Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-03

Dallas is coming to her own, yol
can not keep good thing down i
well applied to Dallas at present
Thousands of dollars for improve
ments will be spent each month thi
summer and demand for NOR
houses is still the cry. Business
blocks are daily being planned ant
there are strangers on our streets
each week, looking for suitable rooms
to rent so that they can become iden
titled with Dallas and Polk County
A couple of gentlemen from Des
Moines, Iowa were in Dallas last Sat
urday for few hours and it. is un-
derstood from good authority that
as soon as they can dispose of theii
general store at home, will come here
and engage in business and secure,
one of them said "the trade that
mail order houses now get.' They
are experts in the general store trade
and will meet any outside competition.
When asked what building they ex-
pected to rent, replied there is some
ground left that can be utilized. The
writer tried to find out more but fail
ed and they returned to Salem by the
auto route the way they came. The
contractors are busy as bees and a
look around the city will bear out this
statement. At last Dallas is going to
have several modern flats, the demand
for houses the last six months has
been far in excess of the supply.
The Observer man took a little
stroll in the east part of the city a
few days ago and was surprised to see
the improvements that are being
made. New sidewalks are being laid
and new buildings are going up in all
directions. A few of the many i'm
provements noted are as follows =
The Standard Oil Company is max
ing extensive preparations on their
storage plant for the general distri-
button of their products and on its
completion it will be a great asset to
Dallas.
A Groom modern bungalow on the
southeast corner of Clay and Shell
ton Streets, built for a home by C. L.
Brewer.
General renovation of the 5-rOom
house at the southwest corner of
Uglow and Ash Streets, owned by the
Garris estate.
H. Hockett is building a new a
room modern bungalow on Brick
Street between Main and Church
Streets.
O. C. Smith is building new porches
and making other extensive improve
ments on his residence at the north |
east corner of Ash and Jefferson
Streets.
d. J. Riley has broken ground for
a new concrete garage, walls 66 rs |
feet just back of the one on Jeffer-
son Street, between Court and Wash
ington Streets. This will have all
modern garage equipment, and when
completed will be occupied as an an
mex by Thos. Catherwood, who will
then have sufficient floor space to
store 80 autos.
Drs. Bollman and Stats are erect
ing three 5-room modern bungalows
at the northwest corner of Ash and
Lyle Streets, which are to be complet-
ed about July 1st. They will also be-
gin construction of other buildings in
the near future.
The house owned by A. Uglow at
300 Court Street was re-shingled and
and given a general over
hauling and painting.
New Groom modern bungalow at
the southwest corner of Washington
and Uglow Streets, owned by Frank
Brown.
New 5-room modern bungalow on
north side Ash Street. between Uglow
and Lewis Streets, by Mr.. Weldon
Black.
New Groom modern house at the .
northwest corner of Washington and :
Lyle Streets, just being completed. by
Joe Crowther. This house was PLAN
ned and constructed by Mr.. Crow
her.
New barn ia Z 90 feet on Oak
Street, between Main and jefferson
Streets, recently occupied by Grant
md Coulter and large enough to ae-
'omodate 100 horses.
The contractors have broken ground I
or the erection of a two-stOry brick I
md concrete building for D. C. Cri- S
Ter on the lot adjoining the Criderl $