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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-23
FUNNY MAN STARTS RUMOR
Story Afoat That Eastern Part of
County Would Cecede.

A silly rumor, which evidently had
its origin in the fertile brain of some
newspaper correspondent whose greed
for coin of the realm overbalanced
his wisdom, is to the effect that be-
cause of the condition of the inter-
county bridge, and the attitude Of tho
Polk county court, a petition may be
circulated asking separation of that
part of Polk county east of the Eola
hills and its annexation to Marion
county. True it is that the farmers of
that section of Polk county are great
ly inconvenienced by the unsafe con-
dition of the Salem bridge, but it is
also true that the county court Of
Polk county is doing those things
deemed advisable to relieve the situa-
tion, and it is probable that provis-
ions will be made for the construc-
ton of a new span. 1t has but re-
Gently been ascertained to a certainty
that the structure in question is dan
gerous, and it is a physical impossi-
bility to build bridge over night.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-23
THURSDAY is HONEY DAY.
Nation s Sweet Tooth Will Be Edu
Gated THANKSGIVING Day.

A national honey day is the latest
This year, it is Thanksgiving day
next Thursday. The association OF
bee keepers for the United States
and the different state associations
are behind the movement-including
the Oregon State Bee Keepers asso-
citation, whose secretary is Floyd E.
Smith of Dallas. The Oregon asso-
citation has had neat cards printed,
to be displayed by all grocers who
are patriotic, with wording something
like this: "National honey day! No
vember 25th. Remember the bee in
dustry and enjoy the delicious and
healthful sweet on that day and from
chen on. You grocer keeps it. :"
Most readers of newspapers will
remember an article published recent
ly, giving the record of several hun
dred people in the United States, who
are nearly or over 100 years old, and
it will be recalled that in many cases
these old people have been liberal
Of honey. So you should
celebrate honey day and Thanksgiv-
ing day together, and learn to be
thankful and to grow to be 100 years
old or over Perhaps if you make
honey day every day in the year, you
may live to be 200 years old, and to
enjoy good health all the time, and
be worth while in the world, which is
even more important to you yourself
and to those who have to live with
you.-Statesman.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-23
WATER FROM TEAL.
Greek Will Be Diverted for the City S
Use.

A permit has been granted by the
State Water board to Falls City to
divert from Teal creek, just above Fails
City, water for use by the city. Falls
City has gravity system, constructed
four years ago. Originally two springs
were used as the source of supply.
The flow was insufficient in the sum
mer time to supply the reservoir, and
the citizens suffered for lack of water
for irrigation purposes. A year ago
a permit was procured to take water
from Glaze creek to the reservoir.
With this additional supply. Falls
City suffered a shortage of water dur
ing the past summer, and at times the
city was practically without fire pro-
lection.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-23
PATRoNIZE HOME MARKETS.
Defunct Salem Bridge Forces Farm
ers to Sell in Polk.

On account of the unsatisfactory
condition of the bridge connecting
Polk county with Salem, farmers OF
the Spring Valley section are finding
other ways of marketing their hogs,
sheep and other farm products. +.
M. Farmer of Rickreall has been buy
ing stock there, shipping from Mccoy
to Portland. Among those delivering
hogs and sheep to Mr.. Farmer at Me
Coy were C. f. Higgins, 7. X. Simp-
son. W. d. Henry. J. f. Purvine. r.
c. Shepherd, c. W. Dancer and r.
IL Scott. Part of the hogs had been
promised to Salem dealers. but the
difficulty of getting them across the
bridge made a change necessary.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-23

from the viewpoint of the Ladies Aid
society and the many who enjoyed the
dinner that was served. The menu
consisted of wide variety of tempt
ing foods, including many things be-
tween steaming beans and various
cold meats, salads, pies, cakes and
fruit. Financially, too, the dinner was
an unusual success, the Ladies' Aid
society taking in about $50, all OF
which is clear profit.
The bazaar held in connection with
the dinner was as much success as
the other feature. There were dis
played many fine examples of needle
work made by the ladies of the So
ciety and these were sold for the ben
eft Of the church. The bazaar net
ted the ladies almost $50.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-23
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
SHOULD HAVE QUALITY

When making a Christmas gift tht
first consideration should be quality
You want to present father, mother
brother, sister, sweetheart or friend
with something that will remain q
lasting token Of your love or esteem
something that years hence will
freshen the memory of the recipient
recall the pleasures of the 1915 Yule-
tide season, and thus serve as re-
membrance of the giver.
The scriptures teach us that it is
more blessed to give than to receive
and who has not found it so. But
would this scriptural contention OBJ
tain were the giver to burden his fel-
low man with shoddy? Take for in
stance gifts of jewelry and silver
ware: Brass in the former and pewter
in the latter may be lightly covered
with the highest quality of gold and
silver and made to appear as genuine,
but alas not for long! "A few weeks
or a few months reveal the secret
and disappointment fills the breast of
the once happy recipient and humilia-
tion that of the person bestowing the
token of affection.
This sermon is intended to force
fully impress upon the minds of pur-
chasers of Christmas gifts the impor-
tance of making quality" their
foremost thought, and to remind the
people of Polk county that this is
quality" store. We have been in
business in Dallas % years, and dur
ing that time have never knowingly
misrepresented. We have a reputation
to maintain. Our several lines COM
prise wares of national reputation
goods that are sold everyday over the
counters of the largest and most ia
nous jewelry houses of America
and we stand back of every article
that goes forth from this store to be
exactly as represented. If you buy
for solid or filled, full sterling or
plated, you know beforehand exactly
what you are paying for and what
you are getting.
Our 1915 holiday lines were nevei
more complete than at the present
time, and we most cordially invite
The public to call and inspect them
while the choice things remain. In
short, do your Christmas shopping
early; make your selections, pay a
small deposit, and have them put safe
" away for you until the day of Civ
ing arrives. We shall take pleasure
IN assisting you in anyway we can.
But accept our invitation to call,
whether you are ready to buy or not.
It is no trouble to show goods.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-23
M'SHEERY WANTS DIVORCE.
Couple Married Fourteen Years, Sep
arated BY Booze.

Because of habitual gross drunken
ness, Lila May McSheery was forced
to leave her husband and return TO
her parents on December Z, 1912.
Yesterday, her attorney, j. R. Sibley,
filed her divorce complaint, asking
separation from Heston McSheery, to
whom she was married on November
16. 1901. The couple were married at
Falls City and there are no children
or property rights in the contest for
separation. Mrs. McSheery asks the
restoration of her maiden name, Lila
May Courier.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-23

THANKSGIVING ENRICHES
AMERICAS LIFE.

Thanksgiving day is one Of
the most gracious and heart
ening anniversaries in the
American year. That a people
should be called by their pres
ident to reckon the mercies
and privileges received at the
hands of God is most hallow-
ed and sanctifying ministry
and most assuredly enriches
and invigorates the national
life.
But Thanksgiving should
not be confined to material
bounty. 1t should extend its
range and include the bless
ings found in the broadening
day of knowledge and in the
lifting of all forms of oppres-
Sion from those who are bear
ing a needless yoke. 1t should
even go beyond the range Of
patriotism and become cosmo-
politan as it contemplates the
leaven of freedom and human
ity which is working in every
part of the world.
Thanksgiving of this wide
and ennobling kind would
surely send thankful people
into the ways of unselfish and
chivalrous service.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-23
WHY OREGON WILL GIVE
THANKS

For 17,364,O0O bushels of
wheat, valued $14,582,760.
For 15,456,000 bushels of
oats, valued 1864 ,160.
For 4,7S8,000 bushels of bar
ley, valued $2,489,760.
For 713,000 bushels of corn,
valued 1927 800.
6,120,00O bushels Of pota-
toes, valued $3,1S2, 400.
For 1,040,0O0 bushels of ap-
pies, valued $915,200.
For $4,000 bushels of pears,
valued $389,20
For 1,741, 900 tons of hay,
valued at $14,624, 400.
For $4,000 tourists who
passed the state in 1915.
For 100000 eases of canned
fruits, valued at $750,000.
For record catch of sal
mon.
Because business is better.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-23
Death of Miss Stronberg.

Miss Orrie Stronberg of Monmouth
and who had been teaching the Air
lie school this term, died at the home
of her parents last Friday, and the
body was taken east for burial after
services had been held over the le-
mains. The cause of death was ty-
phoid fever, from which Miss Stron-
berg had been suffering for about ten
days. She had host of friends in
Monmouth and Aillie, all of which
will learn with deep regret the infor-
nation of her untimely passing.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-23
Dinner is Great Success.

The New England dinner at the
Presbyterian church on Friday even
ing was an unqualified success both
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-03-04
R0BBER KILLS BANKER
BANDIT CAPTURED BY POSSE
AFTER RUNNING FIGHT.
John Brunke, Assistant Cashier of
Farmers State Bank at Haxtun,
Victim of Desperado's Bullet.

Sterling, Colo.-John Brunlle, twen-
ty-four years old. assistant cashier of
the Farmers State bank at Haxtun,
shot and instantly killed after
single-handed battle with a bandit.
The robber seized all the cash in
sight, amounting to $4,000, and at
tempted to make his escape on horse
back. Three miles northwest of the
town he was surrounded and captured
by a posse of citizens IN automobiles,
after running battle with rifles and
revolvers He gave tho name of Bill
Thompson and was recognized as a
ranchhand working near Haxtun.
A lynching party was formed as
soon as the prisoner had been placed
in Jail and an attempt was made by
the angry crowd of citizens to batter
down the walls of the building where
he was confined.
To save Thompson's life, the sher-
If told the mob that the prisoner was
at the point of death from the beating
he had received when he was cap
tured
livery stable man was arrested short
ly afterward under suspicion of being
an accomplice in the robbery. Both
men were smuggled aboard the train
to Sterling, as it was feared that the
crowd would make another attempt
on the Haxtun jail.
The killing of Brunke occurred
while the cashier. Emil Larson, was
at luncheon. The bandit entered the
bank and asked to have check
cashed. When Brunke's back was
turned, he slipped in behind the
counter and grabbed him from behind.
The assistant cashier tried to get
a revolver from a drawer when the
robber fired. The bullet went through
the back of Brunke's neck and came
out through his mouth. Another shot
pierced his right shoulder and third
was fired point blank into his abdo-
men.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-03-04
Insist. Paramour Keep Pact.

Denver.-It is 4 haggard-eyed but
determined young man who has the
role of the husband in the interesting
triangular drama in which John III.
Bartleson. his wife, Mary e. Bartle-
son, and Claude E. Griffey, prominent
figures in Denver's social world, are
the principals. When Bartleson con-
sented to give his wife up to the man
she confessed that she loved. he made
known to the other man that he in
tended to see to it that the woman
received fair play. He prescribed a
course for the other man to follow
1t was stated. and the other man.
Griffey. vowed to follow it.
This course was marriage with Mrs.
Bartleson as soon as she was free. Ac-
cordinS to friends. Bartleson believes
it his business, as soon as he Is
awarded his divorce decree, to see
that Criffey carried out his promise.
He has declared to a close friend that
If Grisfey delays in marrying Mrs.
Bartle son he twill make it his busi-
ness 20 know the reason why"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-03-04
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PATS LATE SUPPER.

Pat had just arrived from the EN-
erald isle. and he was feeling very
hungry. as he had not eaten anything
since four o'clock last evening, and
it was now eight o'clock in the morn
ing. So he went into restaurant
close by and asked the waiter how
much would he charge him for q
breakfast.
"One shilling" replied the waiter.
well, how much will ye charge
me for my dinner?" said Pat.
"One shilling and sixpence." replied
the waiter.
We'll. what will you charge me for
my supper. then?"
''Sixpence," was the reply.
Then. if ye please. will ye give me
my supper?" said Pat.-Pearson's s
Weekly.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-03-04
wyomino.

A shipment into Rawlins recently
was a carload of pipe intended for
use in the mines at Seminoe.
The first annual report OF the Mid
west Refining Company. operating in
the Wyoming oil fields. shows net
earnings of the company for the ten
months ending Dec. 81, 1914, to have
been 81 ,232 ,0S5.04. From that amount
a charge Of $493,759.S5 is made for de-
probation, leaving a net credit surplus
of $73S,325.19.
Upon the petition of the Grass
Creek Oil and Gas Company. the Mid
west Refining Company ct al. re-
straining order was issued enjoining
the eMexicoWyoming Oil Company, X.
Whiting ct al from further work until
oil lands claimed to have been filed
upon by the former and over which
they contend to have prior rights. ara
settled.
The United States Supreme Court
sustained ex-President Taft's execu-
tive order issued In 1909 for the with
draw from public entry and private
exploitation 3,OO0.OOO acres OF Cali
fornia and Wyoming oil lands valued
at millions of dollars. The court was
divided, six to three, on the decision.
The decision in effect validates and
ratifies all presidential land with
drawals for years.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-03-04
Arizona.

L. Hoffman and Frank Miller have
taken lease on the Samoan mine at
Chloride and are now driving drift
on the vein from the Bowman tunnel.
The owners Of the big Tyro group
Of mines in Mohave county are prepar-
ing to patent the property. The recent
assessment work on these mines de-
veloped a great body of ore in new
part of the vein.
That the United Verde Extension
has entered the shipping class and is
shipping ore running 80 per cent cop
per besides it's gold and silver values
from a six-foot vein on the twelfth
level, was the word from Jerome.
A. G. Frazer, a well-known Pacific
coast mining man, has taken bond
on the Banks property. in the Walla-
pal mountains, near Kingman, and a
party of miners with big outfit OF
provisions and whining supplies depart
ed to the mines to begin work.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-03-04
New M exico.

Ore shipments are being made from
Steeplerock, where George II. Utter is
operating the Jim Crow and Carlisle
mines.
The Silver Glance Miniag and De.
veloping Company has filed its incor-
poration papers in the office of the
State Corporation Commission.
The mule tramway which is destined
to assist in the transportation of the
zinc concentrates from the Empire
Zinc Company mines at Cleveland in
the Pinos Altos district to the Santa
Fe railroad below Silver City, is now
practically completed.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-03-04
Highway Board Ask. About Funds.

Denver. - The regular quarterly
meeting of the State Highway Com
mission will be held on March Is in
stead of March 2, according to T. ].
Ehrhart, secretary Of the commission.
1t will be delayed because of the alb
sence from the state of Commissioners
Kuykendall, Walbridge and Curtis.
The commission anticipates that it
probably will not know by March 2,
the date for the regular meeting, ex-
actly what funds will be at its dis
posal during the coming season and
that few days delay will probably
find the financial situation more
definite.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-03-04
Couple Break Divorce Record.

Cripple Creek.-Mrs. Kittie Evans.
wife of Carl Evans, a widely known
and successful lease operator of this
district, secured her divorce in record
time. Papers were served on the de-
tendant, charging cruelty. shortly aft
er noon. At PAS the plaintiff and de-
.endant, with their attorneys, ap-
peared before County Judge ID. A. Fer
suson, and at 3 o'clock the decree was
signed. Evans, before leaving the
county building, formally transferred
his home and property to his former
wife, and the deed was placed on rec
ord.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-03-04
Provides Severe Penalties for Treason.

Denver.-Treason against the state
should not always be punished by
death, in the opinion of a majority of
the members of the lower house of
the Legislature, and they amended Ar
dourel's bill, imposing penalty for
treason, by making it read that the
jury-as In first-degree murder cases
shall decide whether the punishment
shall be death or life Imprisonment.
The measure was introduced, with sew
eral others, following the discovery by
Ardourel during the coal strike that
the statutes of the state do not pro-
vide any penalty for treason, although
1t is defined and denounced by the
constitution. After changing the pen
atty clause, the House passed the
measure on second reading. Represen-
tative Bruce declared that the Legis-
lature was exceeding its power in
passing the bill; that the state con-
stitution already defined treason and
gave the Legislature no power to fix
a penalty. He said power to fix the
penalty was vested in Congress alone.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-03-04
"pryv Measure Returned to House.

Denver.-The prohibition penalty
bill, which passed the House of Repre-
sentatives, was sent to the Senate, and
the Senate, on motion of Senator Pc
terson of Pueblo, refused to concur in
the amendments made by the House.
The Peterson motion was carried by
a vote of 20 to /. The bill then went
back to the House, which voted to ad-
here to its original stand on the
amendments. thus opening the way for
the reference of the bill to confer
ence committee.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-03-04
Colorado.

Nearly all of the Leadville mines
containing carbonate of zinc are ship
ping steadily.
Gilpin county reports another fine
ore strike in the Kansas lode, which
is cut by the Newhouse tunnel.
The Isabella Mines Company has
marked up the month of January AZ
the most favorable month in ten
years.
In Leadville district the Denver City.
Yankee hill, is sending out from the
6O0-foot level 1,500 tons monthly OF
zinc sulphide that nets $40 per ton.
A plant Of machinery costing $20.-
600, the most modern ever installed In
the Cripple Creek district, has been
purchased by the Mary Mckinney Min
ing Company.
Leasing pays In Cripple Creek
Starkweather & Wilson, lessees on the
Ingham vein of the Doctor Jack Pot
Company alvided $25,000 profits on
their January shipments.
A body of solid ore four feet wide
and carrying average values of $15
Mckenzie and associates. leasing on
the fifth level of the Abe Lincoln, sit
uated on Gold and Womack hills. Grip
pie Creek.
The lessees on the Little Winnie. in
Leadvilles gold belt, have been peg
ging steadily along trying to locate
the ore shoot supposed to exist in
that area, and monthly putting up
Irish dividends. A few days ago the
ore was found, and from present indi-
cations it will prove to be continu-
ouS shoot
Returns from a sixty -eisht-ton ship
ment recently sent out from the Cres-
son mine at Cripple Creek carried q
gold content of sixty-five ounces to
the ton and gross valuation of $685.
400. With the treatment and transpor-
tation charges deducted, the company
netted in the neighborhood of $S2. 900
for the one car of ore.
The Elkton Consolidated Mining and
Milling Company, owned mainly by
Denver and Colorado Springs capital
lists, has declared it's regular quarterly
dividend of per cent.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-03-04
STATECAPITAL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service
COMPENSATION INSURANCE RATE
Bill Opens Way for Organization OF
Mutual Companies.


Denver-Repeated efforts by the
Senate and House committees on in
dustrial relations to obtain figures to
show the rates which the insurance
companies will demand under the
Colorado compensation law have SO far
had only unsatisfactory results, accord
ing, to the statement of Senator Will
lam X. Eaton of Denver at the public
hearing on the industrial commission
and workmen's compensation bill, held
in the House chamber. Eaton inti-
mated that, unless satisfactory replies
to the joint committees inquiries are
received, further attention will be
given to the organization of mutual
companies composed of employers
who come under the provisions of the
act. The bill already opens the way
for the organization of mutual insur-
ance companies. and if this step is
taken on broad scale it will mean
little profit to the "old-line" insurance
companies through the operation of
the Colorado compensation law.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-03-04
Would ae-enae. Part of u.ilitie. Act.

Denver.-Sabin of Denver, floor
leader of the administration, intro
duced bill in the House which re-
enacts section 50 of the State Public
Utilities act. which was voted down In
the last election on an initiated meas
ure. Under this section all street rail-
ways, telephone, gas, electric ana
other public service utilities must OBJ
tain certificates OF permission before
building a plant or making an extern
sion. Another bill of Sabin's seeks to
repeal the minimum wage for women
and minors. Still another measure by
him provides for IS per diem fee for
inspectors named by the governor or
court to inspect private or public hos
pitfalls. schools. charitable homes and
all similar institutions.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-03-04
Mill Mail. Three Ton. of Flour.

Grand Junction-The shipment OF
three tons of flour in one parcel post
shipment, to Roosevelt, Utah, was
made by the Mesa flour mill here
breaking all Western slope mail ship
ment records. Manager Campbell OF
the mill. paid $65 in cash for stamps
to go on the shipment.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-03-04
No cause for Alarm.

According to the latest estimates"
growled the pessimist. 'our population
is increasing SO rapidly that the land
will soon be Inadequate for the support
OF the people"
"Oh, don't let little thing like that
push you of the aqua pura chariot
Our medical colleges can easily double
their output if the country gets over
crowded"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-03-04
OF Course.

Il suppose you read the statement
made by college president the other
day that automobiles are demoralizing
more students than alcohol?"
Yes, | read it, but I don't agree
with him"
why not?"
For the simple reason that alcohol
is within reach of the average student.
while an automobile is not"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-03-04
Arrest Five for Hiaharadinq.

Cripple Creek.-Five men were ar
rested by Sheriff David Kingston in
the first move in a crusade to break
up highgrading in mines of the rich
Cripple Creek district. Two of the
prisoners-Roy Cardwell of Victor and
John Jones of Goldfield-later con.
fessed to the charge and implicated
nearly a dozen other men in this
vicinity.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-03-04
Another Matter.

"Those two men over there seem to
be having heated argument. Just
now heard one say something about
that vile weed I'll bet he's a fool
reformer abusing tobacco"
you do him great injustice. Those
two chaps are merely discussing the
merits and demerits of the dandelion."