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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-05
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given that Bessie
C. Clark, executrix of the estate of
Stephen B. Clark, deceased, has filed
her final account as such executrix in
the County Court of the State of Ore
gon for Polk County, and that We'd
nesday, the 9th day of May, 1914, 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,
Oregon, 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 9TH,
1914.
Bessie C. Clark, Executrix afore-
said.
Oscar Hayter, Attorney.
April May 5-x
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-05
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given that Eisuke
Fukuda, administrator of the estate
of N. Fukuda, deceased, has filed his
final account as such administrator in
the County Court of the State of
Oregon, for Polk County, and that
Wednesday, the 9th day of May,
1914. at the hour of ten o'clock in the
forenoon of said day, at the Court
Room of said County Court in the
Court House in the City of Dallas,
Oregon, 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 2s,
1914.
Eisuke Fukuda, Administrator
Oscar Hayter, Attorney.
April 2S-May 26-x
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-05

ter of the Luckiamute river; thence
down said river following the center
thereof 20 rods; thence South about
rods to the place of beginning ito
gether with the building located on
said premises, and the stock in trade
and fixtures contained in said build
ing at the time said mortgage was
given,-be sold by the Sheriff of Polk
County, Oregon, in the manner pro-
vided by law, and that the proceeds
of such sales be applied to the liqui-
dation of the amounts due said plain
tiff on said mortgage and note and
Indebtedness secured thereby, togeth-
er with costs and disbursements, at
torney's fees and interest, all as
stated in said complaint of plaintiff,
and costs and expenses of such sale,
and further, the plaintiff will apply
for all and singular the relief prayed
for in plaintiffs said complaint
This summons, by order of Honor
able j. B. Teal, Judge of the County
Court in and for Polk County, Ore
gon, made in chambers in the city of
Dallas, Oregon, on the 23rd day of
March, 1914, is served upon you by
the publication thereof for period
of six consecutive and successive
weeks Immediately prior to the 9th
day of May, 1914, in the Polk County
Observer, newspaper of general cir
culation, printed and published at
Dallas, Polk County, Oregon. The
date of the first publication of this
summons is March 24th, 1914.
Walter L. Tooze, Jr., Attorney for
Plaintiff. March 24-May S.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-05
SIZE or AUTO WHEELS.
Expert Expresses the Opinion That
Large Diameters Are Best.

Expert Expresses the Opinion Tha,
Large Diameters Are Best.
If the visitor at the great automobile
show ever stops to think about 1t he
cannot help wondering at the wide
variation in wheel sizes, as shown by
the many cars on exhibition. In no
other line Of goods does 30 large va
riety exist, says C. e. Duryea In the
Automobile Dealer and Repairer.
1t should be apparent to any one that
there is difference in results to be OBJ
tanned from wheels of different sizes.
Small wheels will drop into the holes
and rough spots more deeply than
large ones, and large wheels tend TO
roll over an obstacle rather than
against 1t and so must roll easier; also
the large wheel smooths the road and
SO rides more comfortably than the
small one.
Why, then. should we not all use
large wheels, and why are they not
bought by the user in preference to the
smaller sizes? This question is not
easy to answer There is no account
Ing for tastes And the buyer most
generally takes that which is offered
him rather than demand something
different even though he thinks that
something" will suit his needs better
than that which is offered.
The very earliest autos had solid
tired wheels, and their wheels were Of
the usual horse vehicle size. But the
next step was to use the small wheels
Of the bicycle and fit them with the
pneumatic tires Of the bicycle. So the
modern auto is a mixture Of the prac-
tices of the two older businesses and
has not yet got away from that in
1uence. And now comes the still small
er edition In the form Of the cycle car.
which Is once again introducing the
bicycle sized wheel and tire.
Just what the final outcome will be
Is not to be foretold. The maker Is
anxious to save first cost even though
the cost per mile is rather more, SO
he gives preference to the smaller
sizes because the tires cost less. The
buyer deludes himself into believing
that, although the mileage per tire may
be less, the cost per small tire is less
also and the result about even.
AS matter Of fact. the larger wheel
Is easier on tires than smaller one
1t is therefore better for the buyer
and the maker. A few dollars in first /
cost will be more than repaid by the
much increased reliability and usage
to be had from the larger diameter |
wheel and tire, The argument that |
large wheels are not strong is not well
taken. 1t adds very little weight to
Increase wheel diameter. And the
for many years past has
been to increase the wheel diameters
so that, whereas the average diameter
Of ten years ago was below thirty
inches, it is now near to thlrty-six
inches.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-05

The California state grange has a
new state master. succeeding Il. It.
Petit of CupertinO. who faithfully
served the Order in that position for
several years. This is the result Of
the election held at the state grange
session at San Jose The principal Of
flcers elected were as follows: Master,
Joseph Holmes OF Sacramento; secre-
tary, Mrs. Nellie w. Hunt of Napa;
treasurer, NJ. Farrell OF Mountain
View; lecturer. Mrs. Kate ID. Hill of
Eldridge These are all new except
the secretary. Mrs. Hunt, while the
new master, Mr.. Holmes, has been the
former treasurer of the state grange.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-05
SUMMONS

In the Circuit Court of the State
of Oregon for Polk County.
Department No. 2. Case No. 4433.
Rd. Osburn, Plaintiff
VS..
Henry Conner, George Gerlinger, and
Orval Shultz, Defendants.
To Henry Conner, the above named
defendant:
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE
OF OREGON:-You are hereby re-
quired to appear and answer the cont
plant filed against you in the above
entitled Court and suit within six
weeks from the date of the first publi-
cation of this summons, to-wit On
or before the 9th day of May, 1914;
and if you fail so to answer, for want
thereof, the Plaintiff will take de-
cree against you, that certain mort
gage given by the defendant, Henry
Conner to R. D. Osburn, on November
9th, 1911, recorded in Polk County,
Oregon, on November 9th, 1911, at
page 523 of Book 20 of the records of
mortgages for said County and State,
be foreclosed; and that the lands and
premises described in and covered by
said mortgage, viz;-Beginning 46
rods West Of the S. E. corner of the
S. E. "a of Section IA, in 7. s S. R.
Z W. of the Will, Mer., in Polk Coun-
ty, Oregon; thence running West 20
rods; thence North 5 rods to the een-I
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-05
SUMMONS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREGON, FOR
THE COUNTY OF POLK

Olive E. Allen and
Grant M. Allen, her
husband, Plaintiffs,
VS..
Clyde w. Beckett and
Emma Beckett, his
wife, Emma Evelyn Summons
FREEMAN and A. Frei-
man, her husband,
Ferdinand FREEMAN and
Ricka FREEMAN, his
wife, Defendants.
To Clyde w. Beckett and Emma
Beckett, his wife, Emma Evelyn
Freiman and A. FREEMAN, her hus-
band, Ferdinand FREEMAN and Ricka
FREEMAN, his wife. .. Defendants.
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE
OF OREGON You are hereby re-
quired to appear in the Circuit Court
of the State of Oregon for Polk Coun-
ty within six weeks after the date of
the first publication of this summons,
which said date of publication is 'the
3lst day of March, 1914, and answer
Plaintiffs complaint herein, or for
want thereof the Plaintiffs will apply
to the Court for the relief prayed
for in their complaint herein, to-wit:
"A decree of said Court, partitioning
the following described premises, to-
wit -
Situate, lying and being in the
C. o. Hosford Claim No. 65, Not. No.
1877 and beginning at the Southeast
corner of the E. F. Hosford Claim
GA, Not. 31S, in Section 9 of T. S.
R. West of the Willamette Meridian
in Polk County, Oregon; thence West
1430 chains to the center of the
County road; thence S. So degrees
E. along the center of road 500
chains; thence S. 3S degrees 43 min
utes E. $40 chains; thence East 7.20
chains to harrow tooth driven in the
ground; thence North loss chains to
the Northeast corner of the C. o. !
Claim 65, Not. 1877; thence
West 500 chains to the place of be-
ginning, containing 14.37 acres of
and.
Also, the following described tract !
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-05
SUMMONS.
Case No. 4455.

In the Circuit Court of the State
of Oregon for Polk County.
Department No. 2.
Samuel d. Springsteen. Plaintiff,
VS.. Lula E. Springsteen, Defendant,
To Lula f. Springsteen, defendant
above-named:
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE
OF OREGON, You are hereby requir-
ed to appear and answer the com
plant filed against you in the above
entitled Court and Suit within six
weeks from the date of the first pub
lication of this summons, viz:-On
or before the 10th day of June, 1914,
and if you fail so to answer, for want
thereof, the Plaintiff will take a de-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-05

Photo by American Press Association.
The Delaware, which Captain Will
lam L. Rodgers commands under Rear
Admiral Fletcher, has twenty-four
guns and is a battleship of the first
line. She is of 10000 tons.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-05
(SEAL OF COUNTY COURT
Lpril 2l-May 10.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT


Notice is hereby given that Joseph
A. Haines, executor of the estate OF
Ellenor Haines, deceased, has filed
his final account as such executor in
the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Polk County and that
Wednesday, the Goth day of May,
1914, at the hour of 1000 O'Clock in
the forenoon of said day at the Court
Room of said County Court in the
County Court House in the city of
Dallas, Oregon, has been appointed
by said Court as the time and place
for the hearing of objections to the
said final account and to the settle
ment thereof.
Dated and first published April
21st, 1914.
Joseph A. Haines, Executor afOre-
said.
Oscar Hayter, Attorney.
April 21-May 19-x
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-05
washinuton's State Grange Master.

@. b. Kegley OF Palouse, Wash. who
has been elected to his ninth year as
master of the Washington state grange,
has an enviable record Of accomplish
ment TO his credit. When he became
master eight years ago there were if
ty-seven subordinate oranges in the
state OF Washington. with about $500
members. Today there are 800 oranges
and more than 10000 members.
The French people at the new style
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-05

W II. L1LIO, w NJ.
WALTER S. MUIR. Secretary.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-05
CITATION
IN THE COUNTY OF THE STATE
OF OREGON FOR POLK
COUNTY

In the matter of the estate of
JAMES B. OLMSTED, Deceased.
To Anna Q. Olmsted, Merle Crane
Evens, formerly Olmsted,) Eva M.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, formerly
Olmsted,) Gertrude w. o. Conover,
Winifred B. Skidmore, formerly
Evans,) Ida E. Wickam, and the I'M
known heirs of L. w. Stewart, de-
ceased, described in the will of de-
cedent as "son by adoption" heirs
and devisees of the above named,
James B. Olmsted, deceased, and to
all others unknown:
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE
OF OREGON You are hereby cited
and required to appear in the County
Court of the State of Oregon in and
for the County of Polk at the Court
Room thereof in the city of Dallas, in
said County, on Monday, the 1st day
of June, 1914, the same being the first
day of the June, 1914, term of said
Court, at the hour of 10 clock in the
forenoon of said day, then and there
to show cause, if any exist, why an
order as prayed for in the petition of
Anna Q. Olmsted, as executrix of
said estate, filed herein on this day,
should not be granted to the said
executrix to sell the following de-
scribed part of the real estate of said
deceased at private sale for cash, for
the purpose of raising funds sufficient
for the payment of the funeral
charges, expenses of administration,
and claims against the said estate,
which real property is described as
follows, to-wit:
All of Lot numbered three (3) ex-
cepting the North thirty (30) feet
thereof deded to one Sarah M.
Gerow by deed recorded in Deed Book
1874, page 46, Multnomah County
Records; and also all of Lot number
ed four (4), all in Block numbered
one (1) in North Albina, now within
the corporate limits of the City of |
Portland, County of Multnomah and
State of Oregon:
Beginning at the Northwest corner
OIL Tile w lllldlH u. Derry DOHdllOH
Land Claim No. SO, in Township 10,
South Range 5 West, in Polk County,
Oregon, and running thence West
1922 chains; thence South 33.631
chains, and thence North 30 degrees,
05 minutes West S.99S chains to a
point which is the beginning point of
the tract hereby described; running
thence North 54 degrees, 55 minutes
East 11.25 chains; thence North 35
degrees, 05 minutes West HIT
chains; thence South 54 degrees So
minutes West 11.25 chains, and
thence South 35 degrees 05 minutes
East 17.777 chains to the place Of be-
ginning, containing 20 acres, more or
less.
WITNESS the Hon. J. B. Teal,
Judge of the County Court of the
State of Oregon for the County of
Polk, with the seal of said Court
affixed, this 18th day of April, 1914.
A. B. Robinson, Jr., Clerk of said
Court.
(SEAT, OF COUNTY COITRTl
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-05

of green hair, but we should have
thought that that dear absinthe hue
would make popular hit.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-08-04
HARD BLOW TO
 ARMAGEDD0N HOSTS

Business can create psychological conditions to suit itself or to brow beat an administration 1t would ruin if it cannot rule. It cannot control material conditions to suit any such purpose.
 If there has been a conspiracy to this effect, the big crops are blowing it up and the railroads are hiring back the men they were recently dis charging wholesale. The calamity howlers are being swept of their feet. The standpatters are running about with the cry of what can be done to save their exclusive contract with Providence through high tariff in the production of prosperity. And lastly, the Colonel is seen hunting around for that grave industrial depression and suffering" which he left the Out look to save the country from.
 It is great pity, in the midst of these glowing promises for the ln- dustry of the many, to have to record the havoc wrought to the elect and those who battle for the Lord. But facts are facts.-New York World.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-08-04
NO PANICS UNDER
 NEW RESERVE ACT

remember, and all of us remember, Q time in this country when we had Q real panic, not long ago, a Repu6li- can panic. which came after twelve years of uninterrupted Republican rule, when. on every hand, was heard the crash of failing banks. So strong is the feeling of confidence inspired throughout the country by the Demo cratic Federal reserve law that not many days ago when a great bank in Chicago failed and chain of affiliated smaller banks went down with it--it was bank conducted by typical Re publican politicians for typical Repub- lican purposes-there was not rip pie on the surface, not one. In con. nectlon with the Clahin failure two days ago there comes to us the news that throughout the country from B. 900 to 5000 banks held the paper of this concern, and there is no talk about bank panic or any failing of securities throughout the country-so strong is the confidence in the pres. ent administration and in the fact that the Federal reserve law will
 soon be in operation. If the fact that this law is soon to be in operation has this effect we can understand what sort of feeling of business security will prevail when 1t Is in actual oper- ation. On account of this great piece of constructive legislation bank panics belong now to period that has gone forever. There will never be another bank panic. When the trust bills be. come laws there will never be an other period of serious business de- pression.-By Hon. Henry T. Rainey, member of Congress from Illinois.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-08-04
VETERAN ALASKA FooTRAcER
 CHALLENGES THE WORLD

George Taylor, the veteran foot. racer of Fairbanks, is trying to get into the game again. according to the following clipping from San Fran. cisco newspaper:
 George Taylor, of Fairbanks, Alas ka, Is certainly one game guy Geo rge has passed his fifty-eighth birth day and is out with a challenge to race any man in the world, 55 years or older, at the Marathon distance, 26 miles and 3S5 yards.
 He proposes to have all the old Marathon aspirants put up S1,0OO each. the winner to take all the money.
 Here is Georges proposition as contained in letter to the sporting editor:
 "T was 5S years old on the 18th of last September. am contractor and builder in Fairbanks, Alaska. I was born in Buffalo, N. r., and came to Alaska in 1898. I have not been Outside since I came here.
 "T have won all the old mems races in Dawson, Fairbanks and Iditarod from 50 yards to 10 miles and they even handicapped me 10 feet in 50 yards.
 CT am going to the fair in 1915, and I am willing to compete against all men in the world over 26 miles and 3S5 yards for a sweepstake of $500 or 5000 each and the championship of the world for old mushers.
 "'No man under 55 years of age shall enter the race. will be 59 then, but am willing to allow that percent. age, which is four years, to the world
 "T will post $500 in the bank at Fairbanks if there is any chance of arranging such a race. am willing that The Examiner appoint one judge and wish that the Pioneers of Alas ka would be allowed to appoint one judge, the two to appoint the referee, whose decision shall be final"
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-08-04
TUG COMMODORE RELEASED
 AND DEPARTS SOUTHWARK

KETCHIKAN, July S1.-on the or ders of the Secretary of the Treasury, Deputy Collector of Customs Dobbs released the tug Commodore and her tow the barge American last night, and the two vessels got away for the south at an early hour today. The Commodore 1t will be remembered violated the United States customs laws by failing to enter at Ketchikan on the trip north to Valdez for the America. It is reported his failure to enter when he arrived in port early in the week. and the matter which laid the vessel technically liable to seizure and confiscation. was reported to Washington. After a great deal of de- lay the order was received from the national capitol ordering the release of the tug pending an investigation.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-08-04
IMMIGRATION OFFICER TAKES
 FORMER TEACHER AS BRIDE

KETCHIKAN, July S1.-Rice, good wishes, and then more rice, were showered on Mrs NJ. V. Combs when she arrived on the Princess Alice from the south last night. She had hoped to arrive without local people being aware of the fact, but 1t was not to be, and she got what was coming to her.
 Immediately after arrival the mar riage ceremony uniting her and D. Maskeyiczius was performed at the Methodist parsonage by Rev. Michen- CT. and today the good wishes of the many friends of the happy pair con. tinue to shower in.
 The bride was formerly teacher in the Ketchikan schools, and the groom Is in charge of the Immigration Ser. vice in Alaska.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-08-04
SALMON CREEK DAM
 PRACTICALLY DONE

The Alaska Gastineau Mining com pany's impounding dam at salmon creek is practically completed and the machinery used in It's construction is being removed from the promises. All that remains to be finished is the spill way and the plugging up of the ser vice arch that was left through which the cement trains passed during the construction period.
 The completition of this dam is the culmination of the immense pro. ject begun in June, 1912, The dam is one of the largest concrete structures of that nature in the country and is by far the greatest in Alaska. It Is built at the narrows of the upper ba' sin of Salmon creek at an elevation of about 500 feet above sea level.
 The dam itself reaches a height of ITO feet from it's foundations in the center. It is of the constant central angle or variable radius arch type with a radius of 100 feet at the bot tom and changing gradually to S25 feet at the top. It is ATE feet thick at the bottom and tapers to 6 feet al the top. It attains length of 650 feet at it's top meeting the gradually rising natural walls of the basins side.
 It required 5S,OOO cubic yards oi concrete to build this immense wall The pouring of the concrete was from a tower which reached a height of 25O feet before the work was done, The first concrete was poured in the last week of July. last year, but op- erations had to be stopped during the winter months although S6,50O yards were poured last season. This year work was resumed April 24.
 A. P. Davis, the eminent engineer of the U. S. reclamation service visit. ed the work last year and pronounced 1t one of the great undertakings of the country as well as an ideal dam site. The dam will act as storage reservoir and impound 19,000 acre-feet of water which will serve two power plants, one in the lower basin of Sal mon creek and the other at the beach.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-08-04
ALAsKAs DEVELOPMENT LIES
 IN BETTER ROAD CONSTRUCTION

The road question is one of the most important before the people of Alaska, says the Iditarod Pioneer. Volumes have been written on the ad- vantages to a community of good roads, but volumes more could be writ ten to good purpose. Nowhere is the lack of adequate transportation facil. ities more apparent than in this dis trict. Considerable money has been expended in road-making and on road repairing, but 1t must be confessed that not always have the results ob- tained been commensurate with the amounts expended. Local operators and business men have contributed quite literally to funds for road bet torment, and, in fact, have gone as far in this direction as could be reason ably expected. It would seem that the people of this section of Alaska have right to expect keener in- terest on the part of the government authorities in their needs in the mat ter of roads.
 From an economic standpoint, the waste engendered under present meth ods is nothing short of criminal. The mineral resources of a rich country are being literally wasted by reason of the tremendous cost of transport alton of supplies. And this is true despite the fact that men engaged in freighting are not reaping a benefit from the high cost. The transporta- tlon of supplies over roads such as exist here is heart.breaking proposi. ton, and discouraging in the extreme.
 In order to insure the best results from the introduction of railroad transportation, good roads must be built to connect with rail and river traffic. A country cannot be develop. ed to best advantage in which the cost of transportation for distance of ten or twelve miles from the head of navigation is greater than the cost of bringing the supplies a distance of three or four thousand miles by water.