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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-17
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

Undaunted by some slight opposi-
ton the municipal administration is
forging forward in the matter of pub
lie improvements, believing that each
recurring year should witness addi-
tional betterments. In the matter of
street improvements this applies with
more force than to any other class of
improvements. Earlier in the season
the councilmen declared their inten-
ton to macadamize considerable
number of the most frequented thor
oughfares of the city, but the prop
osition was demonstrated against with
sufficient strength to slay the meas
ure, not, we believe, because of the
fact that the property owners affected
by the proposed betterment did not
appreciate the need of better streets,
but because of the character of the i'm
provement proposed. The council
dropped its plans in this direction, and
Immediately set about formulating
others that might be carried to sue
cessful consummation, with the result
that some eight blocks of street i'm
provements, including concrete curbs
and spacious parking grounds, will
soon be under way.
Ordinarily, when the declaration
that improvements were to be tabooed
by those who pay the freight, an ad-
would have crawled back
into its cave, but the Dallas council
was insistent that something toward
should be accomplished,
and it gained its point. And these i'm
while not of the highest
order, are going to be credit to the
city as whole. Good thoroughfares
are one of the very best assets any
city can have.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-17
COLOMBIAN TREATY CAMPAIGN

Notwithstanding the repeated as
surances by the State Department
that the proposed Colombian treaty
already ratified by the Colombian
congress, contains no apology for Oul
recognition of the Panama Republic
so soon after it was organized, the
campaign being conducted by the
friends of the treaty appears to have
as its sole basis the contention that
we at least owe an apology. Seiz-
ing on rather boastful declaration
of former President Roosevelt about
how he took Panama without wait
ing for congress to debate the mat
ter, the New York World now pub
fishes the evidence it gathered to use
in defense of libel suit, the purpose
of which was to show that the Pan
anna revolution was not spontaneous
uprising, but was engineered by in
terested persons and received official
aid and comfort from the United
States. 1t should be borne in mind
that this evidence was never used and
was not subjected to attack or even
unfriendly examination. 1t CLOSES
over Colombia's behavior preceding
the revolution. The former president
of Colombia, Senor Reyes, has adj
dressed a public letter to President
Wilson in which he declares our atti-
tude toward Colombia and Panama
put a stain on our flag. To argue, in
the face of this, that we are not apol-
ogizing is obvious quibbling.
The Hay-Herran treaty We entered
into at urgent solicitation of Colom-
bia could have been justly criticised
only ON the score of our liberality.
We gave everything to Colombia,
yielding every point raised by it. Then
the treaty was rejected unanimously.
That fact stands boldly out and can
not be explained without ascribing
perfdy to Colombia. The govern
ment did not try to get it ratified. Our
very generosity had built up a false
hope that we would submit to a hold
up. A commission having unani-
recommended the Panama
route over the Nicaraguan, Colom-
bia decided that it was imperative |
that We use it. There was a posi- /
bility that We could proceed with the |
building Of a canal under an old |
treaty and this was being seriously \
considered when the Panama revolu-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-17

last word. Germany does not ALLOW
her boys or girls to enter "blind al
ley" employment if she can help 1t
The German continuation school sys
TEN takes hold of the boy of fourteen
or fifteen as soon as he finishes the
elementary school and prepares him
for some particular trade or business.
They are assisted by the school au-
thorities in securing desirable situa-
tions, and are required to attend the
continuation schools while employed.
There are classes for bakers, butchers,
BARRIERS, walters, painters, decorators,
blacksmiths, tailors, lace-making, ma
chine-tool making, art forging, plumb
ing, electric installation, furniture and
weaving-loom making, house carpen-
try, shoemaking, saddlery, upholstery,
cabinet makers, and in fact for any
other occupation in which it is prac-
ticable for a boy to engage. Even if
the boy does not aspire to be skilled
workman, but is content to become
street cleaner, house servant, messen-
ger, or to engage in any other form
of unskilled labor, he is nevertheless
required to spend three years in the
school.
instruction in these continuation
schools is by no means confined to
technical branches. Besides definite
training, the pupils receive
instruction in certain branches de-
signed to aid them as citizens-civic
affairs, trade history and community
welfare-in addition to composition
and arithmetic based chiefly on the
vocational work.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-17
OTHERS OPINIONS.


Editor Observer: In the last issue
of your paper We noticed an ar
ticle entitled, enforce or Repeal the
Law and signed Resident.
/ There is an ordinance fixing the
rate of speed within the fire limits, to
not excede II miles per hour. and on
other streets and highways, not to ex-
ceed 10 miles per hour. There is also
an ordinance requiring cutouts to be
kept closed. 1t is our aim and in
tention to enforce these ordinances to
the best of our abilities, but as it is a
physical impossibility for us to cover
all parts of the city at the same time.
we will in many cases have to depend
upon the good citizenship of those who
witness the infraction of the law to
report to us, giving name of driver or
number of machine. If "Residentn
will come forward and give the
names of those parties who were rae
ing on Washington street, Zone night
last week" we will make the proper
arrests at once.
OLIVER p. CHASE.
City Marshal.
A. P. STARR.
Special Police.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-17

Oregon the crop was badly damaged
early in the season. While it will be
short, it is not the failure that
was anticipated some time ago. As
a whole, the Oregon crop is estimated
at about one-fifth of Il full crop. In
Western Washington the crop Is
spotted and somewhat short and in
many orchards there will be none.
Around Dallas the crop will prob
ably be better than first indicated,
and will give about one-third of q
crop.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-17

Prohibition forces lost their battle
for the insertion of a plank favoring
the re-submission of the prohibition
question to vote of the people at
the republican state convention in
Iowa. The convention did adopt a
plank indorsing the present liquor
laws and commencing their enforce
ment.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-17
VOCATIONAL WORK.

In view of the agitation of voca.
tional schools for young men and wo.
men, which are recommended by the
foremost edueationalists, it may be
interesting to consider for a moment
what the work of these institutions
means in the sum total of German
industrial efficiency and social pro
gress. Prof. Schaffer. of the Univer-
sity of Oregon, on every possible oc-
casion advocates vocational eduea-
tion. and this theme has fire.
quently been discussed by Super
intendent Seymour and others. but, in
the opinion of The Observer, the Ger
man continuation school system is the
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-17

tion offered another way. This was
the fifty-third disturbance on tn,
isthmus in tifty-seven years. But fol
exercise of police power by the Uni
ted States in Colombia s interest ir
1856, 1860, 1873, 1885 and 1901 the
isthmus might have been severed from
Colombia.
Who started the revolution is a
matter of dispute. A former Colon
bian minister declares that he con-
ceived it and began its execution.
That the people most concerned, the
residents, gave it their hearty sup
port, can not be denied. They saw
their very salvation slipping from
them as result of the overreach-
ing greed of Colombia. The United
States was not foolish enough to again
use its power to save the isthmus for
Colombia. The new republic was
promptly recognized and we made
with it a very generous treaty, under
which the canal was built, instead of
being postponed for another eighty
years. John Hay, who was familiar
with all the details, voluntarily de-
clared that our conduct in the trans
action was without reproach and he
had keen sense or honor. 1t will
take more than ex parte evidence
gathered by a defendant in a libel
suit to convince the country to the
contrary.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-17
FOREIGN COMPETITION.

The sensational advance in the pric,
of wool, dating virtually from til,
Inauguration of free wool, has beer
"A powerful factor in jacking VI
goods prices to level permitting OF
active competition from foreign man
ufacturers. There has been a strons
20 per cent rise in all grades OF
wool, both foreign and American
clips, during the past seven months
which has necessitated an increase in
the price of goods, commensurate
with the increase in the cost of pro-
duction. The result has been the in
flux of competing foreign fabrics, the
menace from which is likely to in
crease rather than decrease as the
foreigners grow more conversant with
American markets.
The abrupt rise in wool has not
been due to tariff influences but sim
ply to worldwide shortage accentu-
ated by the loss of some 100,OOO,OO0
pounds in Australia through drought
two years ago. If it were not for
free wool, moreover, prices on this
side of the water would be mater
tally higher. Importation of wool
cloth and of dress goods is nearly
four times as heavy in volume as un-
der the old law. By changing from
specific to ad valorem duties the gov
ernment has made it possible to import
vast quantities of shoddy goods that
never could enter the country be-
fore. As prices of cloth are higher
this shoddy stuff is coming in at fig
ures that keep the total price per
pound just at the previous years
level.
In 1912 there was not enough wool
en- cloth imported to make one suit
of clothes for more than one out of
a hundred of the population. More
than that they were wearing imported
cloth. This year most persons who
think they are wearing imported
cloth are really doing so but much of
it is shoddy. The result is that the
American shoddy cloth men are suf-
fering. 1t is only the manufacturers
of medium-p priced cloth that escape
injury. While the foreign shoddy is
hurting the cheap home cloth, the
worsted is being injured
by the tariff in quite another way.
Raw wool is now free. The old tar
if was eleven cents a pound and
woolen cloth was 55 per cent adval-
orem plus four times the tariff on raw
wool, or forty-four cents a yard. This
was based on the theory that it took
four pounds of wool to make a yard of
cloth. So it did of carded wool, but
,ombed wool from which high-grade
is made got yard out of
;wo pounds. The worsted manufac-
urer had thus an unfair advantage I
,ver the carded wool makers. Now {
he latter have the advantage, for
he specific duty of four times the :
luty of raw wool is removed, and the {
I'd valorem is reduced from So per
cent to 80 per cent.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-17
PYTHIAN KNIGHTS INSTALL.
Polk and Marion County Lodges Ask
for District Convention.

Marmion Lodge No. SO, Knights OF
Pythias. has installed the following
officers: P. C. c.. Wayne Green
wood; c. c., Walter l.. Tooze, Jr.
V. C.. John r. Sibley; prelate. Will
liam Hines; NJ. W. Lief Finseth; X.
r. and s.. John 7. Ford; NJ. F.. John
T. Ford; NJ. F.. doc" P. Patter-
son; NJ. A., Thomas f. Campbell; l.
G.. John r. Allgood; o. g.. Sandford
B. Taylor.
Resolutions were adopted directing
Verd Hill. deputy district grand chan
cellor. of Independence. to call a dis
triet convention in Dallas.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-17
The Prime Crop.

The prune crop throughout the Uni.
ted States, with the exception of but
very few localities, appears to be ma
terially short. The commercial out
put. as compared to last year, un-
doubtedly will be light. In Western
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-17
A SOCIAL ORGANISM.

A SOCIAL ORGANISM.
The simple barbarism of primitive
man made each individual almos
wholly independent of his fellows, ex
cept as they might have to unite fo1
defense against attack from a common
enemy. Modern society represents al
entirely different condition. lndepen
dence has been succeeded by depen
dence. The complex conditions Of
modern life make the individual more
and more dependent on his fellow
man. This increases the necessity fol
clearer recognition of the benefits that
each derives from all. The things
without which life in the country in
these enlightened days would be a
dreary existence-roads, schools
churches, libraries, telephones, and ev-
erything that combines to make up the
social life-especially in the small
er cities, towns and villages within
reach of farm homes, cannot be enjoy
ed unless the community co-operates
to create and maintain them. Hence
the community as a whole, insofar as
its relations to all these things are
necessary for enjoyment as a commu-
nifty is concerned, must be treated as
one entire and individual social or
ganism. Anything that increases its
strength and wealth and the number
of people composing it, increases in
like degree its powers to serve the
wants and needs of all as a communi-
ty. Consequently everything that can
be done by members of the community
to promote its general growth and
Improvement should be done from a
purely selfish standpoint, if from no
other. Each member of necessity par
ticipates in the increasing prosperity
and values, and general wealth, and
increased social and educational ad-
vantages. This is true of the dwell
ers in the adjacent country, on the
farms, just as much as of those living
in the midst of the town that is the
center of social activity for the entire
section.
The spirit of cooperation and mu-
tual helpfulness for the common ben
eft should include the farmers as
well as the town-dwellers. The iso-
lation and deadly monotony of the
old farm life has driven countless
of young men and women
away from home to failure and life
of unhappiness and Disappointment in
the cities. These terrible draw backs
to farm life have been done away
with in modern rural communities by
uniting the farms and town into one
loyal whole as a community cooper
ating for the welfare of all. The tele
phone. the consolidated school, good
roads and good neighbors and the en-
tire social life of the town where the
farmer should trade are the new in
auenees to make farm life the hap
piest life in the world. But to enjoy
these benefits the farmer must be one
Of the community, and in exact pro-
portion that all cooperate TO make 1t
stronger and weld it together more
loosely and keep its accumulated capi-
al and its trade at home Just TO that
,Xtent will each enjoy the increased
benefits resulting from such a policy
# loyalty to the home community. All
should work together for increased
the establishment of
lew industries and increased prosperi-
y of those already established, and
everything that human activity can do
o make a better environment for a
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-17

The initiative in Oklahoma, like in
Oregon, is filling that commonwealth
with half-baked laws, and there is
general demand for halt.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-17

Polk county will have a fair this
fall that will be a credit to the men
and women who made it.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-17
Willamette Valley
Lumber Co.
Sc FARM AND CITY LOANS.

May be obtained to repay mort
cages, remove encumbranees, purchase
or improve real estate, from one to
ten years time. Special privileges;
correspondence invited. "A. C. Cen
eral Agency, 767 Gas & Electric Bldg,
Denver, Colo. or 44o Phslan Bldg,
San Francisco, Calf.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-17

Bull Moosers have combined with
the democrats of Utah to side track
Reed Smoot.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-17

fully rounded out, complete and hap
py life.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-02
MORE THAN 100
DELEGATES ARE
COMING TONIGHT
Clerks and Carriers Of Texas
VIII Open First Joint
Session Friday.

More than 100 delegates TO the Texas
Clerk Carriers convention are eN-
pected to arrive in the city tonight at
$40 o'clock Dallas. san Antonio, Fort
Worth Houston and Galveston viii be
represented among the delegates ar
irving. They viii be met by the re-
The convention. the first Joint one
1 that has been held by the two assO-
Citations will be the seventh annual
meeting for the clerks and the 18th
for the carriers 1t will be opened Of
ficially Friday morning, at o'clock,
when all the delegates VIII meet at
the Headquarters at the Hotel PasO del
Norte Badges will be given out to-
night and the delegates will be reg
istered.
Opening Session Friday Morning.
At $3.50 Friday morning the clerks
VIII hold their opening business session
at the chamber Of commerce All of
the delegates will take an auto trip
about the CITY and to Ysleta at o'clock
IN the afternoon, and at O'Clock viii
attend the ball to be given at the
Hotel Paso del Norte-
Business Session and Reception.
The program for Saturday, viii open
1T a. m, with a business session Of
the Clerks association at the chamber
OF commerce. At 10 o'clock the car
the court room OF the federal build
ing The women Of the local branches
VIII give reception to the visiting
women at the Hotel PasO del NOrte at
$50 In the afternoon and a dinner 10
the delegates viii be rendered at the
Hotel Sheldon at $50 p. m
a trip to Cloudcroft will close the
convention This viii be made Sunday.
the delegates leaving at 1870 a m.
and returning to the city at p m.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-02
TERRAzAS PLAINTIFF
IN A $4,000 SUIT

Luis Terrazas. ST, appears as the
plaintiff in a suit for $4,000. filed
thursday morning in the special dis
uict court against the Finnegan- Brown
company The petition names z w
Grundler, of Houston. as president Of
the defendant company, and ". l.
Field, OF FL PasO. as treasurer.
The plaintiff alleges that in Deem
Der, 1913, he was the owner OF zoo 600
head Of cattle and that though he was a
resident Of Chihuahua, Mexico. was at
the time temporarily making his home
in FL Paso- After he came TO FL Paso
Terrazas, in his petition. states that q
number of his cattle were killed and
slaughtered by parties having no au-
thority to do so The number OF cattle
killed, he asserts, would exceed $4,000
head.
He alleges that the defendant com
pany, Its agents and employees during
December, 1913. and January, February
March. April. May and June Of this
year unlawfully took possession Of a
number of hides. not exceeding $4,000.
which were valued at $4,000.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-02
TO SAVE EYES
Is the object of This Free Prescription
Try 1t If Your Eyes Give
You Trouble.

thousands Of people suffer from eve
troubles because they do not know what
10 do They know some good home rem
edy for every other minor aiIment, but
none for their eye troubles. They neg
lect their eyes, because the trouble Is
not sufficient TO drive them 10 an eve
specialist, who would, anyway, charge
them heavy fee As a last resort they
90 TO an Optician OF 10 the five and ten
cent store, and oftentimes get glasses
that they do not need. OF which, after
being used two or three months. do
their eyes more injury than good. Here
Is simple prescription that every one
should use
3 grains DIPLOMA Il tabIet)
2 ounces Water
Use three or four times q day and battle
the eyes. This prescription and the
simple OpuOna system keeps the eyes
clean. sharpens the vision and quickly
oTercOmes Inflammation and irritation
weak, Watery. overWorlled. tired eyes
and other similar troubles are greatly
benefited and Oftentimes cured 10y its
use -Iany reports show that Wearers
Of glasses have discarded them after a
few weeks use. II Is good for the eyes
and contains no ingredient which wnuld
injure the most sensitive ewes OF an in
fant or the aged. Kelly & Pollard or
any druggist can fill this prescription
promptly. Try II and know for once
what real eye comfort is.-AdTertise-
menL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-02
POSED As An ARMY OFFICER;
PROMISES To LEAVE TOW

Dave Kyle, was arrested wednesday
night by Lieut. r. J. West provost
marshall. on a charge Of impersonat-
ing an ex army officer. It is alleged
Kyle obtained small loans from army
officers and others by means of the
fmpersonations. Thursday morning.
Kyle was brought before police chief
I n Davis and Lieut. West. He ad-
mitted he had served in the signal
corps in 1898, being stationed at Fort
sim Houston and at Fort Bliss He
said he came here recently from Duran.
y NJ. and promised to leave town if
released He was given his liberty on
condition
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-02
BATTALION WILL
START FRIDAY ON
MARCH TO DEMING
Itinerary Announced Calls
For Overland Trip to Be
Made in Eight Days.

Starting promptly at $50 o'clock
Friday morning from Camp Cotton, the
first battalion of the Sixth infantry
will begin the overland march to Dem
ing, y. NJ, where the battalion viii
attend the maneuVers of the New Mex
leo national guard. The battalion Will
be followed by the sixth field artillery
in a few days, il having also been
ordered TO participate in the maneu-
DeminE is $50 miles from FL Paso,
according to the route OF march
mapped out for the soldiers. The first
DAYS hike viii take them 1873 miles
TO the Borderland Inn. where they will
spend July in camp July they viii
march to Lenarke, 1872 miles; July s to
Alton. 10.4 miles; July :, to Aden. L
miles: July TO Cambray, 1875 miles;
July to AIeisse. u miles, and July 10
will complete the last leg Of the jour
ney. 1o.5 miles TO Deming.
All camps along the line Of march,
except the Borderland Inn and Meisse,
are railroad points, while Cambray is
a postoffice station. Three days "a
tons viii be received at Alton and
Cambray-
Mai. F. T. Lewis. commanding the
first battalion of the Sixth infantry.
will accompany the soldiers on their
march.
Col Frederick TO Command.
Col John s Parke, commanding off
Ger Of the Goth infantry, left FL Paso
Wednesday for Fort Wingate, n NJ. to
inspect the companies Of the 2Oth sta
TONED at that point The order as
signing Col Parke as commanding Of
ficer OF the joint militia and regular
army encampment at Deming. \. NJ,
has been recalled. and a new order
issued, designating Col Daniel Fred
erick TO command the encampment-
Col Frederick was formerly colonel Of
the 22d infantry. while il was sta
toned at Fort Bliss, and is well known
here
Reception at Post Tonight.
The officers and their families OF
the 18th cavalry will give a reception
tonight in the post hall at the head
quarters building at Fort Bliss compli-
mentarv TO their commanding officer,
Col. George H. n s-Ean ara his family.
Tro ps Z and H of the 18th cavalry
will go on an is mile hike Friday
morning. Capt E L Phillips will COM
maud the troopers.
Companies E, H K and L OF the 18th
infantry are having craftsmanship
practice on the target range Of the
mesa
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-02

well executed cartoon OF r. E.
Sherman at the Adclub convention at
Toronto. has been received by the FL
Paso Adclub- The cartoon, which is
painted. is the work Of the Artgravers
o. New York II shows Sherman as
the Pied Piper of Hamlin. with a lone
star on his sleeve and the children"
being his words Of invitation TO all the
Rio Grande" is shown in brilliant sill
yer