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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-13
HARVEST IN GERMANY.

We are told that in spite OF the war
and its natural disturbance to life and
business in Germany, the people OF
that country have commenced the har-
vesting of their ripening crops, which
in point of yield promise to break all
previous records. Reports are that
the wheat, rye, oats and barley crops
are larger than they have been before
in years while the outlook for fruits
and vegetables is particularly good
With the outbreak of the war, German
authorities made special effort to en-
courage the planting of larger areas
than usual and to insure adequate cul-
tivation and fertilization of the crops.
The result is that the nation, although
at war and cut off from the world,
promises to be abundantly able to feed
her 7O,OOO,O00 people without depend
ing upon imports.
This is just another illustration of
German efficiency. Germany is we'll
forested country, not highly fertile,
with an area of but little more than
100000 square miles. If farming were
carried on in the United States as in
tensively and intelligently as it is in
Germany we could meet all domestic
needs and have a surplus that would
supply the needs of the world.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-13

making, with every hope of success.
That such an undertaking would prove
advantageous to the farmers of this
valley and profitable to the promoters
there can be no question. There is
wide demand for fertilizer, the farm
er having come to realization OF the
fact that while their lands bear splen-
did crops under ordinary conditions
the yields may be materially improved
through this agency. Many tillers OF
the soil have been taking away and
returning nothing for years, and now
they appreciate that there must be a
change in order to secure the best re-
suits. The production of land ferti-
lizer locally would greatly lessen the
cost, transportation from foreign
points in some instances making its
use prohibitive. 1t is therefore, en-
cumbent upon this community to give
all possible encouragement to the pro-
posed undertaking, which is at pres
ent in an uncertain state.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-13
BICYCLE RIDERS
ATTENTION

Do you realize that this is the be-
ginning of the season for riding BIZ
cycles. The man who has his wheel
overhauled in early spring economies
for the reason that he accomplishes
two things at one cost of labor-his
bearings properly clear and oiled
bad bearings replaced at same time
(if any) at practically one cost. 9th
erwise one thing goes wrong here,
another thing there at different times
which makes it inconvenient for you
and also adds to cost of repairs. We
are well prepared to meet your de-
mand in this line. Work guaranteed.
Bicycles from $22.50 to $45.00. Tires
from $3.50 to $1,000 per pair. BIZ
cycle and motorcycle sundries, base
ball and athletic supplies.
Indian motor cycle agency.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-13
LOOKING OUR WAY.

During the past several months The
Observer has given wide publicity to
the fact that within the boundaries
of Polk county exists some of the
most valuable deposits of limestone to
be found on the Pacific coast, and
now this exploitive information is
having good effect. Recently investi-
cations of these deposits have been
made by outside parties with a view
to opening and developing quarries
for the production of fertilizer from
the material. The Agricultural col
lege has pronounced these deposits of
great value to the state, and the ex-
perts of that institution have rec
commended that they be employed in
improving the character Of the Will
lamette valley lands, believing that
commercial fertilizer from this mex
pensive source would prove of inesti-
mable value to farmers of this section
of the state.
But while numerous specimens have
been carefully assayed and thoroughly
tested by several persons other than
Agricultural college experts, and pro-
nounced ideal for the purpose, it has
thus far remained with Portland par
ties to take active steps toward the
development of these vast deposits,
plans for which are now
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-13

and running thence West SD chains;
thence South 1918 chaif4 thence
West 11.S5 chains; thence South 1871
chains; thence South degrees East
1900 chains; thence South degrees.
As minutes East 1907 chains to the
center of the County road; thence
South 81 degrees, 20 minutes West
along the center of said road 9.31
chains to West line of Solomon Shell
ton D. L. c.; thence South 1927
chains; thence North SO degrees East
1884 chains to the West line of lands
belonging to Lott D. Brown; thence
North 10 feet; thence South SO de-
grees West 1882 chains; thence North
20.03 chains to the center of the Coun-
ty road; thence South 81 degrees, 20
minutes West along the center of said
County road $40 chains; thence North
40-5S chains; thence East 1904
chains; thence North 2.35 chains to
the North line of lands belonging to
Frank V. Brown; thence East 32.15
chains to the division line between
the East and West half of the D. L.
C. of VIM. C. Brown aforesaid; thence
North $50 chains to the place of be-
ginning, containing 141.S0 acres, more
or less, excepting therefrom the rail-
road right of way. Also beginning
50.21 chains West and 21.34 chains
North of the Southeast corner of the
d. l.. C. of William C. Brown and
wife aforesaid; at an angle corner
on the line between lands of Mary
V. Kirkpatrick and Anna Crider and
Lott d. Brown, and running thence
West 500 chains to the East line of
lands heretofore conveyed by George
M. Brown and wife to Frank Weaver;
thence South 3675 chains; thence
South AZ degrees East As links;
thence North Al degrees, As minutes
East 12.4S chains to Lott D. Browns
west line fence; thence North $500
chains to the place of beginning, and
containing 27.11 acres more or less,
together with a right of way 10 feet
in width beginning at the Northwest
corner of the above premises and
running thence West to the Northwest
corner of the lands of Frank Weaver;
and reserving from the
above two descriptions certain road
ways and rights of ways as described
in that certain deed from
George M. Brown and wife to Mary
V. Kirkpatrick ct al, recorded in Vol.
So. Deed Records of Polk County.
Oregon, at page 152 thereof, and in
that certain deed from Frank V.
Brown and wife to Mary V. Kirkpat-
rick ct al recorded in Vol go of said
Deed Records at page S04 thereof.
This summons, under and pursuant
to an order of the Hon. John B. Teal.
County Judge of Polk County. Oregon,
made at Chambers in the City of Dali
las, in said County and State, on the
29th day of July, 1915, is served upon
you by the publication thereof for
period of six consecutive and success
sive weeks Immediately prior to the
18th day of September, 1915, in the
Polk County Observer, a newspaper
of general circulation, published at
Dallas, in said County of Polk; the
date of said order is July 30, 1915
and the date of the first publication
of this summons is July 80, 1915.
SIBLEY & EAKIN,
L. D. BROWN
Attorneys for the Plaintiff.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-13
MOON YARN EXPLODED.

Scientists are now convinced the
moon has no more influence on crops
than it has on the temperature or the
amount of rain or the winds or any
other weather element. The growth
of plants depends on the amount of
food in the soil and in the air that is
available for them and on the temper
ature, light and moisture.
The moon obviously does not affect
the character Of the soil in any way,
neither does it affect the composition
of the atmosphere. The only remain
ing way in which it could influence
plant growth, therefore, is by its
light.
Recent experiments, however, show
that full daylight is about 100000
times brighter than full moonlight, yet
when a plant gets 1-1OOth part of
normal daylight it thrives little bet
ter than in absolute darkness. If
1-100th part of normal daylight is
thus too little to stimulate a plant, it
seems quite certain that a 600,000th
part cannot have any effect at all.
1t is therefore a mere waste of time
to think about the moon in connection
with the planting of crops. The moon,
says the scientists, has nothing more
to do with this than it has to do with
the building of fences, the time for
killing hogs or any other of the innu-
merable things over which it was once
to exert strong influence.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-13
HOW THEY STAND.


review how the several fighting ma
tions now stand, with reference to
actual changes thus far effected In
their territorial possessions. A year
ago predictions were freely made that
the map of Europe would be radically
changed by the war and there are
some who no doubt still look for the
fulfllment Of these predictions. Yet
after a year Of the grueling conflict
there is little to indicate any great
amount of new work for the map
makers. 1t is true that large spaces
of Africa would have to be recolOred
if the map revision were to take place
now, but the changes in Europe would
not be extensive.
The British possessions, without ex-
ception, are still in British hands. ia
pan is untouched by hostile armies.
ITALY has not yet lost foot OF
ground. Serbia, which was invaded
early in the struggle, has rid her ter
ritory of her enemies and no foreigner
has gained foothold in Montenegro
Austria-Hungary had enemies on a
portion of her territory for a time,
but these have been dislodged, with
the exception of small portion OF
Goritz held by the Italians, and few
miles Of the Dalmatian frontier in
possession of the Montenegrins.
France, Belgium, Russia and Tur-
key are the nations that have sur
rendered some portions of their terri
tory into the hands of their enemies.
The Germans have possession of about
four per cent of French territory, but
it is the richest and most prosperous
part of France, Belgium is wholly In
German hands, with the exception OF
a small tract in the extreme western
end of the kingdom. Moreover, the
recent success of the Germans in the
eastern war zone has given them con-
troll of practically all of Russian Po-
land, which, although considerably
less than one per cent of the Russian
empire, is a densely populated section
and one that is rich in industrial
wealth.
In the mere matter of area, Turkey
is the heaviest loser to date. The
British and French have secured a
foothold in the Gallipoli peninsula.
The Russians have taken possession
of large area west of the Persian
frontier and south of the Russian
boundary. Egypt has been transfer
red as British protectorate and the
Anglo-Indian troops have taken pos
session of large area between Ara
bia and the Persian gulf.
To partially offset her gains in 9th
er directions, Germany has lost all of
the German islands, ,all of German
southwest Africa and much of her
possessions in west Africa. Her loss
es in area are more than double the
size of continental Germany. AT home,
Germany has Jared better. She has
lost only a small portion of Alsaee,
which the French have held for near
ly a year. East Prussia was at one
time over-run by the Russian armies,
but they have long since been driven
out.
1t is one of the remarkable fea-
lures of the war that after year of
desperate fighting so little territory
has actually changed hands. For the
most part the old boundaries still
hold. The revision of the map of
Europe, as conditions now' obtain,
would not be very difficult task.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-13

Americans with a memory are fair
enough to admit that during the civil
war our blockade of southern ports
nearly ruined many British cities
which were dependent on southern
cotton for their raw material. Fifty
years have passed and the boot is now
on the other foot; and of course we
do not pretend to like it.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-13
pissolutiou of Partnership.

Notice is hereby given that the CO.
partnership heretofore existing be-
tween f. E. Davis and C. M. Horn,
under the title of Davis & Horn. is
this day dissolved by mutual consent.
F. e. Davis, succeeding to the busi-
ness, will liquidate all indebtedness
against the firm and likewise will COL
lect all outstanding accounts due the
said firm. a
Dated at Dallas. Oregon. August T..
1915. F. E. DAVIS
Asst C. M. HORN
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-13
ADMINISTRATORS FINAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned has filed his final account
as administrator of the estate of r.
W. Heddon, deceased. in the County
Court of Polk County. Oregon. and
that said Court has duly set the hear
ing of objections thereto and the set
tlement thereof for Monday, the 2Srd
day of August. 1915. at ten o'clock a.
m. thereof, in the Court room of said
court. in Dallas, in said county and
state.
Dated this 18th day of July. 1918.
c. T. HOVER.
Administrator.
W. c. wINSLOw.
Attorney for the estate. J16-A6
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-13

A long mild fall will help to COM
pensate for the unreasonable weather
experienced during the rapidly pass
ing summer. And a mild and pleasant
autumn is what we usually get in this
section.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-13
SPARKLING RICKREALL.


Thou child Of dark canyons,
Leaping wild and free,
Down the sylvan mountains,
In frolicsome glee;
Winding through the valley,
Thy swift waters flow,
Amongst evergreen groves
Where the tall frs grow;
Waiting thy melody
On the soft sea-breeze,
Mirroring the bright stars
Through quivering leaves;
Ripping o FER the pebbles,
Splashing thro' the lea,
Flowing on forever
To the moon-mad sea.
o beautiful queen of
Oregon's sweet streams,
Thou mystic enchantress
Of my boyhood's dreams!
Rushing down the ages,
Eons long ago,
Slushing thro' Cambrian fens,
Melting the soft snow;
Carving thy deep, rugged path
Through sandstone and loan,
Der the Pliocene plain
Where the giant herds roamed,
Ere human thought came to
Improve natures plan,
And make earth fitting
Habitat for man;
When a wild, brutal world,
cred in tooth and claw"
Was under the blind reign
Of physical law;
Thy voices were singing
The triumphant lay,
That proud. conquering man
Was coming some day.
Sparkling in the twilight,
So playful and free.
Flashing like fountain
Beside the tepee;
Kissing the silver moon
When painted softly bright
On thy limpid bosom
In the clear, calm night;
Sporting with the fishes,
Pouring o'er the high falls,
And Turing the wild birds
With sylvan joy calls.
On thy shady green sward
One bright summer moon,
A coy, dusky maiden
Hummed a sweet love tune;
A gallant warrior bold
Came at her low call,
And they softly named thee,
Sparkling Rickreall."
o lovely mountain stream,
Limpid as the air,
Playing the cosmic game
Impartial and fair;
Leaping down the gorges,
Resting in deep pools,
And swirling in eddies
Where the game trout schools;
Saluting the snow peaks
In the distant blue,
Singing thy wild music
All the long year through.
Rickreall, Rickreall,
''Swift flowing water"
Thy proud synonym stamped
On natures altar!
Flow on. beautiful stream,
Forever flow on;
Times long ages are thine,
Oh, flow on, flow onl
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-13

There is no such thing as civilized
methods of warfare, for the same
reason that there is no such thing as
a civilized family row.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-13

Managers of the local county fair
are planning to make it a record
breaker this year. And if the wealth
er man will help they probably will
succeed in their efforts.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-13

People who have been picking hops
in the Brown yard will please go to
Frank E. Kersey's confectionery and
sign up for the coming season. 42-5t.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-13

The autonomy promised to Poland
by Germany is the same kind that
Russia suggested-autonomy with a
string to it.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-13

No one rises to suggest that Hayti
is also entitled to another chance. -
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-13

Poor Poland gets the worst of it, no
matter which side wins.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-13

W. c. wINSLow.
Attorney for the estate.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1915-02-27

General ofhces, "a floor. South end
Public hearing rooms. let floor
North end.
Law department "a door. South
end.
Seller inspection.
Sixth door. South end.
0uIIdlns Department
Seventh floor. North end.
Bridge oIvIslen.
Fourth door. North end.
ouslnsss Agent.
Vault door. North end.
City Attorney.
Sixth door. North end.
City Clerk.
First door. South end.
City ceiisetsr.
First door. South end.
City Comptroller
General once. 9Th door. North end,
Auditor, 9Th door. North end.
Paymaster. 9Th door. North snd,
Real estate agent. 9Th door. North
City Council.
Council chamber. "a door. North
end.
General eommittssrooms. "a aeor.
North end.
Commute on finance. "a door. North
end.
Committee on local transported
ID door.
Special park commission: lotA soor.
North end.
City Electrician.
Sixth door. Center.
City Hail.
Superintendent, I'd door. North end.
Chief 5anitor. ID door. North end.
City Ssaisr.
Vault floor. South end.
City StatIstlelan.
Tenth noor. North end.
City Treasurer.
Second door. Center.
Civil Service Commission.
General ofices, 9Th floor. South end.
Examining.room. 10th door. Center.
Bureau Of Compensation.
Vault floor. South end.
Cooperation Counsel.
Fifth door. South end.
Bureau o. Engineering (city "a.
olnssr).
Fourth door. North end.
Department Of Electricity.
Sixth door. Center.
Finance Committee.
Second floor. North end.
Fire Department
Fire marshal. 1st floor. North end,
Fire alarm telegraph. 9Th floor. Cen.
ter.
Firemens pension fund. secretary
Of board Of trustees (city clerk). LIST
noor. South END.
Bureau Of Gas inspection.
Vault floor. South end.
inspector Of Oils.
Tenth door. South end.
Harbor Division.
Fourth floor. North end.
Department. OF Health.
Commissioner OF health. 7th door.
Bureau Of sanitary inspection. 7th
door.
Bureau Of contagious diseases. 7th
door.
Bureau Of food inspection. 7th floor.
Bureau Of vital statistics. 7th floor.
Department Of Law.
Corporation counsel. 6th aooE
South end.
City attorney. 9Th floor. North end
Prosecuting attorney. 9Th door.
North end.
Special assessment attorney. "a
door. South end.
Local Transportation Committee.
Third door. North end.
Local Transportation (TraetIen TX
psrt).
Third floor. North end.
Bureau o. Maps and Piats.
Fourth floor. North end.
The Chicago Eagle numbers among
its subscribers the most influential,
most prosperous and most respected
men In Chicago.
It reaches nearly every man Of
standing In the community and all
men who are molders of public opin.
ion or directors Of public affairs.
1t is the guide, mentor and friend OF
every political leader of every shade
Of opinion.
It is read by Government. State,
County and City Oficials.
It is read by big percentage Of the
legal fraternity. including bench and
bar.
1t is the favorite of Chicago's lead.
ing business men.
It reaches all classes in their
homes.
1t is In every public once and every
public library.
It is a paper that Is read by people
Of standing and influence.
The Eagle. goes into every pre-.
cinct In Chicago.
NEW YORK
The herald., 1915-08-19
The Venerable Microbe

Just to think the microbe has been
in this terrestrial sphere twenty mil.
lions Of years! Disease germs that
now affiict humanity have been discov.
cred in the fossils of the earliest life
on earth. There was belief that bac.
terra were a modern pest, and they
came just in time to plague mankind.
But why should they exist before
What was the object of their insig-
nificant lives? This question science
answers by saying that they first came
to assist in the decomposition of the
calcareous rocks. This certainly was
a more honorable mission than to
scare people in later days into the
use OF special drinking cups and to
set up great government bulwarks to
resist their imaginary fury. The mi
crobe was formerly an honorable and
useful citizen, but now he has fallen
from his high estate.
The herald., 1915-08-19
DREW LESSONS FROM NATURE
Originality Of College Professors Lee
lures Caused Them to Be Appre-
ciated by Class.

There was a certain college profes
sor of machine design who was as
original in his views as he was in his
subject. One Of his pet theories was
the INTERPOLATION between nature and
correct design. Boys" he would
say, there has been only one de-
signer who never made a mistake, and
the more we study his work, the bet
ter machine We will build. When you
put your legs under a machine, think
of a horse or COW, and get them
as far apart as you can-don't get
too much overhang at either end. And,
speaking of counterbalance, study
the kangaroo; there is no prettier ex-
ample of equilibrium in all positions.
The further over he leans the more
his tail comes into action off the
ground. And again, in speaking of
general design, wherever possible, try
to work for elasticity as against rigid
ity. You find very little of the rigid
in nature, and little trees often sur
yive gale by bending, where big ones
are blown down" All OF which was
undoubtedly very true. and made more
of an impression on his hearers than
some of the more complicated mathe-
NAUTICAL demonstrations that followed.
Engineering Magazine.
The herald., 1915-08-19
Pillar Of Cloud by Day.

With reference to this method of
directing the march OF caravans across
deserts, Linant Pasha points out how
modern times furnish an illustration
Of 1t The great caravan which every
year sets out from Cairo to Mecca has
conductor on a camel leading the
way. Day and night, whatever the
weather is, he remains without any
covering, naked to the waist. With
him march men with large torches
which are kept alight during the night
and illuminate the column of smoke
above them. so that 1t appears a pillar
OF fire. During the day, when the
head Of the caravan is difficult to see
on account Of intervening hills and
mounds Of sand, the torches are kept
burning, so that instead of the light
which served during the night, a col.
umn Of smoke indicates to the
struggling caravan from afar the di.
rection of the march and the time and
place of a halt.
The herald., 1915-08-19
Feats Of Archery

In the days when the buffalo w..
found in vast herds on the western
plains there were Indians who Will.
rloing at a gallop, could send an ar.
row through a buffalo's body. Re.
markable as this archery was, IL did
not equal that reached by the archer.
OF ancient times. 1t is of record that
the MacRaes Of Gairlock. Scotland
were such skilled archers that thew
could hit man at the distance of 500
yards In 1894 the Turkish ambassa.
DOR at London shot an arrow in a field
near that capital AS yards against
the wind. The secretary of the am.
passador, on hearing the expressions
Oh surprise from the English gentle.
ment present, said the sultan had shot
ooo yards. This was the greatest
performance of modern days, but a
pillar standing on a plain near Con.
stantinople recorded shots ranging up
to 800 yards. Sir Robert Ainslie Brit.
Ism ambassador to the Sublime Porte.
records that in 1898 he was present
when the sultan shot An arrow s7a
yards.
The herald., 1915-08-19
Great Men Born In War Time.

1t is pointed out that during the
nrst years Of the last century, from
1900 or 1910 to 1915, when all Europe
was suffering from the Napoleonic
wars, she gave birth to almost every
great man who was to guide her bet.
ter destines for 100 years to come. In
that terrible period of travail Britain
gave birth to Disraeli, Gladstone, Cob
den, Bright, Browning. Tennyson,
shaftesbury and many others. Italy
had Cavour, Mazzini, Garibaldi and
Victor Emmanuel, the four men who
secured the liberty and unity of the
Italian kingdom. America gave the
world Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd
Garrison, Harriet Beecher Stowe. Hen
~ Ward Beecher and Abraham Lin
coin.