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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-05-11
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/ The annual cleanup campaign in
Dallas was not a success and conse-
quently should be continued until ev-
cry unsanitary or unsghtly spot with
in the corporate limits is removed,
even if the attention of the municipal
authorities is necessary to bring about
the desired result. In fact, it is a
duty encumbent upon the municipal
administration. While, of course, the
primary object of maintaining a clean
city is it's improved appearance, and
to promote the comfort and health of
its residents, it accomplshes more
than this. Every self-respecting citi-
zen should enjoy residing in a sani-
tary and attractive city just as much
as he enjoys living in an attractive
well-kept dwelling with surroundings
to correspond, and as tidy streets
clean vacant lots and sanitary resi-
dence and business premises altogeth-
er constitute a ''city beautiful" every
one should be in favor of performing
his part in the cleanup program.
And, to adhere strictly to the truth,
this municipal renovation is intended
for our visitors, no less than for those
who permanently reside here. Very
soon Dallas will be entertaining its
usual summer company" composed
of outsiders who either come to visit
friends, to transact business with mer-
chants, or to spend the warm season
under the favorable and attractive
conditions to be found in Polk county.
Every year sees larger number of
these summer visitors, and the pleas
ures. comforts and facilities which
they find here tend to bring them
back with each recurring year and to
also bring as many of their friends
and neighbors as they can induce to
accompany them. In fact, they sell
dom fail to become valuable and ear
nest publicity agants for Dallas and
its natural advantages and attractions,
and the advertising which is gained in
this manner is worth much to the city
and its local interests.
Withal the game is worth the pow
der" and those who needed not the |
cleanup proclamation on the day set
aside for cleaning up, should give
thought to the matter without delay. |
And the authorities also should see to
it that the grass in vacant lots and |
park strips is cut.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-05-11
GOOD SOLDIERS.

Many Americans will experience a
feeling of pride in the record being
made by Canadian troops at the battle
front in Europe. Nor is it a breach
of neutrality to feel in this manner,
or even a reflection of partial senti-
ment, for among foes themselves there
always is sincere admiration and re-
spect for conspicuous bravery, cour-
age, fortitude and ability. And these
are the qualities which have been
shown by the Canadians, who have
covered themselves with glory and
won honors which doubtless will be
unhesitatingly accorded to them by
even a generous and chivalrous foe.
ton.
There is natural bond of sympathy
between Americans and Canadians
They are true "northerners," like our
selves, and they are more like us than
any other people on earth. We under
stand them, and we like to think they
understand us as well. And with the
single exception of foreign allegiance,
our two countries have fought much
the same battle with the wilderness
and both are working toward the
same ideals. So while we of the Uni
ted States cannot help but deplore the
war neither can We help taking pride
in the manner in which our closest
and best neighbors are acquitting
themselves in the eyes of the world.
There are many from this country
enrolled in the ranks of the German
and other armies-men who were
ready, for love of their native land or
that of their fathers, to give up the
pleasures and profits of peace and
take their chances on the battlefield.
We hear occasionally that these men
are earning honor and respect on the
European fields, and we are proud of
the kind of soldiers that Uncle Sam
has turned out, even though they are
fighting in an alien cause. But in the
case of the Canadians there is no mix
ing of forces with those of other coun-
tries. The men from this side of the
Atlantic stand as a contingent of their
own. They fight for England, but they
fight as Canadians, and their record
will become a part of Canada's his
tory. And Canada's history is closely
related to our own, since geographical
proximity and identity of interests
have combined with interminglng of
blood to make us more nearly one
people than is often the case where
political boundaries intervene.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-05-11

commission. The life of any military
gun is limited, and as the larger the
gun the greater the strain that is put
upon it, it would not be surprising if
these montser guns should quickly
wear out in actual use and either be-
come unserviceable. or fly to pieces
under their own explosions.
The use of such guns, however, af-
fords a line of interesting speculation.
If such a gun were to be located in
Dallas, for instance, it easily could
land shells at Salem, Sheridan, Cor
Wallis and McMinnville. all of which
are fairly within the range credited
to this powerful weapon. Moreover,
the people of these places would not
know, except through reconnaissance,
where their enemy was located or
whence the death dealing missiles
came. At the same time it is unlike
ly that such guns will ever come into
general use, for they are too costly, too
cumbersome and too dangerous for or
dinary purposes They are having
their first trial in the present war, and
in all likelihood it will also be their
last trial.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-05-11
TRIRUTE TO FRIENDSHIP.

The organization perfected by the
twenty-five Elks of Dallas is but an
other tribute to friendship, charity,
justice, brotherly love and fidelity be-
ing the foundation upon which the
grand superstructure of this order is
founded-justice to men, fidelity be-
tween men and charity for men; char
ity in the broadest meaning of the
word, including every lofty purpose,
the practice of which is boundless in
it's possibilities for good. But the or
der of Elks is an institution whose
purpose is not only charity, but the
cultivation of the nobler qualities of
friendship. 1t strives to Danish gloom,
to strew flowers in the pathway of life,
to make its membership cheerful and
companionable, and yet in the lighter
needs when song and story, wit and
humor are the order of the hour, they
always pause to toast their absent
brothers-those absent in this world
on land or sea, and those beyond its
confines on the shores of hope beyond
the grave.
History records the formation of
many an order. Their purposes have
been as varied as the periods of their
existence. Many have been wrecked
by personal ambitions or the greed of
individuals. Only those have surviv-
ed that have insistently taught love
of their fellow men and whose men,
q, Id h. lit g h.
ritual. Those who founded the Elks
gave birth to an organization worthy
to survive. Consideration for the
rights of Others desire to brighten the
labors, gladden. the homes and purify
the lives of its members was a sure
foundation on which to build. To
teach the brotherhood of man is, in
deed, a grand W0rk-to conquer self
is a sublime mplshment-these
are the teachings and purposes of the
Elks. Hopes of the future are based
principally upon the good done in life
Loyalty to the flag of our country
is an important teaching, every mem
Der of the order believing that, the
gentle breezes with lingering caress
kiss the folds of no flag which can
compare with ours in beauty; that
there is no such red in budding rose,
in falling leaf or sparkling wine; no
such white in April blossoms, in cres-
cent moon or mountain snow; no such
blue in woman's eye, in oceans depth
or heavens dome, and no such pa
geantry of clustering stars and stream
ing light in all the spectrum of the
sea and sky"
Allowing for the infirmities of hu-
man nature We can but think that the
world is growing better and that in
the years to come those who take the
places now occupied by the Dallas
Elks on the stage of life may turn to
the first pages of this newly organized
clubs history and find that its men,
Oers stood foremost among the benev-
Dlently inclined of the community,
hat they exerted themselves to make
he world better, brighter and purer.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-05-11
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Notice is hereby given to whom it
may concern that bids will be opened
by the County Court of Polk County,
on Friday the 21st day of May, 1915,
at o'clock p. m, for crushing and
putting in the bunkers at the Jim Rob-
erts quarry on Salt Creek, of 1900
yards of rock, more or less, according
to specifications on file in the office
of the County Clerk. Also for hauling
and delivering same on county road at
points to be designated by the Court
Furthermore, bids will be received
for moving and setting up crusher
building bunkers, and opening quarry
The Court reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
]. B. TEAL. County Judge.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-05-11
NOTICE To CONTRACTORS.

Notice is hereby given to whom il
may concern that bids will be opened
by the County Court of Polk County,
on Friday, the 21st day of May, 1915,
at O'Clock p. m, for the crushing
and putting in the bunkers at the
Spring Valley quarry of 1900 yards of
rock, more or less. according to spec
ifications on file in the Office of the
County Clerk. Also for hauling and
delivering same on county road at
points to be designated by the Court.
Furthermore, bids will be received for
setting up crusher. building bunkers,
and opening quarry.
The Court reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
]. B. TEAL. County Judge.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-05-11

grocer has invested in real estate, in
making his income tax return any real
estate profit must be added to gross
income; but losses from real estate
investment must not be deducted from
gross income. From every part of
the country bitter complaints have
been made against this ruling, and the
question is to be taken to the courts
for final adjudication. Whether the
ruling is right or wrong, it is the un-
certainty of the statute that reflects
upon the intelligence of the political
party responsible for it.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-05-11
MANY CRUDITIES.

Because of imperfectionS in the in
come tax law, numerous amendments
will be recommended to the next con-
gress by the treasury department Of
fetal experts are quietly at work on
this statute, preparing a report on the
crudities it contains and outlining
proper legislative action to correct
them. The law is honeycombed with
errors. A striking illustration of this
thread of weakness that runs through
the whole gamut of democratic legis-
lation occurs in one of the most vital
provisions of the income tax law 1t
relates to deductions that shall be
allowed in computing gross income,
basic element in this system of taxa
ton.
Paragraph B of the law states that
lin computing income for the purpose
of the normal tax there shall be al
lowed as deductions among other
things losses actually sustained dur
ing the year incurred in trade" etc.
What is the meaning of the words
lin trade?" The courts must decide.
The phrase is capable of an infinite
variety of interpretations. As con-
strued by the treasury department, de-
ductions from gross income for losses
lin trade" can be made only in con-
nection with that which occupies and
engages the time. attention, and labor
of anyone for the purpose of liveli-
hood, profit or improvement; that
which is his personal concern or inter
est, employment, occupation. bur it Isl
not necessary that it should he has
sole occupation or employment"
For instance, it is said tha- il a
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-05-11
CONyICTs FOR ROADS.

The experiment of employing state
convicts on highway work is to be
continued this summer. A Salem dis
patch says Warden Mimic has decided
to use some fifteen convicts this seas
on on road work in Clatsop county.
The plan OF employing convicts on
road work is now in vogue in a num-
Der Of states and by many is viewed as
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-05-11

KILL THE FLY.

+ Kill the fly. Don't let the
+ fly kill you or yours. Scream
+ your windows; screen your
/ doors. This is the first i'm
+ mediate step in the warfare
: against flies. Then kill the
+ fly that gets in your house. Do
: this by means of fly paper, or
: one of the harmless-to-man fly
: pOisons found in the stores,
I. or by means of the wire fly
+ traps or killers offered for sale.
Kill the fly that gets in your
+ house. Keep out the fly that
+ tries to get in.
+ The filthy fly that breeds in
filth and wallows in filth, and
+ "never wipes its feet" may
+ carry into your house and on
+ your food and drink not only
+ filth from vaults, garbage :
+ heaps and other decaying mat :
+ ter. but also the germs of dis :
ease, such as dysentery and ty-
+ phOid fever.
+ Cholera infantum, that :
+ scOurge of infants, and other ;
: intestinal diseases of infants, :
: may be caused by flies, which
; poIIute the baby's milk, either
? at the farm, i'm the milk depot !
: or in the house after delivery. .
Disease is carried by flies in .
; their crops Or intestines and !
, at times on their feet and
; wings. They usually infect
human food ON which they 4
; alight, with fluids flowing
back from their crops and !
through "specks," each one of !
which may contain several !
, hundred germs. :
Bacteria may live for days or
r. weeks in fy's crop or intes- !
, tines. .
Screen or cover all foods in
; the kitchen and pantry. I
: Carefully wash all fruits, I
vegetables, meats and other !
! exposed articles of food, par I
; ticularly those that are to be .
. eaten raw. Patronize the I
: Reject fy-specked bread and :
Reject fy-spected bread and .
, cake. I
Flies breed in filth and live .
on filth when they can not !
get other food than filth. So !
; destroy the breeding and feed =.
; ing places of the fly, around 1
. your home at least. !
: See that your premises are 1
; clean-your yard, alley, out 1
; houses and cellar. Allow no 1
) filth to accumulate. Draw off 1
all pools of stagnant water; 1
) burn all rubbish. Use chloride 1
) of lime freely. Put garbage in 1
) tightly covered cans Or boxes, j
cans are better. 4
; The manure piles. the gar 4
bage heap. the vault are all !
breeding places of flies. Flies !
revel in the open mOuthed i
wooden garbage boxes so Of ]
ten seen in the city alley. Keep !
down the fly output on your !
premises. Encourage your !
neighbor to do the same on his. /
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-05-11

High-priced tailors who keep polk
ing fun at the editor by sending him
handsomely engraved representations
of the latest toggery should have a
heart.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-05-11

The appearance of your front yard
may establish your reputation as to
civic spirit and domestic pride, but the
condition of the back yard is a better
index of its depth and intensity.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-05-11

Mr.. James ]. Hill wants a newspa-
per that will print 'only absolute
facts" Yet to hear some people tell
it, the papers print too many facts
already.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-05-11

This is also the season of the year
when the average citizen suddenly re-
members it is time to make arrange
ments with the ice man.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-05-11

Marriage is the ceremony which
binds a woman to work for her board
and clothes for the remainder of her
natural life.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-05-11

And now the sparrow is blamed for
disseminating hog cholera. Man has
to put the blame on some one. and
the sparrow cannot talk back.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-05-11

Seeing the inquiry as to when YAM
hill county was organized, G. C. Rob
inson of Yamhill writes the Telephone
Register that he cannot give the date
but knows that she was a county in
1853 when he came here. Lafayette
was the county seat and the only post
office in the county. South Yamhill
was a postoffice in Polk county, and
was in the neighborhood of where
Perrydale stands. Mr.. Robinson
writes: 81 have lived in Yamhill
county nearly all the time since COM
ing to Oregon. 1 went to school in
the old college building during the
winter of 1S59-60. when Prof G. c..
Chandler was president, and was over
the ground where McMinnville stands
before there was a house there. -
Telephone Register.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-05-11

Mans delight at the thought of soon
being able to shed his waistcoat is
tempered by the prospective shortage
of five pockets.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-05-11

OTHERS OPINIONS


1t is not exactly a new idea, this
one of designating a certain day in
the spring for the people to assemble
in their own localities and devote
some of the day in bettering the roads.
1t is unquestionably a revival in a bet
ter way of the old poll tax in vogue
in many states, but which has grown
into disuse and become extinct in
nearly all sections. There can be no
possible question regarding the many
benefits which result from the cheer
fully given response to the call from
municipality and state heads on the
days, designated as Good Roads Day."
In many places keen rivalry is noted
between sections, as to which can ac-
complish the most on this day, and
especially in the rural communities,
the occasion is being rapidly accepted
as one where work and pleasure are
combined. The women of several
neighborhoods combine and furnish
refreshments which are served at some
convenient place after the days work
is completed and the workers can
compare experiences and also the re-
suits accomplished throughout their
respective sections. 1t is really re-
markable to note the amount of need
ed repairs that are made in such a
short time. high places are leveled,
ruts are filled with gravel and stone,
bitches are dug to take off stagnant
pools of water, narrow places are wild
ened where possible and many other
of the small and apparently insignifi-
cant veXations of country roads are
smoothed away. Good Roads day
should be one of the regular events
of the year, and the one designated
for tomorrow ought to show such re-
suits that the continuation of the GUS
tom is assured until our highways are
in that condition of perfection where
such voluntary work is no longer |
needed, or can be placed directly un-
der county or township charge-Rose-
burg News.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-05-11

The worst thing about an early
spring is the damage of a recoil.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28

Ing for its feed. | proposed to him
that we continue our keeping of rec.
ords and install machine to grind
the feed. This was done. and in Il
few days after beginning to feed
ground grain we noted quite IN in.
crease in the milk flow of every COW In
the herd. However, despite all the
care we could give them twenty-one
OF the cows failed TO pay for their feed
and fifteen barely did so. We disposed
of these cows and purchased twenty
eight others
In testing out the advantages of
ground feed | selected eight of the
best COWS in the herd. all with prac-
tically the same average production
-Four of these were kept on unground
feed for twenty days. the other four |
put on ground feed for the same length
of time. The four on unground feed
maintained their ordinary milk flow,
but the four that were put on ground
feed produced ut the end of twenty
days an increase Of from four to i've
pounds per day to each COW. We then
reversed the experiment, and the cows
that had been on ground feed decreas-
ed In milk flow from four to six pounds
a day,
] then selected two cows that bore
every mark of good mixers II fair
chance were given them, They were
each producing twenty-one pounds
daily on unground feed, but after feed
ing them ground grain for thirty days
had one Of them giving twenty-seSen
pounds daily. the other thirty pounds
daily. Just think Of what that means
TO herd Of from fifty to sixty cows
n gain OF nearly 300 gallons per year
to COW. Does it pay to grind feed?
1t surely did In this case.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
SOMETHING OF 4 PUZZLE
Question Concerning Femininity
Which Is Not At All Easy to
Answer.

From a feminine source comes a
question which is more easily an
swered at first than at second thought
"a question, that is, which is not
quite as simple as it seems. II is this ::
Does woman wearing a veil see,
when she looks in mirror, what an
other person sees who looks at her
through her veil?
On consideration one realizes that
the yelled woman looks through her
veil at an image which is itself yelled,
and therefore she apparently looks at
herself through two wells instead Of
the one which is all that dims to the
vision of the street observer. Then
there is the further fact that in a
mirror what was right becomes left.
and vice versa. so that what one sees
there is not a picture of oneself but
of somebody who is like oneself only
as one of pair of gloves is like the
other.
That, however. has nothing to do
with the question as to the wells, and
that is quite complicated enough to
stand alone.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
ALAS FOR DAYS OF ROMANCE
One by One the stroaghoIds Of the
Novelist Are Being Wresred
From Him.

One by one the abodes OF romance
and mystery-likewise of discomfort
and barbarism-get progressive and
pass away. The latest place to join
the procession appears to be Bangkok,
capital of Siam, and home of the
sacred white elephant
Perhaps that elephant still trumpets
from the royal gardens, but he soon
will be transferred to a zoo and be-
come a spectacle instead of a holy
emblem. For Bangkok not only has
installed an electric power station, but
is using the surplus current of day
light hours to run rice mills. In the
presence of that sort of efficiency"
old-time romance sickens and dies
Its loss is not without compensation,
to be sure. Electric fans, for example,
must be handy to a place like Bang
kok, whose average temperature
throughout the year is about 81 de-
grees Fahrenheit. But what knight
ever waited for an electric fan when
rescuing his lady love from a mys-
FERROUS zenana, and what fun is there
in raiding a sultan's treasure that is
guarded by commonplace burglar
alarms instead of by white cobras?
Alas and alack! Romance has depart
ed from Bangkok, and the geograph-
ical novelist is driven from one more
stronghold of the imagination.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-04-28
ENDORSED At HOME
Such Proof as This Should Con-
vince Any CIoverport Citizen.

The public endorsement Of local
citizen is the best proof that can be
produced. None better, none stronger
can be had. When man comes for
ward and testifies to his fellow eiti-
zens, addresses his friends and neigh
bors, you may be sure he is thoroughly
convinced or he would not do so. Tell
ing ones experience when it is for the
public good is an act of kindness that
should be appreciated. The following
statement given by resident of
Cloverport adds one more to the many
cases of Home Endorsement which are
being published about Dosn's Kidney
Pills. Read it.
L V. Chaplin, Cloverport, says: 81
was in a bad shape with kidney trou-
BILE. Seeing Doan's Kidney Pills
recommended, went to Fishers Drug
Store and got box. One box cured
me. have had no need of kidney
medicine since"
Price SOC, at al! dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney piils-the same that
Mr. Chap.u had. Foster MiIburn Co
Props Buffalo, y. Y.