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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-04-11

President Wilson has rudely shat
tered another precedent. He appear
ed before the joint session of congress
on Tuesday and in person read his
first message. He said, in prefacine
the reading, that he believed that a
president was man, not a fixture.
who should not hold himself aloof and
communicate with the congress only
by the medium of a messenger. In
short, he evidently believes in doing
the peoples business in the people 5
way, and doing the best he may. as
he sees it. His message was short.
and from the standpoint Of the tariff
revisionists, il was extremely satisfy
ing. He elings to bis promises and
the platform upon which he was cleo
ted and, If he has his way, there is
no doubt regarding the final action
OF tins special session. But il re-
mains TO be seen whether the new oc-
eupant Of the White House is strong
enough 20 overcome the troublesome
times ahead and the dissensions sure
to arise between the protection Dem
oerats and those who demand the
elimination Of tariff schedules.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-04-11
TAXPAYER" ASKS QUESTIONS
Ballston Man Would Pry Into Official
Secrets. Whv Ts a Non nPartiean9

: Secrets; Why Is a Non-P Partisan?
2 Deer Mister Editur live aout heel
in the country WHARF cant cum in
contack with curant events mutch
: and haf to get my infermashun frum
} the observer and the oregonian whitch
: are good papers to reed fer the moose.
thare are fue things which have
red of late which i doant understand.
now thare is aour Gawge Chamberlain
who is nompartisun while he is get
tin voats in oregon but see by the
oregonian that him and Hairy Lane
amt goin to Civ away eny offises to
enybuddy but demakrats and strait
demakrats at that who aint never reg
/ istred as republicans. doant that
take Gawge aout of the nompartisun
class. amt that a rotten way for
Gawge Ii doant look fer enything
better frum Lane) to treet his meny
demakratic trends whoo REGISTERED re-
publikans to nominate Hairy Kake so
Gawge cud beet him and aint it
littul rottin fer him to due things like
that when if it want fer sound repub-
likans like me Gawge and his Ozzie
west woodent never get eny ofises.
anuther qwestin i want tn ask is
whoo is Parkimsun that feller whoo
youses the telefoam directries for
nishiativ pertishuns to stop apropria-
shuns fer the univarcity of oregon.
whoo fernishes him the muney thare
is a lot of us farmers who'd like to
send aOur boys and gurls thare but
what's the yOuse thay may 90 a yeer
and thay may not cause theese Park
lmsun pertishuns may shut the schule
of any place. ainit Parkinson what
Tedv wood cali a undesirable sitisen ?
he seems like a Nocker to me whoo
gets his muney aout of nocken the
best lnstituoshens we got. why dident
the trends of the univarcity by him
furst.
then l see Jawn Teel is dissentin
abaout sumthing in the cort it seams
too me from reedin the paper that
Jawn wunts to Civ the farmers
whose rodes are mudwholes as
nuteh county muney as the farmers
nv aout of thare own pOekits. well
nnt that rite. and see that Jawn is
lginst byin lot Of mashinery when
he eort doant no wheather thay need
hem or not.
why doant the eort no how mu' eh
nashlnery thay got in eech deestriek
'efoar thay by moar.
what has became Of Gawge nifty
rhoo writes abaout the sehule sisten. =
iawge aut to get a job with Park;m- :
un he IS the ofishul n0cker of the
chufe sistem.
well Mister Editur if vule anser
heese qwestins will let my nayburs
eed yure letter or j will cum in aud
se -'ou abaOut !. thank you. v
a taxpaying republikan.
ballston, OREGON, April 6. 1913. a
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-04-11
Gard Of Thanks.

We, the undersigned, take thu
means Of sincerely thanking all tn
friends and neighbors for their many
acts of kindness and assistance 81
freely and graciously given us durlns
our recent bereavement. We assure
them that they will always be CRATE
fully remembered.
JAMES OTIE FOSTER.
Mr.. AND MRS. j. H. FOSTER,
EDWARD FOSTER,
DANIEL FOSTER,
EWIN FOSTER,
Mr.. AND MRS. HOMER FOSTER.
Lorraine FOSTER.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-04-11
MEDAL CONTEST ON TUESDAY
Proceeds to Be Used to Swell Foun-
tain Fund.

Falls City, April 1O.-Another 81 |.
var medal contest will be held IN the
M. L. church Of Falls City Tuesday
night. April Is. There will be no ad,
mission charge, but an offering VIII
be taken. The program will be Iol, .,,
lowed by a box supper. Boxes Will
be sold for 25 cents. The entire pro-
ceeds of the supper will be used 70
swell the drinking fountain fund. La
dies Of all sizes and ages, we ask you
to come and enjoy the program, ana ann
bring a box packed with lunch fof
two
Men and boys, we ask you to come
and enjoy the program and buy a box ;.
packed with lunch fro two. Coffee
served free
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-04-11

Advertised Letters.
List Of letters remaining uncalled
for in the postoffice at Dallas, Oregon,
April 7, 1918:
Austin, Ruth.
Chambers, Mrs. 7. J.
Dune, Charley.
Lembe, Fred. tn
Miller, NJ A.
Noffei, Trongerco.
Pfunder, Nick.
c. G. COAD, Postmaster.
-Tresspass notices, weather proof,
for sale at Observer Job office.
Iepal hlankS for sale at this nffina
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-04-11
BUELL. SCHOOL NOW STANDARD
Total List in Polk County Reaches
% Ont Of 70

Twenty-Five Of the 20 schools of
Polk county have nov become stand.
ard, Baell making the twentieth one
the pst week. and the prospects arr
considered goed BY the school oficers
Tor a large addition 10 the uumber
aefins the coming summer months
The directors at the Buell. school .rs
= Z. Walker. 7. J. Merrick and u
sepa hidgeEay; r y. Y. Paul i
eierS' and Miss Hilda knight teacher
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-04-11

A. +. a A A-Jenningz Lodge. No.
meets second and fourth FRIDAYS
OF each month. in Masonic han on
Main street Visiting brethren vel
come.
{, A, HAMILTON. W.M
WALTER s MUIR. secretarr.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-04-11
Editorials Of the
People.

Signed communications will be
printed under this head from respon-
sible parties but their publication
does not necessarily imply that they
express the sentiments of the editor.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-04-11

through concentration, and not super
fetal knowledge of splatter, spluttel
type, that the children need, anC
should have.
Judge Ben Lindsey, in an article
published in the "Denver Weekly
Post, y writes as follows: I'm my
Judgment, there are 100000 children
dependent and delinquent, coming tc
courts of this country every year, and
that means 1,6OO,00O coming to the
courts of this nation in every genera
tion of childhood = Also, "But final
", any work for children of the city
or country, must bring us face to face
with many Of the social, economic. in
dustrial and political conditions that
concern us as a people. We cannot
do our duty toward the children of
this nation without attacking the
conditions that deform the lives OF
the children. "
1t is certainly a deplorable exist
ing condition, when 100000 children
appear annually before the courts OF
this nation. Where do these children
come from? Most Of them have been,
or are, pupils from our public schools;
and I will venture to say, that the
greater per cent of them come from
the city schools; those schools that
have the most supervision, and are
classed as the best. But why are
they the best, when moral results
shown there are the worstq Educat-
ors are thinking to much about com
mercial industrialism, and not enough
about moral, character elevating intel
lectualism. Intellectual thoughts,
about the moral-character needs of
should dominate over, but
not eliminate thoughts of their physi-
,al needs.
The people should realize that ma
5ional hot-air fame, among theorists
acking stability in thoughts, does not
EDUCATE the minds, or properly devel-
'p the characters of children, in Or
'gon, or anywhere else. It is time
he people were doing their own
upon educational problems,
md not let others do all the thinking
or them. Yours truly,
GEO e. NIFTY
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-04-11
Eola, Ore, April, 1913.

The Observer gives space to the
above communication, not because OF
any real merit that it contains, but
simply for the reason that we took
occasion to criticise former letter of
Mr.. Mitty's, in which he attacked
modern school methods. In an APP
pendix to his letter to The Observer,
NIFTY intimates that we won't pub
lish this latest effusion of his because
we are protecting certain school in
terests. We want to assure the Eola
mail carrier on the sub list of the Sa-
lem postoffice, that we have no fear
regarding the effect of any effusion of
his upon the school system of this or
any other county. The gentleman is
taking himself altogether too serious
ly. He really isn't worth the space,
'ut one must, sometimes, mustn 7 one +?
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-04-11
LODGE DIRECTORY

WooDMEN OF THE woRLD-pal-
las Camp No. 20s meets in ". O
w. Hall on Tuesday evening Of
each week.
R. E. REED, Consul Com.
W. A AYRES. Clerk.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-04-11

HIS enthusiastic supporters declare
that Bryan Is "ioo big" for the job.
he may not loom 50 extensively after
his present session with japan.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-04-11

:" The Movies Drive Out the Barn
siormers' reads a headline. Yes.
they have accomplished that mission
al fight-now the "barnstormers -
and lucrative jobs posing for she
movies. So everybody is satisfied.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-25
ODD LITTLE STORIES
FROM THE DAYS NEWS
MORE WATERS THAN GUESTS
IN THE SWISS HOTEL.

Paris. Aug. 25-rhere are are al
present mere walters than guests IN
the Swiss hotels situated al high alti-
tudes. as the result Of the continuous
cold and rain during July. The hotels
IN the valleys, however. are crowded
with tourists. who have been waiting
for weeks for better weather TO go up
into the mountains.
The first part of the summer season
has been a complete failure. and Il Is
estimated that hotel proprietors, rail-
roads and storekeepers have lost over
sl,250,000. Climbing In the higher
Alps has been too dangerous this sea
son. and Lake Constance has over
flowed In several parts. flooding "a
number of villages and towns As q
result the tourist travel has been un-
usually light The weather now, how
ever, shows signs Of improving and
visitors probably soon viii begin to
flock "a the higher levels. but II Is
too late 10 prevent the season % 1918
from being the worst of many years.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-25
MELONS
uOw 10 sERvE THEM.
~ Jcan Ilnian.


WnHrFNtttun sllrfhrt.
: cups watermelon pulp.
, tablespoons red current juice.
cup powdered sugar
I Tablespoons eclatiue
Whites Of 2 oaRs.
tablespoons powdered sugar.
Remove tho pulp from an Ice cold
watermelon lind rub Il through a fruit
sieve; add the red currans Juice, sugar
and the eclatlne which has been soft
ened IN cold water and dissolved IA
hot water. Turn Into the freeaer and
when hair frozen add the whites Of
the EGGS, which have been beaten 70
stln froth with the four tablespoons
Of sugar. Freeze a. the consistency OF
mush and serve 10 slender sherbet
glasses, sprinkled with minced can-
died orange peel.
Fruit im Caminlonnce.
small, weil-nayored cuntaioupee.
cups fresh pineapple.
Powdered sugar.
Green minted cherries.
Cut the cantaloupes IN half. drain.
and chill with n silver fork pick a
very rips pineapple from its core IN
small bits. and chill. At serving time
an the cantaloupes with the pineapple,
sprinkle with powdered sugar. and
R1rnlsh literally with the mintod
cherries,
CantnlOupe Frappe.
! pint cantaioupe pulp.
I tablespoon gelatlne
Pinch 81 salt.
v Gun af powdered sugar.
Juice Of y lemon.
= cup Of sherry.
Remove the seeds from the canta-
loupe and SCOOP out the pulp. Press
ID through a sieve. Soften the geia-
tine with a little cold water. and melt
with hot water Add the gelatine.
salt, sugar. lemon Juice and sherry 70
the melon pulp and freeze. Serve IN
the chilled rind Of the melon cut 20
repreaent a basket with o. handle.
Watermelon Tee.
watermelon ice may be made by
the recipe given for cantaloupe ice.
Melons Million.
Cut an ice cold contaloupe IN quar-
tiers lengthwise, remove the seeds, and
place three candied or mint cherries
on each quarter. This method Of
serving melons Ia used as dessert OF
as q first course az luncheon.
This u a recipe Of seraphin Million
| chef OF Deimonico's, New York.
Melon salad.
2 cups Of cantaioupe cubes.
Salt. paprita. cinnamon.
/ teaspoon gelatine.
4 cup OF whipped cream.
Lettuce.
| Mayonaise.
Cut the meaty inside % q ripe can
( taloupe In cubes. and dust slight,
with salt. paprika, and cinnamon. Pu
! this IN a jar next 10 the ice for severa
4 hours soften the eelatlne In a litil'
cold water and dissolve Il in hot wa
ter. Add Il to the whipped cream
salt n slightly and chill. when read
to serve. put a spoonfnl Of the melOI
on lettuce leaf. then small spoon
| ful Of the whipped cream In the cen
ter and surround with a piping o
! mayOnnaise made with lemon juice.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-25

poll|n aifship.
Great secrecy has hoon maintained
about the trlnlA and the flll results
are not Known. Firing from q height
of 500 feet. n was observed that the
floating target VAS riddicd with bull
lets. while from 1880 feet another
target suffered considerably.
n Ia understood that the new gun
a n quicksilver. kind ~ aerial
n'v. I'M u II not q qign "A rs elnk
vessels 40 much a. 20 kin the crew..
The experiments are always Carried
out Ut sunset
saoo,o0o. 600 To M Coined.
Paris. Aug. 2s.--The Rank OF France
has decided 60 strike into coin the
whole % It's gold metal reserve
amounting to s60O. 900. goo
The decision % the bank was caused
by the recent gold crisis In Europe
and the fact that foreien banks. IN
troubioua times. do not like to take
gold Ia the form OF bars. Al the rate
at which the gold Ia BEING minted
about 1000 twenty franc gold pieces
day, u viii take az least two years
for the whole OF the reserve 10 BE-
coined.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-25
ABDUL All WOULD LIKE
JACK JOHNSON As GIAVI

Paris. Aug 25-Paris. the tra-
dltional resort of kings Ia exile, now
harbors the ox-sultan Of Morocco,
Abdul Azig.
His majesty n flowing robes ~
white, is TO bee seen daily IN large
automobile driving along the boule-
wards. To distract him from his
gloomy thoughts he was taken TO "a
weli-knOwn vaudeville establishment
To see the Revue" The potentate
CARED with indifference at the long
array of gorgeously arrayed dancers;
only when Jack Johnson appeared 90
give an exhibition of boxing. and 90
dance with his wife. ala a CLEAN Of in
terest dawn in the royal eyes. What
% splendid slave he would have made
for me a few years ago" said his
majesty with "a deep sigh.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-25

Paris, Aug Aug. ga curious
congress, that of tho "Inhrm and At
rophiod of France" win be hell IN
Paris during October.
The program of the congress has
not yet been made public, but among
other festivities viii be reception at
the Hotel de VILE which the muni-
cipal councillors promised, without
realizing what Il might entail II has
now been pointed out TO the council
lors that the logless and otherwise IN
firm delegates viii have great dihl-
Guilty In ascending 90 the reception
rooms, and the question OF Installing
an elevator Cor the occasion Is being
discussed.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-25
WRIT OF HABEAS
CORPUS ASKED
BY NEFF

Another chapter In the rather bad
~ mixed up ease of the J. y. Neifs
was written In the district court to-
day when Attorney W. G. Heacock,
counsel for Nem. asked for q writ OF
habcas corpus. seeking To obtain pos
session OF Lucille Neff. aged 10. and
Virginia Men, aged ), who II was al
legged were kidnapped By their mother
August n and taken to santa Re In
an automobile. wheer they were taxi
en- in charge by the mounted police.
In his application for the writ today
Men alleges that his wife II not conn
petent 20 care for the two Men chill
dren. az the same time concedlng that
Mrs. Mem secured a divorce from him
which carried with u the custody 81
the children in Denver on October
~, 1911.
Attorney HeacOck contends. in the
application on behalf of Neff, that
circumstances have changed since
the divorce was granted Mrs. Neh.
and that as Ner has cared for the
children and had them In his custody
almost during the entire time since
October ~. 1911. he therefore is en-
titled go them. Neff's application for
divorce from Mrs Ruth y. Nen.
whom he married after being di-
vorced from Mrs. Mem No. /. Is said
TO have precipitsted the present fight
for possession OF the children. who
are now In the custody Of the court.
Colonel Berger. attorney for Mrs
Lillian Neff. said today that he felt
very confident that the hearing "a
be held before Judge Craig Wcdnes-
day morning will result in the com
plete vindicntion ct his client
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-25


The Herald has received from the
Natlonai Hisheays association some
mos, abrasive literature setting
sariA the fac, tAat Mr. A. l. WHIST
sara. she g. naN snaksns Il.ooo-
mile trip By moter ear acrasn ihe
man. has accepted the position o.
vlcs president ana direesoF % trans
continental Highways Of the associa-
ton Tho circulars contain pictures
OF Mr. wcalsard On every page. some
os which ara most interesting.
vTe bellpve M weassnrd q now
toufinE she southwest Towns. 81
noutheru New Mexico ana elsewhere
have been making elaborate preparn-
tiona for his reception. This h quite
propsr. eir. wersSard being pnih-
nnder Of sorts. IN case he favors Al
ouaueFqae win a visit. the Herald
urges shat ht BE Tiven q most cordial
reception. more cordial Than on pre-
yioun occasions
Tor 1T. westward 50 far has done
nothins FOR the sunset Trail especial.
~ except 90 recommend that trans
continental tourists keep of e. u
was Mr. westward who In boosiinl
for the New Mexico route advised the
indiana Motor Manufacturers party
one Of The biggest that has crossed
the country. % take the alkaline
rough. ratty. thirsty. dusty and
bumpy route across the Utah desserts
IN preferences 70 the New Mexic,
route. Mr. Tlncher Of the indiana
party. who was in the city recently
said q was due 20 Mr.. weasard'i
urgent representations that New
Mexico failed 10 get even hair o.
tho party.
New Mexico win have 70 do bestei
BY Mr.. wesigard than Il has before
especially since ne has accepted th'
influential position Of director o
transcontinentai highways for th'
national association.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-25
FOR AND AGAINST BASEBALL
SLANG.


The tarlft, the Mexican imbroElIo,
the sulzer Impeachment even the
escape OF Harry Thaw. are themes
which shade into insIgnificance COM
pared TO the one not weather issue
before the public. How shall base
bail gamea be written shall the
acribes lard their accounts with joy
Gus and profuse slang. or shall they
stick 70 plain websserian English
The question IL raging all over the
country among followers OF the game.
One paper has taken a symposium Of
he readers on the subject with the
result that the purlsts outnumber the
slang adhereRts. sun larger num-
Der favor a betwixt and between
course.
what the enthusiastic "fan" seems
TO want. as an exchange views IL, is
10 read vivid word picture OF the
game he wished to see but could not
The color, the life, the movement OF
the players must somehow be COM
pressed into the reporters story. SO
far as slang will help the vitality Of
the account BY giving Il go and spirit,
the reader will be glad 10 have a..
But he wants description of the
game that ne can understand without
the use o. a slang dictionary. II IL
just possible that a stranger IN the
city might sometime want 10 read
the baseball news. RE does not know
the nicknamss Of the teams and the
players. To him the whole story is
jargon, a puzzle 10 which he has not
been given the clew The trouble r.
70 determine when slang ceases to
be picturesque and vivid. when It be-
comes a dull and unintelllglble bore.
Opinions az 20 this will differ TO
find the golden mean II not always
easy. Take the following excerpts
from IN account Of a recent Chicago
Boston game;
Hitting on ali six cylinders at
once. the White sox made Roston's
world champions take their dust
again. The Galatians got their swats
tOgether and wasted few OF them"
Manager Carrigan grew 80 peey-
ish about Il that Umpire Egan chased
him ont 0f his armor."
ION the next play ciootte was
given a life. This loaded the bases
and a two-bagger by chapelle emp
tied two-thirds OF them onto the plat.
ter. Mosely stopped the fun by Whit
fling two more OF our best batters
Charley Han worked the last half Of
The eighth and denied Collins In the
Stats"
Although "dented ia the Stats" MT
Collins wan utill In the game. We
read later that he robbed Gardner
Of a screamer 20 right BY jumping Ia
tho afr and stabbing the pin with one
hand"
These mild clippings are the firsl
that come 20 hand. Perhaps they "a
not really do Justice 10 the fertile
Imagination Of ths average baseball
reporter. A large number Of voters
favor strongly this style Of GOVERNS
the story, bat 20 far a. the evidences
is yea IN a appears that sin mor'
want q nomination Of brisk snappi.
neas Win some lingering regard q
English AZ she uhed 20 be.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-25
TIRES CHEER FOR
u THE THIN MAN
n lie Doesn't Die YOuIsg He's likely
20 1--we long, Defnree IN.
aurance Doctor.

S. Paul. MINI, Aug. 2S.--Fat men
are more likely 90 die In Niddle me-
while thin ones are more likely 20
either die young or live TO ripe old
age. according 10 figures given the
medical section of the American Life
Insurance association today by DR.. II.
a. maker, Of Pittsburgh, chairman Of
that section.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-08-25
FREE RAW WOOL
IS AGREED TO
my Leased Wire 20 Evening Herald. !

Washington. Aug. 25,--l'ree raw
wool was agreed 10 In the senate to-
day without a ron call. No obiec-
ton was made 10 ratification Of the
program, although Republican sona-
tors viii demand roll calls on subst-
tutos for the wool schedules, when
tho bin leaves the committee Of the
whole. The finance committee
amendment providing that free Wool
should not become operative until 9e-
cember /. 1919, also was agreed 10.
The entire free list was approved with
the exceptions of the paragraphs re-
latlng "a works of ART, which were re-
committed