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The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-04-29

George Worthen is the owner OF
fine new Overland.
The latest new machine to arrive
in LINDEN is a REQ purchased by
H. S. Steinhauer.
Mrs. George Hall entertained de-
lightfuly Wednesday afternoon IN
honor of Mrs. II. l.. Brown. The
Hall home was beautifully decorated
in pink and green. the same color
scheme being used throughout. At
ter an afternoon of 500. dainty re-
freshments were served to thirty
five guests.
Mrs. A. d. Hockey arrived from
the East this week to visit her sis
ter, Mrs. c. b. Bay.
Members of the Everson Rebekah
Lodge will attend initiation cere-
monies of the Lynden lodge Stur-
day night.
Mrs. Clarence Jameson return
ed Sunday after two weeks visit
in Vancouver.
Mrs. B. C. De Long returned Fri
day after a visit in Spokane.
Ralph Haveman left Monday night
for Seattle to attend a banquet Civ
an by the Ford Auto Co. to its ag-
ents.
M. v. Weber purchased a Ford
this week.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-04-29
CARD OF THANKS

We desire to express our thanks
to the "Lynden Boy Scouts" for
the floral offerings, and to all kind
friends for the sympathy shown In
our hour of sorrow.
MIR. AND MRS. l.. E. BRUINS.
4-29-1t-0
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HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

Every one is busy getting ready
for the Field Meet and the Declam-
atory Contest which is to be given
in Lynden May 8th.
Last Tuesday evening a meeting
was held of the Patrons cub. IL
was decided that the meetings
would be discontinued until next Sc
mester.
Mrs. Fishers room gave very
interesting progrm to the parents
Tuesday afternoon. Miss Mckin-
non is planning program for the
mothers, to be given April 29th.
The game of base ball which the
Boy Scouts played with the Ten
Mile boys at Greenwood resulted in
a victory for Ten Mile. AT the end
of the ninth inning the score was
nine to nine so it was necessary 10
play another inning. Ten Mile
made one more score.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-04-29

FOR RENT-Forty acres half clear
ed. good buildings. Very liberal
terms. Inquire of H. e. Stuart.
4-S-tf-0
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NOTICE

The accounts of J. N. MacPher-
son have been left in my hands for
All debtors are hereby
notified to call and settle at once.
A. M. RIDDLE.
4-29-1t-0
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w A n I F. ID
Notices Of For Sale and of the Wants Of the Community Bar
gains in Everything From Tin Pans to Dairy Ranches
A Continued Story About Advertising

EGGS-I have taken up my yard,
and have but 100 White Leghorn
eggs left for sale. SOC per 10,
$500 per 100. Luella M. Smith.
4-S-tf-0
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PIANO TUNING

PIANO TUNING
Will be in Lynden May 9rd to
regulate and tune pianos. All who
wish my services please leave ord
ers at the City Drug Store.
PROF. H. j. WALKER.
4-29-1t-O
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Be sure and disinfect barns and
chicken houses, or whitewash them.
Call d. MiddelkOop for information.
Ask for prices. Telephone R663,
Lynden. 4-8-4t-"
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FOR SALE-Birch. Maple and AL
der wood, by the rick or cord. A.
e. Moody. Phone 81 Lynden.
4-15-4t-*
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CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER-Ex-
pert work at low prices. JObbing
promptly attended to. Phone
321. John w. Zevenbergen.
4-15-tf-0
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-04-29

HARNESS REPAIRING-I have
opened harness repair shop with
M. Maneval at 9Th and Front st.
First class work at low prices.
j. w. Grove 4-15-4t-*
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FOR SALE-Wood saw. Reason
able price. John De Roster. Lyn-
den. 4-15-tf-0
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FOR SALE-Fine Fir and Alder
wood. G.. E. Hall. Phone 2012
Lynden. 4-S-tf-0
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FOR SALE-Peanut rooster and
corn pepper. Il. r. Price
3-29-2t-*
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WANTED-Those who will use ber-
ry pickers to get blank form Inf.
No. 2. fill it out and mail TO
Distribution Officer" Lynden,
Wash. postage free. 4-29-1t-"
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FOR SALE-Yearling steers. G.
Bierlink, Phone 1904 Lynden.
3-25-tf-1t*
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TOWN LOTS-And acre tracts fol
sale by Frank Hawley. 4-1-tf-2tS
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FOR SALE-Pastor Russell's six
Bible Keys. any volume, any lam
guage, at 35c each. or with Watch
Tower subscription only $2.65
for a year. Mrs. Stella A. Full
Ter. box No. 35S. 4-29-1t-*
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-04-29

George Worthen is the owner {
fine new Overland.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-26
RAILROAD LANDS LIABLE.
Delinquent Tax Certificates on Grant
Area to Be Issued.

A recent ruling of Attorney Gen
eral George M. Brown is to the effect
that the lands of the O. and C. grant
are liable now for delinquent taxes
and that the same course should be
followed with this as with other prop
erty, the United States Supreme
court having decided that the land be-
longs to the railroad. Back taxes on
the o. and C. grant in Polk are said
to amount to something like $28,000
and the lack of this money has some
what crippled the county financially.
This opens golden opportunity for
speculation. Anyone with extra money
in buying up delinquent tax certifi-
Gates of any certain piece of land,
must pay back taxes and penalties.
To secure clear title to the land, suit
must be brought in court on foreclos-
ure proceedings. And then if the
original owners do not appear and
tender back the money, together with
Is per cent interest, the buyer of the
certificates gets the land. The United
States Supreme court has decided the
railroad owns the lands of the o. and
C. grant. 1t is up to congress now
whether or not these lands must be
sold at $3.50 an acre. If so, it is
pointed out that the railroads pos
sibIy would not find it profitable to
pay back taxes and penalties and sell
at $3.50 an acre.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-26
OREGON HAS NEW INDUSTRY.
Factory for Manufacturing Quacks
Opens Auspiciously in Coos.

Down at Coquille, in Coos county, a
new and important industry has just
sprung into existence, and from pres
ent indications it promised to grow
and prosper, for birds of the air are
not averse to being humbugged after
the fashion of people. The industry
referred to is that of manufacturing
quacks. Not the ordinary quack whose
catch-penny show traverses the land
seeking new victims to devour, nor
the quack who presents for your care
full and esteemed consideration Won
derful cure-all, but quaeks that really
and truly quack-quack-quack. That
great moral educator and family jour
nal, The Coquille Herald, in chronic
ling the establishment of the industry
referred to, says the quack plant is
manufacturing instruments for lur-
ing ducks to destruction-in other
words, where duck-callers are made.
The plant is making them by the doz
ems, and where heretofore such ia
nous Nimrods as Fred Slagle, Leo. j.
Carey, H. NJ. Harrison, Bert Folsom,
and score of others, had difficulty
in bagging the limit, there's nothing
to it now. Just like in the human
family there are loud quacks, medium
quacks and quacks whose quacks are
of less consequence, but all are cal
culated to entice the mallard or can
vassback to alight within gunshot,
and the pothunters do the rest. A fel-
low named Sickles, who operates a
garage at intervals, is the inventor of
the contrivanee, and semi-occasional-
ly he cleans the spark plugs and ad-
iusts the carburator of his trusty
shotgun and ambles to the adjacent
marshes, there to give a practical
demonstration of the quack that has
never failed to make the grade.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-26
MORE CRACKERS MORE SALES.
Advertising Cleans Up Entire Stock
for the Vassal Company.

The Vassall grocery inserted an ad-
vertisement in The Observers bar
gain page last Tuesday, in which Gra-
ham crackers were offered at a re-
duced price on Saturday only. On
Saturday alone the store sold 16O
pounds of Graham crackers. The Vas
sail grocery realizes today, better
than it ever did, the value Of The OBJ
servers advertising space. If it costs
more than other space it is simply be-
cause it is worth more, and progress
sive merchants are as willing to pay
more for a good thing as the custom
ers who patronize them are willing
to pay higher price for superior
brand of goods. Every day there is
an evidence of the appreciation of the
value of The Observer advertising;
every day there is some tangible re-
suit made obvious to advertisers of
the direct results obtained from tell
ing the buying public of stocks
through The Observer. Newspaper
advertising is not so much thing of
direct results as it is of keeping a
firm name and standing in the public
so that these constant indi-
cations of direct results are as well
come to the advertiser as they are DO
the paper itself. When a merchant
can spend few cents for small ad.
and sell 160 pounds of Graham crack
ers, who would question the power
of advertising? The only reason the
Vassall company did not sell 300
pounds of crackers was because it
had no more to SELL The subscribers
to The Observer read every word of
every ad in the paper just as they
read every word of the news to get
the sum total of the happenings of the
1ay in Polk county.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-26
SHERIDAN MEN ON TRIAL.
Alleged Conspirators to Defraud In
surance Company in Court.

Judge H. H. Belt will hear the
Booth murder trial when the circuit
court session is resumed at McMinn-
vile on Monday, and at the conclusion
of that hearing four Sheridan men
will be hailed before the bar of jus
tice to answer to a charge of con-
spiracy to defraud an insurance com
pany. The three Fuchs brothers,
well-knOwn in Sheridan, and Mr..
Armstrong are the defendants in the
case. They are alleged to have burn
ed personal property in the fire that
recently destroyed the Tanning build
ing. The act was committed, accord
ing to the charge, for the express pur-
pose of defrauding the protecting
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-26
MAIL CARRIERS DEFY WIND.
The Bridge, The Wind, and The Mail
Conspire Against County

New developments in the inter-
county bridge trouble are putting
many ticklish phases on that awe in
spring subject Recently watchmen
have been stationed at each end of
the bridge and are comfortably hous-
ed. from those twenty-five mile gales
that threaten the destruction OF the
great ridge, by little shelters where
in blaze odoriferous oil stoves. These
watchmen regulate the traffic over
the bridge when the winter Winds
over the Willamette run out OF lubrl-
cation and slow down to less than
twenty-five miles, so that the bridge
NAV stay open. Only one vehicle is
allowed on a span at a time. When
one wagon gets on the second span
the mail carrier with his little two by
four cart is allowed to come onto the
first, and after the mailcarrier crosses
the first, span six thousand pound
truck comes on. And so it goes while
the east end of the waiting procession
is way up on Commercial street, where
the patient Polk county taxpayers
are spending their Polk county money
in Salem stores. But when the wind
speeds up, the bars are put across the
bridge and the watchmen turn the
wick in the stove bit higher, put
their feet upon the door handle and
their hands behind their head and
enjoy the beneieenee of the county
treasury while they sleep.
Last Monday the rural mail carriers
who work parts of Polk county out
of the Salem office and must cross the
bridge to get to their routes, were held
up at the bridge because the wind was
putting over-zealously. The carriers
were in despair. They appealed to all
known tribunals-the mayor of Sa-
lem, the commissioners of Marion
county, and finally wound up in Judge
Bushey's office, where permission was
granted to cross the weak and defect
ed old structure at their own risk. The
carriers crossed and are due for
Christmas present from the people
along their lines for getting the mail
out not more than three or four hours
late.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-26

fore the people Of this community.
independence has had creamery
for fifteen years. X. c. Eldridge es
tablished the enterprise and he has
fought for business until he now
draws cream from a territory extend
ing as far south as California. Yet
in the face of this fact farmers near
Independence are not supplying as
much milk today as they were supply
ing year ago. An unusual demand
for dairy cows for shipment to east
ern Oregon last spring caused farm
ers to thin out their herds, while no
cows have been brought in to main
tain the number formerly kept.
The annual turnover of the Inde-
pendence creamery is $3.50, 900, about
half what it should be. With better
feeding conditions among dairy farm
ers the output of butter could easily
be doubled.
The mail order blight has settled
pretty firmly in Polk county and bus
mess men are puzzling their brains
with pains to kill it out. Tons of
catalogues from eastern mail order
houses are distributed each season,
not alone to the people in the county,
but the houses in the towns are also
supplied. A large part of the parcel
post business comes from this source
and the express companies profit
largely, also. 1t is said that women
are the greatest buyers by mail, and
that cloak and suits are the favorite
items of purchase.
While business men are earnest in
their condemnation of the mail order
industry" they are not spending
much money in advertising to attract
patronage and to tell of the great val
ues kept in their stores.
Women in Polk county need help
full organizations and opportunity to
meet on common ground. In the towns
effort has been made to meet
this need, but in the country the only
in which women may
find help is the grange. And-as is
always the case-the women who need
the grange most are those VINO llVe
beyond reach of its activities. The
farm women do their full share of the
hard work necessary on the land and
nave little opportunity for restful and
helpful social intercourse. With bad
roads large part of the year, in the
oast, women have not desired much
o go about. Now, with somewhat i'm
proved highways, the desire to go is
coming slowly-but surely.
Long time loans at low rates of in
crest must come to Polk county farm
MS before they can develop their
ands as they should be developed.
Oregon land cannot be held up by in
crest charges and then be expected to
how annual profit to the worker on
t. A system of rural credits applied
n Polk county would aid in transfer
NO the farms into homes worth while
nd the broken down farmers into bus
ness men. AS it is now the struggle
" man and by women in the country
S discouraging to the workers and IS
he cause of serious loss to the com
nunity and the state.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-26
Some Things Harris Thinks

A. III. Harris, former state printer
and newspaper man of no mean abil-
ity, has been contributing series of
articles to the Salem Statesman on
various sections of the Willamette
valley, the last of which refers to
Polk county. Among other things Mr..
Harris has the following, which pro-
vides for thought along agricultural
lines, even if there is some deviation
from real facts in instances:
With the "high" land in Polk coun-
ty the story of development is differ
ent. Much of the land is flat and
needs drainage before prosperity can
come to the men who cultivates it. The
large areas of "white land" are val
ueless until they can be drained and
the fertility of the soil reclaimed
Near Independence two tracts of this
waste land are to be found, and their
development would mean much to the
welfare of the town. The cost of rec
lamation might run as high as $40 per
acre.
Polk county land originally was
rich in productive elements, and all
the pioneer had to do was to tickle
the soil with pillow and the harvest
came. Year after year the soil was
impoverished and crops began to de-
crease in volume. Finally the strug
gle of the farmer to get crops from
the land became discouraging, and a
new problem appeared in the commu-
nifty. Land conservation or permanent
development had to be considered by
farmer and business man alike.
For number of years methods of
farming have been changing in Polk
county, but the large tract has proved
has run down. On many farms the
buildings have been allowed to go to
pieces and a general appearance of
adversely pervades the neighborhood.
This is the condition which must be
met and overcome.
Considerable of the lack of pros
perity can be attributed to the failure
of hop growers to organize to control
marketing. With the old cut-throat
methods of selling, growers often sold
their hops at loss or at least at no
profit, and farmers with ideal hop
land would not plant it to the crop.
Meanwhile they would fuss along and
compete bitterly with their neighbors
in the sale of vegetables and fruits,
from which they had to gain their liv-
ing. With poor marketing facilities
the upland farmer who quit grain
growing because his land was worn out [
had hard luck, very hard luck. No {
wonder, then, that farms ran down
and that bank deposits failed to
climb
Another handicap had to be con- S
tended with, bad roads. Despite eff i
forts to keep thoroughfares passable, i
farmers have found a peculiar isola- i
ton during the winter months and q
they have tried and tried to get to the i
cities and towns to live. Many of
them succeeded and more land neg i
lect resulted. Highway improvement t
is one of the important matters be- I
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-26
APPRECIATES THE OBSERVER.
Eastern Firm Says Results Are Sc
cured Through This Medium.

An eastern manufacturing concern,
whose goods have a national reputa-
ton, has been negotiating with the
business end of The Observer during
the past three months for the pur-
chase of space, its first offer being
six cents per inch, about half regu-
lar rates. This week a contract was
closed for a years service at l5 cents
an inch, the original figure named by
the business office, and accompanying
the contract the advertiser, whose
copy is forthcoming, is a letter in
which the company says;
Having heretofore used the ad-
vertising columns of The Observer
and found the investment profitable,
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-26
FACTS AND FICTION.
Experiences of Dallas Citizens Are
Easily Proven to be Facts.

The most superficial investigation
will prove that the following state
ment from resident of Dallas is
true. Read it and compare evidence
from Dallas people with testimony of
strangers living so far away you can
not investigate the facts of the case.
Many more citizens of Dallas endorse
Doan's Kidney Pills.
Mrs. George Stroud, Dallas, says:
"I was subject to attacks of kidney
trouble. I tried many medicines and
can say that | found Doan s Kidney
Pills the best of all. They regulated
the action of my kidneys and improv-
ed my health"
Price SOC. at all dealers. Dom It
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Stroud had. Fost Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-26

we have concluded to accede to your
demand, which we consider high for
the service, and are herewith enclos-
ing contract, which please sign and
return at your earliest convenience. "
This is only another evidence that
advertising in The Observer pays, and
that it is appreciated by those who
know the game from A to 2. The
company in question spends many
thousands of dollars annually in Civ
ing publicity to their goods, from
which advertising the local dealer
reaps profit.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-26
Courts of All Counties Meet.

Judge Teal has received an invita-
tion from Portland requesting him
and the commissioners to be present
at meeting of the county courts of
the various counties at the metropolis
early next month. The object of the
meeting is similar to that of the meet
ings held each year at which the
courts gather TO work on a uniform
system of county business. Judge
Teal probably will not attend the
but Commissioners Wells and
Beckett expect to answer the roll call.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-26

The Observer. a Twice-a-Week pa
per, costs no more than a weekly.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-26
Card of Thanks.

l desire to return my sincere tn inks
to the many kind friends who render
ed such valuable assistance during the
illness and after the death of my
brother, Edward Biddle, and especial
" would / thank the Masons for their
attention and loving care.
l.. s. BIDDLE.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-26
County Courts Meet.

The county court is in Salem today
conferring with the county court of
Marion county relative to the pro-
posed inter-county bridge across the
Willamette river. The court was in
session yesterday, when a tentative
budget was in the course of prepara-
tion.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-26
Death of Mrs. Rice.

Mrs. Rice. mother of Mrs. R. H.
McCarter of Buena Vista, passed away
at the home Of the latter on Wednes-
day last, and the body was taken to
Seio. from whence the deceased came
several weeks ago, for burial.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-26

J. g. RICKLI
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-26

According to The News, candidates
for councilmen are real bashful in
Falls City, from which we take it tina.
no one is anxious to accept a most
thankless lob.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-26
AT THE DEPOT STORE.

On account of overbuying: Sny-
der's Catsup, fresh stock at 20 cents
per bottle. Standard Golden Syrup,
large and small, at cost for short
time.
J. G. RICKLI
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-11-03
China Will Return 10 MonaTChaI Govern
meUf,

Peking, NV. 1.-The Chinese
Governments today rejected tbs
proposals of Japan, Great Britain
and Russia for postpcnement o.
the decision whether a monarch
lcAl form of government Is to b;
re established. The Government
decision was made known by Isat
YUM, Minister of Forelgi
Affairs. He called at the British
Russian and Japanese Legation,
and Informed the Ministers tn
Chinese Government had been ad
vised by Provincial officials tha'
they would lie able to maintail
tranquility during re.establish
ment of the Monarchy.
Tsao Yulin thanked the Power
for their friendly interest IN The
welfare of China. He said the de
cigion concerning a change in thu
form of government was WHOLLY
in the hands of the people, auc
th IT therefore it would be lmpos
sible so adopt the suggestion for
postponement.
Vice Minister'S communi-
cation7was verbal. az We're the re-
totd riot he three Powers.