder tail Or
enter into a contract for such 'elA.
should his or their bid b. accepted y
ssi5 County Court. according io i-r
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-05-13
Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given to whom 1t
may concern, that the undersigned has
been duly appointed Administrator of
the Estate of Harriet 0sburn, deceas-
ed, by the Hon. County Court of Polk
County, State of Oregon, and has
qualified therefor; all persons having
claims against said estate are hereby
notified to present the same duly item
lied and verified as required by law.
TO the undersigned. at the Office OF
Walter L. Tooze, Jr., Lawyer, rooms
8 and 9. National bank building, Dal-
las, Oregon, on or before SIX months
from the date hereof, and all persons
knowing themselves indebted TO SAID
estate are notified to call and settle
the same at once.
Dated at Dallas, Polk county. Ore
gon. this 10Th day of April, 1913.
Rd. OSBURN,
Administrator of the estate OF Harriet
Osburn, deceased.
WALTER L. T00ZE, JR.,
ttorney for Estate. 4-l9 DID
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-05-13
Notice of Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given that Oscar
Hayter, administrator of the estate Of
John Taylor, deceased, has filed his
final account as such administrator in
the County Court of the State of Ore
gon for Polk County, and that We'd
nesday, the 21st day of May, 1913, at
the hour of ten O'Clock in the fore
noon of said day at the Court Room Of
said County Court in the County
Court House in the city of Dallas, Ore
gon, has been appointed by said Court
as the time and place for the hearing
of objections to the said final account
and the settlement thereof.
Dated and first published April y,
1913.
OSCAR HAYTER,
422-5-20 Administrator aforesaid.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-05-13
HOME COURSE
IN FRUITS
AND BERRIES
HOW TO GROW GRAPES.
By GEORGE c. HUSMANN, Po-
mologst, Bureau oI Plant In
dustry. United States Depart
menI oI Agriculture.
HOW TO GROW GRAPES.

~ RAPES can be successfully
- grown almost everywhere in
this country. results with them
depending largely upon the Sc
lection of varieties Of the species suit
ed to the respective conditions In or.
dinary practice grapevines are propa
gated from seed. from cuttings. by lay
ering Or by grating For origina ting
new varieties seedlings must. Of course.
be used. The individual seedlings differ
so widely that they are seldom used
by the intelligent planter even for graft.
ing stock
Cuttings for propagation may be
prepared at any time after the vines
have become dormant Other things
being equal and If they are afterward
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-05-13
Summons.
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon, for Polk County.
No. 1903.

III lle ClICulG COuII VI IilC ptoVC VI
Oregon, for Polk County.
No. 42O3.
Henry G. Campbell, Plaintiff, v.
Vivian Jordan, Pearl Jordan,
Gladys Jordan, Ethel Jordan,
Vearl Brown, Roy Brown and Ed
ma Brown, minors, and also all all
other persons or parties unknown
claiming any right, title, estate,
lien or interest in the real estate
described in the complaint herein,
Defendants.
TO Vivian Jordan, Pearl Jordan,
Gladys Jordan, Ethel Jordan, Vearl
Brown, Roy Brown and Edna
Brown, minors, and also all other
persons or parties unknown claim
ing any right, title, estate, lien or
interest in the real estate describ-
ed in the complaint herein,-de-
PENDANTS above named:
In the Name of the State of Ore
gon; You are hereby required to
appear and answer the amended
complaint filed against you in the
above entitled Court and suit with
in six weeks from the date of the
first publication of this summons, to-
wit: on or before the 18th day of
June, 1913, and if you fail so to an
swer the said complaint, for want
thereof the plaintiff will apply to-
said Court and take a decree against
you as prayed for in the said COM
plant, to wit:
l. That you be required to set
forth the nature of your claims IN
and to that certain parcel OF land
described as follows, to wit:
Beginning at the Southwest cor
ner of the Samuel l.. Campbell and
wife Donation Land Claim, Noti-
fcation No. 2273, Claim No. GA, in
Township 8 South, Range 8 West
Of the Willamette Meridian, in
Polk County. State of Oregon;
running thence North 2S.75 chains;
thence East % chains; thence
South 1915 chains, and thence
West p chains to the place of be-
ginning, containing 71.S7 acres
more or less.
the same being the real estate de-
ierlbed in said complaint, and that
Ill adverse claims which you or any |
# You may have thereto may be de-
ermined by a decree of said Court.
,. That bv said decree it be de-
Jared and adjudged that you have
lo estate nor interest whatever in or
% said lands or premises, and that
he title Of the plaintiff thereto Is
sood and valid; and
3. That YOU be forever enjoined .
md debarred from asserting any
lain whatever in or to said land or
my part thereof adverse TO plaintiff, .
nd that plaintiff may have such 9th
7 relief as may seem meet with
guilty.
This summons, by an order Of the
honorable William Galloway, Judge .
4 the above entitled Circuit Court.
made at chambers in Dallas. Oregon,
N the 5th day Of Nav. 1913. Is serv-
d upon YOU by the publication there
i once a week for a period Of SIX
onsecutIve weeks Immediately pnor
p the 18th day Of June. 1913, IN the
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-05-13

species layering is usually resorted TO
only with varieties which do not root
readily from cuttings In Iayering
choose canes of the last seasons
growth, preferably those that start
near the base of the vine.
Bench grating is done on benches
or tables, usually indoors during win
ter. Cuttings of resistant varieties
that root easily or good, young. root
ed plants are usually bench grated.
The grating Of vines growing in the
nursery Is called nursery grating
This form of propagation Is usually re-
sorted to with varieties resistant to
phylloxera that do not grow readily
from cuttings. Rooted cuttings Of 9th
er varieties are grated in the nursery
and resulting vines planted In the
vineyard
In vineyard grating the vines grow.
ing where they are to remain are
grated
Selection OF Scions.
The selection aud proper keeping OF
the scions for grating are very i'm
portant Medium sized. short jointed.
firm, well ripened wood should be Sc
Iected DO not allow the scions to dry
ont. but keep them dormant until used
by covering completely with fairly dry
sand In cool. dry cellar.
In all grafting n joining of the In.
ner bark OF the stock and scion must
be accomplished This bark is thicker
on the stock than on the scion The
union especially In vineyard grating.
needs To be closely observed when the
scions are inserted In bench grating
scions and stocks OF like diameter can
be selected, making possible such per
feet grating that the inner barks join
at almost every point. allowing their
knitting to become easy and complete.
In bench grating the visible and
adventitious buds are cut out OF the
cuttings used as stocks so MS to prevent
as much as possible the sprouting OF
suckers from the stocks after they are
planted
In vineyard grating many operators
a month or so before grating cut OF
the stem Of the vine an inch or two
above where It is to be grated so that
the stock may bleed pnofusely. Water
sprouts that otherwise would appear
are thus 10 a great extent eliminated.
In cleft grating the vines are cut
OF az a smooth place near and prefer
ably a little above the surface Of the
ground unless Il is desired TO have the
CRAFTS establish themselves on their
own roots. as IL makes the removal OF
water sprouts and roots starting from
the scion much easier and lessons the
danger Of lnjuring the scion before Il is
thoroughly knitted 70 the stock
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-05-13
Call for Warrants.

Notice is hereby given that all
Polk county warrants presented and
endorsed "not paid for want of
funds" will be paid upon presenta-
tor at the office of the county
treasurer. No interest will be allow
ed after the date of this notice.
Dated at my Office in Dallas, Ore,
this 9th day of May, 1913.
TRACY STAATS,
800 Treasurer.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-05-13

plans and specifications furnished.
The right to reject any and all bids,
plans, and specifications, is hereby
expressly reserved. j. B. TEAL,
County Judge, Polk County, oregon.
44-22 5-13
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-05-13

which the plan has been commended
and in which assurance was given
Of hearty cooperation IN the move
ment. Mr. Fuller looks for a good
attendance at the meeting.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-05-13

When the butcher answered the tels
phone the shrill voice Of a little giri
greeted him.
"Helloi Is this Mr.. Wilson,
Yes. Bessie" be answered kindly
What can do Tor your
~Oh. Mr.. Wilson. please tel me
where grandpa's liver is! The folks are
out and I've got % put a hot flannel on
It. and I don't know where Il ls-"-
Ladies Home Journal
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-05-13

Polk County Observer, a newspaper
of general circulation printed weekly
at Dallas, in said County.
The date of the first publication
of this summons is May 9th, 1913.
OSCAR HAYTER,
SO 81 Attorney for plaintiff.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-05-13


GRAFT METHOD Two SCloSs AT LEFT
ONE AT RIGHT.
well cared for. the sooner they are pre-
pared after the vines have become dor.
mant the better The length OF cuttings
may vary from eight to twenty inches.
depending on .the climatic and other
conditions OF the locality In which
they are TO be planted. Usually the
hotter and drier the climate the longer
the cuttings will need TO be. They
should always be made from young.
well matured wood and preferably
from medium sized. short jointed
WOOd
10 make cuttings cut close below
the lower bud making the cut some
what sianung. and leave about an inch
Of wood above the upper bud or eye
Propssstso by Layers
All varieties OF the vine may be
propsgated BY layers The rotundi-
folia vibes are nearly always prOpa-
gated IN this manner, bot with other
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-05-13
TIMBER OWNERS TO MEET
Polk County Fire Patrol Association
70 be Formed This Week.

Timber owners Of Polk county have
been called 60 meet IN this city on
Thursday for the purpose Of form
ing the Polk County Fine patrol as
soeiation according 90 letter mailed
recently by ". Y. Fuller. Mr.. Full
ler has received several letters from
Owners If timber IN this county IN
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-05-13
MeuId Hsf

CashIeicb-You wouldn't marry Miss
Roxy for her money. would you. Up
sons Tuson D0wnes-HOw else can ]
rat fs-B0ndon Answers
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-05-13
Teaehers' and Parents, Clnb.

The Teachers and Parents club
Of Suver viii give an ice cream So
cial at the school house Friday ev-
ening. May >. Everybody invited.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-05-13

He Who despises small things never
tagmes rIch--Danisb PrOverb.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-05-13
Photo by American Press Association.


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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-05-13

Legal blanks for sale at Ibis once.