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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-07
A Road Opinion.

Attorney3General Crawford in an
opinion asked by ]. H. Mulleson, of
Dundee held that a farmer having
no thoroughfare from his place to a
county road may compel the. owner
of other property to grant him one
upon payment by him of damages.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-07

Because Frank Williams at Albany
was caught by Officer Marshall with
two bottles of beer in his hip pockets,
he was sentenced to serve 10 days in
the city Jail. Such was the punish
ment imposed upon him by Police
Judge Van Tassell under the pro-
visions of the ordinance.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-07
Married.

Mr.. Clarence A. Seals Of Pullman
Washington and Miss Nora Mercy
nolds of the city were united in mar
riage Monday evening at 7.3O O'Clock
at the Methodist parsonage. Rev. Geo.
II. Bennett officiating.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-07

Presbyterian Women Choose. Eu-
gene will be the meeting place Of the
Willamette Presbyterian Society next
year. This society is composed Of the
women S organizations of Lane, Linn,
Marion, Polk, Yamhill, Benton and
Lincoln Counties.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-07
THE LADIES' AID SOCIETY

The old church bell had long beer
cracked:
Its call was but groan;
1t seemed to sound a funeral knel
With every broken tone.
We need a bell,' the brethren said
"But taxes must be paid;
We have no money we can spare
just ask the Ladies Aid"
The shingles on the roof were old;
The rain came down in rills;
The brethren slowly shook their heads
And spoke of monthly bills
The children of the board arose,
And said, ~ am afraid
That we shall have to lay the case
Before the Ladies' Add
The carpet had been patched and
\ patched
Till quite beyond repair;
And through the aisles and on the
steps
The boards showed, hard and bare.
cit is too bad" the brethren said;
''An effort must be made
TO raise an interest on the part
= OF members of the Aid. -
The preachers stipend was behind;
The poor man blushed to meet
The grocer and the butcher as
They passed him on the street.
But nobly spoke the brethren then:
Pastor, YOU shall be paid!'
"We'll call upon the treasurer
Of our good Ladies Aid. "
"Ah!" said the men, "the way to
heaven
Is long and hard and steep;
With slopes of ease ON either side,
The path 'tis hard to keep.
We can not climb the heights alone;
Our hearts are sore dismayed;
We ne 'er shall get to heaven at all
Without the Ladies Aid. !"
Read at a recent Methodist Episco-
pal Conference.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-07
Married.

Mr.. Tobe Graves and Miss Lena
Kraeker of Dallas were united in mar
riage Tuesday morning at nine O'Clock
at the residence of DIR. A. Peters.
Rev. George II. Bennett oflieiated.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-07
PORTLAND MARKET PRICES
The following is corrected to
date of going to press, and are
Portland quotations.
Grains, Hay, Flour, Etc.

Wheat-Track prices New club
93c; bluestem, Fl at 1.01; Valley
Csc.
Flour-Patents, $3.50; Valley, $46(
Hay-Track prices Eastern Ore
gon timothy, $l6 at 1850; alfalfa
$12 at 13; grain hay, $11 at 10; clo-
yer, $50 at 10.
Oats-Best white, new, producers
prices, 1924 at 24.50 per ton.
Millstuffs-Bran, $22.50 at % per
ton; middlings, $50 at 81; shorts,
$24.50 at 25.
Country Dressed Meats-Pork, fan
cy, 10 at 1012c; veal, extra, IL at
12c.
Butter, Eggs, Poultry.
Cheese-Full cream, twins and trip
lets, 22c; Young Americas, 23c.
Butter-Hens, II at 1712e; spring
ers, II at lfH2c; brollers, 2fH2 at 30c /;
ducks, Pekin II at 19c; geese, young,
II at l2c; live turkeys, Is at 19c.
Eggs-Oregon ranch, candled, 1872
at 19c per dozen.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Onions-Old, $5 cwt. Australian,
4 12c. per pound.
Wool Hops.
Wool-Eastern Oregon, II at lie.
per pound; Valley, II at 18c.
Mohair-1913 clip, 26 at 27e. per
pound; 1914 clip, 2Sc. pound.
Hops-1913s, prime and choice, l6
1t 18e. 1914 contracts, IA at 15c.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-07

Mad Dog Bites Two men and four
dogs we're bitten at Tigard, Washing
ton County, last week by dog suffer-
ing from an advanced case of rabbies.
All of the dogs were shot soon after
the biting occurred, and Pasteur treat
ment was ordered from the Govern
ment laboratory at Washington for
the men.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-07

OREGON STATE
NEWS
. THE LATEST WORD FRoMJ
ALL SECTIONS OF oREaoN.s

Six indictments were returned by
the grand jury at Salem against Louis
johnson, druggist, at Silverton, for
selling liquor without license.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-07

Judge Teal is showing his friends
a family picture. No one blames him
for feeling proud to claim relationship
with the group photographed.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-07
Dolls Head in Tree.-On exhibition

Dolls Head in Tree.-On exhibition
in grocery store in Portland is a
section or a log with the head of a
doll firmly imbedded therein. This
freak was accidentally discovered A
South Portland resident came upon it
while saving days supply of wood.
The doll s head is of china and that
part of the log which long has been
in contact with it contains the i'm
print of its features. 1t is probable
that long ago the head was forced into
notch in the side of the tree and
that eventually the tree grew com
pletely around it. Persons who are
able to estimate the age of trees claim
that the dolls head must have been
imbedded in the tree for at least so
years.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-07
THE CITY ELECTION

Three new faces will be seen fo
the next year in the council meet
ings. The election yesterday was {
surprise to many of the old timers
who are posted in the ways of poll
ties. The women vote turned the
trick, large number voting and il
is TO their credit to say that no one
influenced them as they had made up
their minds as to how and for who
they intended to cast their first ballot.
The charter amendment was lost by a
large majority.
The new councilmen are men of good
standing and will without doubt give
Dallas their support in all things that
are for its best interest and the citi-
zens should unite as one man to as
sist the council in any effort that is
for the good and prosperity of their
city. The following is the vote as
posted:
Ward No. One.
F.. M. Knight, 125.
Ralph Morrison, SS.
Knights majority, 81.
For charter amendment, So.
Against charter amendment, 113.
Ward No. Two.
I. c. Emmerson, 88.
George Vaughn, %.
NJ. B. Young, 102.
Young's Plurality, IA.
For charter amendment, 72.
Against, 100.
Ward No. Three.
]. H. Shepherd, go.
Chas. Westover, 73.
Westover majority, 4.
For amendment to charter, So.
Against, 73.
Total votes against in all wards, 81.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-07

Portland people will entertain the
Italian Crown Prince and other offic-
ers of the Italian cruiser Calabria this
summer. Harbormaster Speier was
apprised that the vessel would include
Portland harbor in her itinerary,
which covers the principal ports on
the Pacific Coast. The cruiser is ex-
pected to arrive during July.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-07

Case Proves Fatal.-The first case
of pellagra to be brought to the at
tention of the medical fraternity of
this section resulted in the death of
William Galewood, a resident of AL
bany. The disease was contracted in
Texas over year ago. This is said
to be the first case of this malady,
peculiar to the Southern states, to
have appeared in Oregon.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-20
BATTLE SONGS OF THE NATIONS

Series for 1911 and 1912. Italy affords
full protection to women ana emil
dren employed in cotton mills in some
respects in advance of American pro-
lection.
The following are some of the main
provisions of the Italian laws: Chi
dren under twelve are forbidde1 TO
wOrk-the same as is in North Caro-
lima. When a child applies for
work. his age must be credited 10 by
his parents and by the mayor of the
town in which he ives. Not so in
North Carolina.
Girls under twenty-one and boys
under fifteen, when applying for
work, must nave a health certificate
signed by a medical officer or
physician stating that they are physi-
caliv able to work. No such pro
vision as this exists in North Caro-
lima.
Children are not allowed to clean
motors, gearing or machinery in
motion. Nothing like this in North
In addition to the medical exami-
nation and health certificate pre-
scribed for children before being en-
ployed. a periodical visit to the mill
must be made by a medical officer to
ascertain # the boys under fifteen
and girls under twenty-one are physi-
Cdlly nj 10 Work, ana the Im1Il
premises and work houses must be
regularly inspected by a sanitary
officer. There is nothing that even
approaches this in North Carolina.
There is also q requirement thai
every child must have an elementary
school course which must be certified
to, this requirement being usually six
years. There is nothing like this In
| North Carolina.
| w. H. SWIFT.
| Greensboro, N. c.. Oct. ID, 1914.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-20
THE POPE,S DRINK OF WATER
Why He Did Not Follow the Prc~cTIp-
ton of His Doctor.

New York Evening Post.
Pope Plus x. was a man of simple
habits. One morning his doctor re-
minded him that a considerable
amount of pure water as a drink vas
beneficial, and the pope there and
then rang a bell and asked the pre-
late in attendance to bring him 4
glass Of water. Fully 10 minutes
passed before the prelate returned
to the library, followed by an attend
and a waiter. The latter carried
a silver tray with a glass Of water on
It. The prelate, the attendant aa1
the waiter made a deep genuf1ectlon
when the door WaS opened. 1hcy
crossed the room, and made a second
S~enufectiOn when they were halfway
to the pope's chair, and a third when
they got e. the pope. Then the at
tendant took the glass off the trey
and and it to the prelate. who
knelt down and handed it to the
pope. The same ceremony was re-
peated after the pope had drunk the
water. Turning to the doctor. the
pope then said
Il wanted to show you how dItiicIlt
1t Is for me to get a glass of water.
and / hope you will not blame me for
neglectinS the cure and not drinking
more water. | hate to disturb three
men and make them knee, six times
| tried to get the Wat1r myself. but
[ have been told that. being a SOW
erelSn. L must not serve myself"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-20
BELIEVES COTTON
WILL co Up S0MF
Mr.. w. A. Grovenstein Looks
for improved Demand for
the Staple

To the Editor:-Wm this c..,
crop be sold at 7 cents Do coma
tons warrant it?
This is the problem that a..-
thinking man is thinking ahou,
present. It is generally conra,|
that the cost Of producing our en-,
on is 10 cents per pound. Then g..
this cotton crop must be sold Al
cents per pound. $500 per hal
low cost. and the crop is l5oao a,,
bales. this means a loss TO the So
of $225.0 600 600. This loss will he A..
tributed among farmers, mercbar..
and bankers. The loss Will fal W,
farmers that are able 10 stand "a.
1OsS and those who owe the marcban,
the full cost of the cotton. Til. Inss
will fall on the merchant. the hanEs
Will probably lose some in collections
and a great deal in deposits. THIS j.
generally understood and regretta,
very much by all concerned and the
subject has been very ably discussed
in every quarter.
Can we prevent this crop from ba-
ing sacrificed at present prices,
must confess that don't know A,t
| should think that if everybody III
their part and all they could the ~t-
uation could be helped a great drtl
What is each ones part?
This ! will not undertake to explain
/ feel that every one best knows IN,
own duty and | think a great many
people would be more active and work
harder if they could feel that tn.
ultimate price of this crop would he
cost or above.
Now will cotton sell for cost ~
above in six or twelve months or even
sooner? Well. / don't know. but |
have my opinion and have compiled
the following figures for your con
sideration.
According to the government hg.
ures the worlds crop and prices tor
the last six years have been As fol-
lows:
19O8-19.6 9S, 900: average price. aga
1909-16,241,0O 900; average price, 1929
1910-18,O27, 600; average price. li6a
1911-21,2 69,000; average price. $50
1912-2O,976,0e 600; average price. l2.05
1913-22,z55,00O average price. 1904
We notice from these figures that
the last crop was 1000, 900 bales more
than any previous crop. and was com
fortably taken care of at an average
price Of 1907, and the last three crops
were ten and one-half million bales
more than the preceding three crops.
and they were sold at an average price
Of 11.27. The previous three crops
sold for an average price of 12.74-
These figures show the increase in
| III OouCt4OA, dX1O SOISuIIlpiIOH ia
been keeping pace with production
What effect the European war will
have on consumption this year We
don't know, but since the four hun
dred million people in Europe have
to be clothed, will any large number
OF the one hundred and fifty million
cotton spindles Of the world stand
idle? This I don't know. but see M
reason why they should be idle long
Mr.. Arthur r.. Marsh, in an address
delivered at the -semi-annual meeting
of the National Association of Cotton
Man ufacturers at Lenox. Mass. OF
September 80. 1914, said: 1T is ml
personal belief from a study OF IN
entire field thai not less than 13, 600,
900 bales and possibly 5000, 600 NOR
than this, will be consumed b!
spindles before this season is over
:. w. A. GROVENSTEIN.
Raleigh, N. G..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-20
CHILD LABOR
North Carolina in Comparison With
Italy Suffers.

that Italy is a country not to be COM
pared with ours in either freedom or
protection given to the poor and de-
pendent AHOrdingto to report made
10y COmnN1.eial Agent Ralph M.
Odell. and published by the Bureau
Of Manufacturers. Special Agent
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-20

A San Francisco electrical comnanv
is using a demonstration car Ia mako
rural communities acquainted with
and in the household
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-20

The Amazon Valley in the first
three months of 1914 exported %
268. CAT pounds OF crude rubber
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-20

Paper pulp is now being made from
bamboo in FoTrnoSa
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
ECZEMA SPREAD OVER HANDS

101 S. Boots ST., Marion, Ind.-"First
the eczema started on my fingers, then
spread all over my hands. 1t broke
out in tiny blisters, then would get
dry and crack and swell so I could not
have my hands in warm water they
hurt me so badly. l could not do all
my work. The itching and burning
were terrible. The more l scratched
my hands the worse it made them.
They were so bad l could not help
scratching them and would walk the
floor they annoyed me so. l could not
sleep, lost many nights of rest on ac-
count Of the eczema. Ny hands were
not ut to be seen and l kept them
wrapped up and wore mittens that I
made out of old linen.
II was about one year using RENE
dies, then l saw an advertisement in
the paper saying that Cuticura Soap
and Ointment were good. wrote at
once for a sample. Then bought one
cake Of Cuticura Soap and one box
of Cuticura Ointment. Before the Sec
ond box of Cuticura Ointment was
gone my hands were we'll and have
remained we'll ever since" (SignedD
Mrs. G. w. Sharp, Mar. 81. 1914.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample of each
free,with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. ADV.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
SISTERS TRICK
But II All Came Out Right.

How a sister played a trick that
brought rosy health to a coffee fiend
is an interesting tale:
Il was a coffee fiend-a trembling.
nervous, physical wreck, yet clinging
to the poison that stole away my
strength. l Knocked at Postum and
would have none of it.
"One day my sister substituted a
cup of piping hot Postum for my morn
ing cup of coffee but did not tell me
what it was. l noticed the richness
OF it and remarked that the coffee
tasted fine but my sister did not tell
me / was drinking Postum for fear
might not take any more.
she kept the secret and kept CIV
ing me Postum instead of coffee until
l grew stronger, more tireless, got a
better color In my sallow cheeks and
a clearness to my eyes, then she told
me of the health-giving, nerve
STRENGTHENING life-saver she had given
me in place Of my morning coffee.
From that time became a disciple
Of Postum and no words can do JUS
tice in telling the good this cereal
drink did me. 1 will not try to tell 1t.
for only after having used it can one
be convinced Of its merits"
Ten days trial shows Postum's pow
er to rebuild what coffee has destroy
ed.
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well boil
ed. 15c and Csc packages.
instant Postum-is a soluble pow.
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in a cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious beverage
Instantly. 30c and soc tins.
The cost per cup of both kinds Is
about the same.
There's a Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grooers.
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
CHAPTER VII-contlnued.

Yes, you would, Kazia. But guess
it's more than just the money. You
see, in Bethel there's no chance, moth
ing to do; except grow old and nose
into your neighbours business and
and want the things you can't have.
YES" she said slowly, II know"
You know? Do you want things,
too?"
Want things!" She drew long
wondering breath, as she measured de-
sire. She did not wait for his ques-
ton. ITO be different"
They sat little above the carriage
road, along which rolled the Sunday
afternoon procession Of pleasure
takers. He pointed to an open landau
in which TWO women sat, primly up
right, hands folded in laps and faces
set straight ahead, the very picture of
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
CHAPTER viii.
Attire.


July came, such month as the
city could not remember, humid and
sickeningly hot. Children played lam
guidly, always In the shade, and
fiocked around ice wagons, quarreling
over the division of the fast melting,
cool fragments.
In the. mills the men toiled on,
speeding up" as always to feed a
world hunger for steel. They drank
vast quantities of water; they sailed
it that they might drink the more, be-
lieving that in much sweating alone
lay safety. There were giants in those
days. But sometimes they fell A sud
den drying up of sweat, violent nau-
sea, a sharp binding pressure upon
the brain-in few minutes or fewer
hours they we're dead; their names did
not always appear in the daily lists.
Some that did not die found their
strength forever broken.
The fierce heat blistered Marks
naked sweating skin. The water he
drank carried out through his pores
the food that should have nourished
him. The heavy labor put upon him a
WEAKNESS sleep could not dispel. The
incessant roar, tearing at quivering
nerves. impeding thought, became in
his overweight state exquisite tor.
ture. Hate, for the mills, for those
above who drove so pitilessly, even for
the men beside him. filed him; and
fear. Once, when Henley, passing
gave his careless nod, he was an.
swered only with a venomous glare
that summoned the masters sardonic
grin. Mark could have killed him then
He envied Roman, often almost Ut
terly. The big Pole felt and showed
the effects of the intense heat, bu,
he was the same unfiurried philosoph
ioal workman as ever. always with q
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
CHAPTER TX.
Liquid Iron.

The hot spell was over.
For fifty-seven years Roman had
toiled as few men can toil-on the
tiny farm that had been his fathers,
to satisfy the greedy tax gatherer; in
Essen, learning another craft under
the master Krupp; in the new land
whose promise had lured him. Not
once had his superb strength and en-
durance failed him; therefore he had
never known fear. had not believed
that the fate that overlook others
very prodigal of that strength.
But one day-such a one as in that
season the steel-workers called cool
he staggered and fell. 1t was three
days before he could go back to his
Job. During that time Mark Truitt
vas in charge of the furnace.
He who returned was not the care
full, precise, unflurried workman. He
knew fear. He tired easily and was
uncertain of temper. The heat fretted
him and he worried over his work. He
lost in efficiency; several times he
tapped the furnace either too soon
or too late and was sharply repri-
manded. To keep up and to forget
the new weakness he drank more
whisky than ever. Within two weeks
he collapsed again.
1t was during Romans third lay-off
that Gracey, the foreman, said to
Mark: 1T looks like Romans done
for"
1T looks that way" Mark assented.
Its come pretty sudden with him.
1t does that sometimes"
Yes" Mark stared sadly through
the furnace mouth at the boiling flame
swept Stag. The drama had become a
steel of which chemists took no &C.
count--the lives and souls of men.
He can't expect to keep his job,
he heard the foreman continue, away
half the time like this. And last week
he spoiled two heats. I'm afraid wei
have to let him 60"
"Yesl" Marks mouth twisted in an
ugly sheer. He's given you the best
he had. And now he's breaking down
So-scrap him, OF counsel"
That's funny talk" grunted the
foreman. Especially since the super
intendent and I've been talking 1t over
and we think Of you for the job That
makes it look different, don't it?" he
laughed.
mo. It doesn't. Do you suppose
haven't been thinking of that--count
ing on it-ever since he broke frst?'
Mark turned hot eyes on the foreman
why, that's the worst of you. You
drive us to the limit and when we
break you kick us of like an old shoe
And that isn't enough. You've got "a
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
Pass the Vineuar.

A gaily gowned and garrulous house
maid sat down by an acquaintance on
a trolley and at once said:
Hello, Sadie! Where you livin'
now?"
"Nowheres," was the reply.
"How's that?"
Pm married"
You ANTI"
Sure thing. Look at that"
She held up her ungloved left hand
in triumph; for there on the third fin
ger was a shining new wedding-ring.
Staring at it in wonder for a mo-
ment, the other girl asked. well. who
got stung?"
The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03

you want me to 60 I suppose you
blame me. blame myself somehow
/ don't know why. lit isn't fair! It
isn't my fault you've been fired. You
ought TO see that And I'd be a fool
not to take your job, now that you
can't have It any MORE"
"Huh!" sneered Piotr. You're glad
enough of the chance, too"
"Piotr!" The boy subsidized Roman
went on: 1T ISIS not your fault am
oldt,. no. Butt ISIS better you go.
You hat mine chop. II ISIS not goot
for me to see unit hear of the work
of strong men ven am not strong"
II will go tonight"
Il haf not zaidt tonight. Ven you
hat another goot place to CO."
Il will go tonight"
"Well-good-by, them" said Piotr
promptly.
Mark waited a moment longer. But
there was really nothing more to be
said. He went upstairs.
His carpetbag packed-a brief task
he waited. And this was hard