Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-01-13

speak III R00seyeltlan VEN. l mea
they are ever striving to breed bette
stock and more of it. As it is no.
people send from all over the worl
for Polk s Angoras, from far an
wide for Polk Is Jerseys and Holstein
and Guernseys from East and Wes
north and South, for Folks Lincol
and other high-class sheep.
"What is the name of that youn
river?" is the gist of a question
strangers ask as they first com
down to Dallas and note the fin
stream near which the great William
cite Valley Lumber Co. has its larg
sawmill. This company employees 2O
men at the mill and in the loggins
camps.
"That", will be the answer, ri,
the Lacl1re-all." F." Or that is want i
will sound like to you. They NEAR
the Lackre-all." F" Or that is what il
Anglicized, same as the cowboys Ang-
licized a certain creek in Eastern Col.
orado. 1t was named La Purgatoire
The cowboys changed it to Picket
wire, which was just as euphonious
and more suggestive Of COW country.
Cherries Also Come From Polk.
Many things hereabouts are La
Creole. The social club of the town
is thus named and more than likely
lot Of babies. Taking the word,
of course, in its Anglicized form.
This creek flows into the Willamette
near Salem. And the Polk County
people aver that in the territory in
Polk County near where this stream
debouches into the larger stream the
bulk and the best of the "Salem"
cherries are grown Well, Polk
swipes a lot of hops from Marion,
perhaps more than enough to square
the cherry business.
But about that mill. 1t has been
for ten years, ever since it
was erected, and never shutdown.
No matter what the lumber market is
this mill runs steadily on and on.
There are many acres of lumber piled
near the mill now, they are running
on a little order of 100000 feet for
the great Pullman Company at pres
ent. This mill is largely owned in
Portland, Messrs. Gerlinger, Spauld-
ing, Leadbetter and Pittock being
the principal owners. 1t cuts about
| 900, 600 feet week the year round.
The Dallas people say it has been
great factor in the prosperity of the
tbwn.
But Dallas is not a town; it is a
fine little city, with about 5000 peo-
pie. 1t has fine and well-paved
streets and cement walks, and will put
lown another mile of paving and two
niles of walks and curbs next Spring.
The buildings, while none of them are
,ver three stories in height, will com
,are favorably with those of any city
n the Northwest. The courthouse, on
/ beautiful lawn 400 feet square,
light in the hearth of town, is one of
he splendid buildings of Oregon. 1t
S built of dark-colored native stone
md does not show up well in a photo
,raph or cut But | am sure there is
10 other courthouse, city hall or other
building in Oregon of great
r beauty.
Papers and Hotels Good.
Dallas has two good newspapers.
here is the semi-weekly Observer,
wned and managed by Gerald Volk
nd j. /. Parcel, and the Weekly
temizer, owned and managed by V:
). Fiske. They are both good, newsy
apers, and each has practically a
metropolitan office.
And here are two good hotels, the
all and the New Scott. / happen
d in at the Gail and the proprietor,
[enry Serr, has almost fallen over
imself to see that | got what | want
4 when | wanted it. But he looked
fter all the other guests just as well
) he did after me. The evening
r1ived there were nearly so guests
the dining room for dinner. In
lct, the house is crowded to the limit.
he service speaking now of the table,
enough to please anybody, and the ,
rices are reasonable.
The New Scott is run by George z.
Orson. 1t is splendid house, well,
zen handsomely, furnished, and those =
ho patronize the hoted say it is a
'od place. t... :,
Dallas National and the Dallas City, !,
e latter being state bank. The v
rmer has capital and surplus of h
&, ,5Ss and deposits of $685., 2,562; the q
tier has capital and surplus of 4
5000 and deposits of $325,0O0. F.
Craven is cashier of the Dallas a
ty and Eugene Hayter of the Dallas
ltional. And who are the presi- n
nts7 Why, Ralph E. Williams is q
esident of both of them-if there
re other banks here he would prob
ly he president of them also. You
Il remember Ralph as the Republi C
n National Committeeman, the bo- il
m friend ~ of Jonathan Bournel s
It Ralph is no longer in politics. al
, got married and reformed, and is
inging up boy to take up the bank
ssidencies as Ralph, senior, lays
I'm down. Ia
High School Costs $4,000. OF
Dallas has a now S50 600 High a.