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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-27
MAY ELEcTR|FY ROAD
Mr. HIRSCHBERG CONSIDERING
IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT.
Railway Between Independence and
Monmouth to Undergo Better
ment in Near Future.

Mr.. Hirschberg, who owns and op.
crates two and half miles of steam
railroad between Independence and
Monmouth, is seriously contemplating
the electrification of his line, believ-
ing that besides being enabled to rem
der more efficient service the more
modern method of transportation
would prove more economical. The
present steam equipment is somewhat
dilapidated from long use, and mas
much as improvement is found to be
necessary in the near future, electriti-
cation appears to Mr. Hirschberg to
be the thing. The Oregon Power
company, operating in Dallas, lnde-
pendence and Monmouth, would prob
ably supply electrical energy, it being
in position to furnish juice for the
purpose at comparatively low rate.
While no definite plan has been de-
cided upon, the proposed betterment
is now being worked out and will
probably reach elimination within a
short time. One combination freight
and passenger car of modern design
and equipped with four 35-horsepow-
er motors. and one small two-truck
car for emergency purposes, are being
considered. The former would be cap
able of handling as much tonnage as
two ordinary freight cars, and would,
in the event plans now in the making
do not miscarry, be sufficient to care
for the business for years to come.
The estimated cost, including install
lation of all necessary machinery and
apparatus, is approximately $4,000.
Under present conditions three men
are required to operate train of To-
comotive and one car, whereas one
man only would be necessary under
the proposed system. The actual run
ming time is about three hours out of
twenty-four. The saving under the
proposed system is apparent.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-27

examples quickly. A few convictions
would have a salutary effect, / be-
lieve, and work for the good of the
entire state"
The Polk County Fire Patrol asso-
citation annually spends a consider
able sum of money to protect the tim
Der within this county, and its work,
under the supervision of W. V. Full
ler, is effective. 1t has jurisdiction
over all territory in Polk county; and
to it applications for permits to burn
slashings should be made, thus COM
ing within the law. Timber losses
here last year were comparatively
light, while thus far this season there
has, practically speaking, been no
loss. This is due in a very large
measure to the efficiency of the SER
vice.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-27
HON Prospects al Rallston.

George Ball, the hop grower Of
Ballston, and Mr.. Tillery of the same
place were in McMinnville on Mon
day attending the circus. Being ask
ed concerning the hop prospects Mr..
Ball stated that in his judgment the
poorest yards would produce one
fourth crop, and the best yards a two
thirds crop. He believed that prices
we're likely to rule high. The recent
hot weather has stayed the ravages of
the hop lice and in fact, has killed
most of them. He thought picking
in the vicinity of Ballston would be-
gin from September 3 to 6.-Tele-
ne-Register.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-27
MANY BRICKS ARE REQUIRED.
Number Used in Rebuilding Furnaces
Would Erect Two Cottages.

In the rebuilding of the two man.
moth furnaces at the plant Of the Ore
gon Power company in this city,
which improvement was completed
late last week, a sufficient number Of
brick to construct two five-room cot
tages were used by the contractors,
Sherman G. Hunter Of Eugene. Eight
bricklayers were occupied a fortnight
in the rebuilding Of the furnaces,
which had become dangerous through
burning. The boilers had settled, and
it was necessary to jack them back
into their original position after tear
ing out the old work. The improve
ment called for an expenditure of
about $1,000.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-27
Warden Gets Late Call.

What was apparently forest fire
beyond Falls City caused W. V. Full
ler, supervising warden, to be called
at IL o'clock Tuesday night. He has
tened to the fire. AT Falls City the
blaze lightened the sky brightly and
it had all the appearances of a real
timber fire. Mr.. Fuller discovered its
origin on the Miller place above Falls
City, where the folks were taking ad-
vantage of the atmospheric condition
to burn slashings. Mr.. Fuller re-
turned home about one 'cloek forcib-
ly repressing his opinion of the war
den who failed to report the burning
of slashings according to directions.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-27
Appreciate Good Roads.

The Albany Herald complains that
automobile travel is forsaking the Pa
ciic highway in the lower valley for
the west side route, and attributes the
cause to the poor condition of the
roads through Linn county, while
those of Benton and Polk are in prime
shape. 1t is only another indication
that good highways are appreciated,
not only by home people, but those
from abroad as well. The main thor
oughfares from north to south
through through Polk and Benton are
giving these counties much publicity
by automobile travellers.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-27
Mr.. Campbell Sells Ranch.

II. G. Campbell has traded a 1UO-
acre ranch four miles from Dallas, on
the Falls City road, to ]. ID. Ander-
son of Cottage Grove, getting there
for a twenty-acre tract near the Lane
county town, two residence properties
in this city and some cash, all total
ing $4,000. in value. Mr.. Anderson
recently sold his big ranch at Cottage
Grove to Mr.. Van Nortwick, formerly
of Dallas, and will come to Polk
county to make his future home.
The farm which Mr.. Anderson gets
is one Of the best in this section of
the county. being well improved and
exceptionally well LOCATED. There are
sixty-five acres under cultivation.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-27
DELAYED By Derailment.

A derailed car on the train in which
she was returning from Manzanita
beach delayed Miss Ruth Num-,
eighth grade teacher here, an entire
night and she arrived in Dallas on
Tuesday, day later than she expect
ed to. Luckily for Miss Num- the
trouble occurred near a settlement so
that the all-night stop occasioned lit
tie discomfort.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-27
Automobile Crashes Into Buggy.

An automobile being driven at high
speed and attempting to avoid anoth-
er machine on the Salem-Indepen-
dence road Tuesday afternoon crash
ed into and demolished the buggy in
which Mrs. J. S. Fuller, who lives
near Monmouth, was sitting. Mrs.
Fuller escaped uninjured, and the
speed fiends returned to render what
assistance they could.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-27
Independenee Man Hurt.

A tire, which he was attempting to
take from an automobile wheel, ex-
ploded and badly cut the forehead OF
Claude Skinner, owner of the lnde-
pendence garage. The explosion
heard two blocks away, broke the
wheel into bits and scattered it in ev-
cry direction, one fragment striking
a woman neaiby.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-27
MIR. Orr Delivers the Goods.

Barnes circus did not take all the
money in town away with it. The
City Steam Laundry received $7S of
its coin for laundry work. Three
wagon loads were dumped into the
laundry during the day, and the last
piece went to the cars shortly before
midnight. 1t was busy day for Mr..
Orr and his force, but he delivered
the goods.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-27
Pioneer Drops Dead.

H. W. Savage, well-known pioneer
of Salem, dropped dead Wednesday
morning in the yard at his home on
the Garden road. He had eaten a
hearty breakfast and had not been i'll.
Coroner Clough decided death was
due to heart failure.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-27

R. Y. Morrison and W. r. Coulter
have returned from a hunting expedi-
tion on the headwaters of the La Gre
ole. They succeeded in bagging one
deer.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09

a conservatory graduate with honors.
She also plays the xylophone and man
dolin
Aiois Bohumil Hrabak. who plays
the fiute. banjo. violin and xylophone,
is musician of such skill that he has
appeared fer four seasons with the fes-
tiyal orchestra of the Pittsburgh Sym
pllonv Orchestra. He has also played
with kryl's Band. He studied with
Avton Faver. Victor Sandek and Carl
Bcrnthnler
H. Calvin Jordan studied piano and
harmony with De Kosiu and Genet.
He began playing the harp at an early
age with his father, who was one OF
the first harpists in western Pennsyl-
vania He is well known rs solofst
and has had large orchestral expert
ence. He has also been prominently
associated with church work in Pitts
burgh. He plays not only the harp
and piano. but the mandoeello and the
banjo.
During the season of 19l3-l4 this COM
pany appeared as the only musical on
a course at Oyster Bay. the remaining
numbers being lectures by Theodore
Roosevelt. DIR. Newell Dwight Hills
and others.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09
CARD OF THANKS.

The undersigned al,h to ex-
press their sincere and hear FL,
gra il ude for th- many to ,ne Of
t'rdnvs- aud s,mpit1. ex ended
during ihe reCrnt sickness and
dea h ot A dev It'd 'Iusb4nd aud
father and 'elative, Mr.. John Grs.
Nelson. We most cordially thank
The mempers Of the Lodges t"
which he icl bnee for th-lr ira
ieiusl and broiherly affection n'u-
fr~ ed nn th,~ b-rraved occ i-ian
and also TO the many neignno :
aud friends for their foral remrm
ORANGES and many other tokens OF
'tuc sympathy.
Mrs. John Nelson and dang h ter
Esther.
Mr. and Mrs. + F. Gus,afson.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09
Tuesday. Jan. II
sHE nAnMoNY CCNCtTT PARTY.

The Harmony Con en- Party is male
lp of f0uf versatile mush.i1ns.
Mr.. McNeinry. Whose work is by no
means new to the Lycedm platform.
plays the mandolin. banjo. saxorhone
nd xylupheue He was instructed of
mandolin. gulia; md banjo in iiii*-
5urgh for many Mars. also the dirseivr
Of several mandplin and banjo c.ai'-
In addition to his ensemble work. his
solos are extremely popular.
Too much cssnnot be said OF Mrs Me
Nemry's work upon the piano. 1t is
5fteIi referred 10 rs marvellous She IS
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09

lame hack nay come from overwork
cold settled in THO ,rrscles Of the hack
or from disease. In the two FORMER
cases tire right remedy is BALLARD'S
SNOW LINIuENT. 1t should he
rubbsd in thoroughly over the affected
part. the relief will bs prompt ard satis
factory. Price 25c, Soc. and S1.00
per bottle Sold by u. A. Elliot.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09

Mrs. Thomas Woodward re-
turned on Tuesday from visit
in Denver with Mr.. aud Mrs,
Chas. Woodward. She vas ac-
companied by Mrs. S. E. Patton,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09

Tuesday evening January II, The
Harmony Concert c E. will appear IN
'ur city at the opera house in the finest
entertainment that has been in
our city in wears. This this is the third
number of the citizens entertainment
and comes to US with the high
est recommendations, You cant afford
10 miss it. Seats will be on safe for
at the box Office on and
after Jan, 4th. Reserve your seats ear
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09

Mrs. j. T.. Evans Of the Bellevue no
tel is catering to the public in such q
manner as is attracting large patron
,e. Her meals are Of the most pal
a able nature. while the service is any
tning that one would desire. Reason
aoIe rates are made to raIsients while
gular b arders will find rates at the
h tel very liberal. Her Sunday eve
n ng dinners are especially inviting,
The rooms in the hotel are fixed up in
very comfortable man er, in fact she
is running good ..all-ronnd hotel
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09

George Moscript has been Sc
lected as Clerk of the House udi-
ciary committee of the General
Assembly.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09
Advertised Letter List
idaho Springs, Colo

iaalo springs, Colo,
IAN Z. 1918.
The following letter. remain un-
called for at this Office:
Mr.. H. B. Baker
Miss Cecylla Cullen
Mis-. S'ela Miller lockwood
Mrs. II. A. Lyman.
MIS-. Mary Waugh
MAILS CLOSE
Going EAST, at 7:0y A. VI.
Going WEST, at 5:U9 P. NJ.
y General Delivery -
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-01-30
WAGES CUT, WEAvERs QUIT.
Forty of IS Employees OF Equinox
Mill Refuse to Hear Call of Labor.

Anderson, Jan. 25.-Because of q
decrease in wages averaging q little
more than 10 per cent, about 40 OF
the rs weavers employed in the
Equinox mill refused to go to work
this morning. and at the noon hour
only ten Of this number had recon-
sidered. This mill manufactures army
duck and is one Of the last mills in
this section to cut wages.
The management declares that the
readjustment in wages is being made
to correspond to wages paid by other
mills and to enable the mill to manu-
facture goods as cheaply as competi-
tive mills. Only the weaving mill
machinery was affected by the strike
today. although the decrease in wages
affected 400 persons, composing all
the employees Of the mill.
Some of the weavers have left the
city, but the management declares that
their places will be filled without
inconvenience to the company.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-01-30
VOICE HEARD 1850 MILES.
WILSON USES FIRST TRANS.CON-
TINENTAL 'PHONE.
President Speaks Directly With MFR.
Moore in City of San Francisco
and Congratulatcs DR.. Bell, the In
ventOr, Upon Great Achievement.

Washington, Jan. 25.-Presi1ent
Wilson today inaugurated the first
transcontinental telephone system by
speaking directly to President Moore,
Of the I'anama-Pacifc Exposition, in
San Francisco. With Mr.. Moore, Alex
ander Graham Bell. the inventor OF
the telephone, and President Vail, OF
the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, on the wire at diff
ferent points the president extended
congratulations on the achievement.
ut appeals to the Imagination to
speak across the continent said tho
president to Mr.. Moore.
With DR.. Bell listening in on the
line at New York, the president spoke
to Thomas A. Watson in San Fran
cisco. Mr.. Watson was DR.. Bells
electrician at the time Of the inven-
ton of the telephone and was the
first person to hear a word spoken
over telephone.
II consider it an honor" said the
president, ito be able to express my
admiration for the inventive genius
and scientific knowledge that has
made this possible and my pride that
this vital cord should have been
stretched across America as a new
symbol Of our unity and our enter
prise. Will you not convey my cor.
dial congratulations to DR.. Bell? And
I want to convey to you my personal
congratulations, SIR
With Mr.. Vail listening in on the
line at Jekyl Island. the president
then spoke to DR.. Bell.
May 1 not congratulate you very
warmly on this notable consummatioI
Of your long labors and remarkable
achievements? said the president
You are justified in feeling a great
pride in what has been done. This is
memorable day and convey tc
yod my warm congratulations"
The president said that he could
hear Mr.. Moore in San Francisco dis.
sinctly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-01-30
LABOR DEPARTMENTS NEW Blu.
REAU.
Formal Announcement of Inaugural.
ton of Employment Agency for
United States Made.

Washington, Jan. 26.-Formal an
nouncement Of the Inauguration of a
great Federal employment bureau by
the department Of labor, with the as
sistance of the postof1ice and agricul-
tural departments, was made tonight
by Secretary Wilson. The secretary
sent circular letter to all parts of
the South calling the attention Of the
public to the government movement
to bring the ''manless job and the
jobless man" together.
Agents OF the agricultural and post
office departments have been supplied
with blanks SO that employers and
employees in almost any section Of the
United States can make their appli-
cations without waiting to communi-
cate with Washington.
In Eis letter, which was mailed par
ticularly to industrial establishments
and other large employers, Secretary
Wilson said:
THE department of labor, through
the division of information and the
bureau Of immigration, has recently
established distribution branches
throughout the country for the pur-
pose, on the one hand, of developing
the welfare Of the wage earners or the
! United States and improving their op-
portunities for profitable employment,
and on the other hand affording to
employers method by which they
may make application for such help
as thief need, either male or female
citizens or alien residents, and have
their wants supplied through said dis
tribution branches No fec is charged
employer and employe for this serv-
ice. Careful attention will be given
to the selection Of applicants with "a
view to directing to employers only
such help as is specified in the ap-
plications."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-01-30
SUBSTITUTE TO SHIP BILL.
FLETCHER BILL ADOPTED BY
STRICT PARTY VOTE.
Committee Rejects Lodge Amendment
New Bill Calls for Government
OwncishiD OF Fifty-One Per Cent
of Stocks of Proposed Shipping
Corporation With Ten Million Avail
able at Once.

Washington. Jan. 26.-By a strict
party vote the Senate commerce COM
mittee today adopted a favorable re-
port of the Fletcher substitute for the
ship purchase bill. BY the same vote
the committee rejected the Lodge
amendment providing that no intern
ed ships of belligerents should be
purchased. The substitute provides
for shipping corporation with gov-
ernment control Of fifty-one per cent
or more of it's stock, appropriating
thirty million with ten million i'm
mediately available.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-01-30
NEW NAVY YEAR BOOK.
Interesting Publication Compiled by j.
B. knight.

Washington, Jan. 25.-The official
navy yard book for the year 1914,
compiled by j. B. Knight, clerk to the
committee on naval affairs Of the sem
ate, is now ready for distribution.
All the principal nations Of the world
issue similar publications, and a COM
parison shows that the United States
year book fer 1914 stands among the
best.
This document is ready refer
ence book and encyclopaedia of the
United States navy. 1t contains a
compilation of all naval appropria-
tion laws from 1888 to the present,
together with all acts relating to the
personnel Of the navy. Numerous
tables dealing with every possible
phase Of naval construction show how
the new navy has been developed
since 1883. other tables give the
data relating to foreign navies and
compare in detail their strength with
that Of the United States.
At this time when the navies of
foreign countries are being put to
the test and the efficiency or inefi
cheney Of the various types Of war
ships are being demonstrated in ac-
tual warfare this publication is Of par
tcular interest to the American pub
lie. The year book is a public docu-
ment and can be obtained from sena-
tors and representatives in congress.
Mr. Knight, the compiler, is q
former Greenville county boy now Nv
Ing at Trenton. He is a graduate of
Erskine college and for many years
has been connected with the office
force Of Senator Is. r. Tillman in
various capa cities.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-01-30
SAYS HE CAN JUDGE COMMU.
NIFTY By SUPPORT OF INSTI-
TION.
President Judges Merits OF Men by
Their Actions and not by Their
Words.

Washington, Jan. 2G.-President
a membership campaign of the Dis
trict of Columbia Young Mems Chris
tian association said the social motive
was, in the last analysis, the Chris
tian motive, and that he could AL
most assess the character of a COM
munity by the manner in which it
supports it's Y. M. c. A."
Il have long ago received with
amiability, 1 hope, the professions Of
all sorts and conditions Of men," he
continued, "but after 1 have heard
their preferences 1 wait patiently to
see their performance and 1 do not
pass judgment until that performance.
If a man wishes me to consider him
loyal, for example, 1 must really
trouble him 10 show his quality when
he is put to the test; and if he can
not show his quality when put to the
test, 1 may not say anything the next
time he comes around and processes
his loyalty, but / will do a lot of
thinking. 1 wonder within nv own
head if he really thinks that am de-
ceived, if he really thinks I am as in
nocent as 1 look
You know the slang expression he
is bad actor You are not speaking
of the stage. You mean he does not
do what he says; and the minute YOU
find he does not do what he saws.
then it is all up so far as your trust
fulness and admiration and willing
dealings with him are concerned"
! Speaking of the danger of men be-
coming egotistic the president said
that IF you make yourself the CEN
tre of the universe, all your perspec-
tive is skewed. There is only one
moral centre of the universe and that
is God. If you get into right rela-
tiOns with Him then you have your
right perspective and your right re-
lauon and.your right size; but if you
make everything related to yourself
you have the wrong size, at any rate,
in your own estimation
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-01-30
PERKINS SEEKS NEW TRIAD.
Reserves Decision Blain Small
Gets 10 Months.

Columbia. Jan. 26.-Arguments for
new trial in the case of George
Bachelor Perkins, convicted Of man
slaughter in the federal court last
Thursday and sentenced to three
years in the government prison in
Atlanta, were heard by Judge H. A.
NJ. Smith yesterday afternoon. No
decision was given, the court wishing
to examine a transcript Of certain
testimony. Answer will be made to-
day. In the event of an adverse de-
cision the presumption is that an ap-
peal will be made to the circuit court
Of appeals in Richmond. The argu-
ment yesterday afternoon for the de-
fendant was made by J. p K. Bryan
of Charleston.
Sep Bostick, fraudulent use of the
mails, was sentenced to four months
in the Chesterfield county Jail and to
pay fine Of s1OO.
Blain Small was convicted of steal
ing a money order and conspiracy to
defraud the government. Smalls was
sentenced to six months in the Sum-
ter Jail and 6. fine of 5000 on the first
Offensc and four months in the Sum-
ter Jail in the latter.