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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-19

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City of Dallas and the Dallas Rural Routes)
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played
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College Portland.
Fifth prze-oneegh diamond ring, displayed
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College Portland.
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Ninth prize-Gem-set lavallere.
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More prizes will be announced if candidates should
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(An Territory Outside of the City of Dallas and It's
Rural Routes)
First przeRound trip ticket to San Francisco admission
to the fair, and S25 in gold.
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College, Portland.
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Seventh prize-Egin 2Oyear gold watch displayed
Eighth prize-Gem-set lavaliere, displayed soon
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More prizes will be announced candidates should
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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-19

OFFER CLOSES TUESDAY, MARCH 2S, 1915
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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-19
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Goes to the contestant that polls the highest number of
votes in either district, One or Two.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Mushroom Hints,

Mr.. Editor: The mushroom season
10 here again and there Is no reason
why everyone should not get his or
her share Of this luscious vegetable,
If vegetable 1t can be called. How
ever-be careful. for one don't be-
Heve that half the people are poisoned
Il mean genuinely poisoned-.by eat
ing fungii of the poisonous kind that
we read Of. think. and in some
past cases know. that many are made
sick by oYere1ting the right kind OF
mushrooms, and also think land have
good reasons for so thinking) that
many are made sick by eating mush-
rooms that are too old.
Here are a few "don'ts" well to re-
member:
Don't gather mushrooms unless
you are certain Of what you are do
ing.
2-Don't trust anyone to gather them
for you unless you are positively sure
that he or she knows his or her bus
mess.
3-Don't gather mushrooms aftel
they have turned black underneath
A genuine mushroom does not poison
you when 1t is black. but a poisonou.
one may grow close to the good kind
| and when both turn dark they iool
very much alike.
4--Don't gather any kind Of fungi
| that has big bulb or cup at tn,
| bottom of the stalk
| 5-Don't pass over nice solid puff
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02

sertions as he recounted the many in
stances where It serves to thwart ne
demands Of the people is apparent in
more states than New York. As he
says 1t makes little difference in many
cases what character Of men are
placed In ONCE for work as they may
for what they believe the best inter-
ests of the commonwealth it is impos-
sibIe, except in q few instances to
break down the power OF the unseen
control. The necessity Of maintaining
the prestige and power Of the boss and
his system forces the ONCE holder to
submission and even though the off,
cial is responsible to the people by
whom he is elected, the Invisible gov
eminent which dictates what must
be done is responsible to no one.
That Mr.. Root brought out plainly
the duty Of the convention when he
directed attention to the responsible
tiles which rested upon each MEM
Der thereof is evidenced by the ac-
ton taken. 1t was a successful thrust
at invisible government and it cannot
help but have good influence upon
future political activity
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02
FOR IMMEDIATE coRREc
TON.

The board of inquiry charged with
tho investigation Of the loss Of the
United States submarine F-4 off Hon
oluIu while engaged in practice has not
completed its work, but from such por-
ton of its report as has been made
public it is plain that the navy de-
partrnent officials have their duty set
before them.
1t is shown in that report that the
F-4 was in as good condition as the
other three vessels of that type and
whatever weaknesses 1t possessed at
the time it went down were common
among the others. There has been
disclosed a weakness in the operating
machinery and much trouble from the
batteries of the electrical equipment
through leaks which made possible the
creating Of deadly chlorine gas by the
mingling OF salt water with the acid
of the leaking tanks. This trouble was
known before the F-4 made its fatal
plunge, but its loss places greater en-
phasis upon that danger, and while II
is too late to do anything for that I'M
derwater boat or it's crew, it is high
time that the other three were placed
in the repair shop and given a thor
ough overhauling before any further
use is made of them.
1t is to be hoped that a close in
spection of the raised vessel will give
the navy officials more definite in.
formation as to the trouble expert
enced aboard the F-4 off Honolulu
harbor, but the investigation as IA
as it has been conducted discloses tn,
| fact that the submarines of the I
| class ought not to be allowed to i'm
| peril more lives in their present con
diti00
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02
ENFORCING THE LAW.

Even the existence Of the federal
drug law which restricts the sale and
possession Of narcotics is not suffi-
cient to accomplish its purpose with
out q persistent enforcement of it's
provisions. 1t cannot be expected to
be, since the mere passage Of a law
of any kind amounts to nothing unless
there Is action upon the part of the
authorities in insisting upon obedience.
A tremendous help has been given,
however, by the law and it's penalties.
and in view of the constant efforts
which are made to circumvent 1t, a
valuable service is being rendered to
that class of humanity which had be-
come so demoralized and enslaved by
dope.
The almost daily reports of the dis
covery of new depots where Illicit
trade in drugs is carried on, and the
frequent arrest of those engaged in
such business do not point out the
ineffectiveness of the law. but rather
do they indicate that the authorities
are performing the very service which
is expected OF them. 1t is only by the
running down and prosecution of such
cases that respect for the law car
be maintained and it is gratifying thai
such good results are being obtained
If the fact that there is such a Law
was allowed to furnish all the terror
for its vioiators there will be no re.
spect for 1t at all. If the authorize.
were winking at it there would be nj
| arrests. That there is an activity fo
the arrest and conviction of those WIN
continue in the traffic is one of tn
best signs that the law is accomplish
| ing its purpose.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02
coNcEpINe ONLY RIGHTS.

By its decision that goods which
were purchased by business houses in
this country from German and Aus
trian dealers prior to March 2, at
which time its order in council went
into effect, can be transported from
the ports where they have been tied
up. Great Britain gives evidence of
having listened to the reasonableness
Of the American appeal. 1t is there
fore an important victory for Amer
lean diplomacy, and while it does not
open neutral ports which have been
closed by its blockade order, because
o. their close connection with territory
OF the enemy. It does indicate that
Great Britain recognizes the rights
Of this country to the possession OF
the goods In question.
BY tho release order many million
dollars worth of goods will be brought
into the country and inasmuch as dye
stuffs and chemicals make UP O good
proportion thereof much relief will bt
extended to the manufacturing inter
ests OF this country which have beer
dependent upon that source up to tbs
time OF the war. Tho curtailmcnt hos
driven many 60 the establishment o;
plants in this country, but they arr
not as yet producing enough to nee
the demands.
The decision OF Great Britain cal
therefore be looked upon as a conces
sion. though no more Of a concessio,
than this country had a right to ex
pect. It Is a concession In accordanc,
witH our rights even though there il
trnde involved which is a benefit t.
business within the enemy's country
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02
THE WAR PRIMER
By National Geographic Society

greatest promise of ali the cities of
West Russia" according to a war
primer just issued by the National
Geographic Society. 1T is situated on
the Pima, within the great marsh and
swamp region of White Russia, about
100 miles east of the German armies
attacking Brest Litovsk. The secret
Of the advantage of the little town is
its wonderful waterway connections.
1t can send the forest and agricultural
products of West Russia. assembled
north and the Baltic Sea or to the
south and the Black Sea.
"A line drawn east from BreSt Lit
ovsk, through Pinsk. marks the lowest
depression Of the vast, unhealthy marsh
tract. In the direction of this line, the
Pripet flows east, and numerous tribu-
taries flow to the Pripet from the north
and from the south. Pinsk Is Joined
by a canal to the west with the Bug,
and. thus. with the Vistula and German
Danzig. The Orginslzy Canal, TO the
north, connects it with the Niemen,
nection with the rich lands of Little
| Russia. The Russian government has
been conducting works for the draining
| of the swanps around Pinsk since 1872
and some 100000 acres have been re-
| claimed. To the east Of Pinsk, how
|
| hopelessly water-logged.
while the introduction Of railways
have diverted some of the water-born<
traffic of Pinsk, It still enjoys a con-
| siderable commerce, and, before the
| war. there was every promise that it.
river and canal carried trade woult
increase enormously. Grains, meat.
| and other farm products, leather tim.
Der and timber products form the bull
| of its commerce. The town has {
| number of factories which turn on
matches. leather goods, soap, beer and
| woodwork. 1t has a population o.
about 10000, more than two-thirds o
| which is Jewish. The hand of Mar
has borne heavily upon the town. ant
it has been RACED to the level of its owl
swamps several times in the fierc
passage of invaders"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02
SHOULD HASTEN GERMANYsS
ACTION

would it not be lamentable if the
submarine should have been lost and
we should never learn what happen
ed?" said high official of the Ger
man admiralty. The only cause for
lament that there can be in connec-
ton with the non-appearance of the
guilty submarine and the possibility
that 1t has been sunk is the effect it
may have upon the granting by Ger
many of the full satisfaction which it
has promised to the United States.
Whatever may have happened to the
submarine while it was engaged in
carrying out the German submarine
policy, there is no question about what
happened to the Lusitania and the
Arabic. They are at the bottom Of
the sea and with them were drowned
or otherwise killed innocent men, wo-
men and children, who were in no
way involved in the war. and many of
whom were subjects of this country
and all of whom were entitled to pro-
lection from the very submarines
which took their lives.
Whether that submarine which sank
the Arabic ever returns or not, there
can be no question as to what Ger
many should do. If it has been sunk
or otherwise lost, together with it's
crew, punishment cannot be melted out
TO its commander, but that can in nc
way interfere with the disavowal OF
the act, PREPARATION and the reformation
of its policy which will assure this
country that such an outrage against
humanity will not happen again. What
happened to the Arabic is too plair
for any backing and filling hacaJIss
the submarine has been lost. 1t /.
no cause for delay, but should haster
the reform.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02

ball, which is one of the best Of mush-
rooms. for a pink-gilied umbrella
that has commenced TO turn dark ana
soft.
Mushrooms are MS safe to eat az
bread and butter-but they are 30 nice
that overeatins 10 very usual and then
the trouble begins. make mush :
room catsup each year. took a small
bottle to one of the best Chinese res
taurants in Providence last year and
the proprietor told me IL was import
ed Chinese black sauce that. you who
have visited Chinese restaurants all
like so well.
/ toast bread, cut in small squares,
| and spread over II sauce made Of
mushrooms fried In butter. Good
Well rather. There are many ways
| to cook mushrooms, many kinds OF
| good mushrooms. and with proper care
| in selecting the fungi everyone should
| get his share Of the good things al
they pass along. with no danger to hii
C. B. MONTGOMERY.
Packer. Conn, Sept /.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02
Bombs Used in France.

The various kinds of bombs now be-
ing used in France and Flanders are
described by an English officer in a
letter from the front. There are. he
says. four main types: the Hair
brush" the '-Cricket-bAlA" the "Po-
liceman's club" and the jam tin"
Bomb throwers are alluded to in
trench slang as anarchists
The hair brush" explains the
writer, is very like the ordinary hair
brush, except that the bristles are
replaced by a solid block Of high
explosive. The policeman's truncheon
has gay streamers of tape tied to its
tail, to ensure that It falls to the
ground nose downward. Both these
bombs explode on Impact, and 1t Is
inadvisabIe to knock them against any
thing-say the back of the trench
when throwing them.
The cricket-ball works by time
fuse. The removal of a certain pin
releases a spring, which lights an in
ternal fuse timed to explode the bomt
in five seconds. You take the bomt
in your right hand, remove the pin, and
cast the thing madIy from you. The
jam-tin variety appeals more partic-
ularly to the sportsman, as the ele.
ment Of chance enters largely into its
successful use. 1t Is timed to explode
about ten seconds after the lighting o.
the fuse 1t Is therefore unwise t
throw it too soon, as there would b.
ample time for your opponent to picl
1t up and throw it back. On the othel
hand, it is unwise to hold 1t too long
as the fuse is uncertain in it's actor
and is given to short cuts.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02
tNvIsIeLE covERNMENr.

When ex-senator Elihu Root was
chosen as the chairman of the con-
efitationa1 convention In New York
state it was recognized that the best
possible selection had been made. II
las been manifested on several oc-
cnsIons since tina. no mistake had been
made and his last address before that
body in which he attacked the polit-
inal boss and invisible government
brings out the character OK the man
ana the service which he is render
ing.
IN making his plea for the short
ballot recommendation he hit on,
straight from the shoulder at invisible
government and the truth Of his as-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02
ReseuroefuI and Darina.

German spies on the western front
are both resourceful and daring. espec-
tally on the line occupied by the Brit
ish.
officer. three German offcers came
right through our lines in a motor car
Two Of them were disguised as French
officers who were supposed to be bring
ing back the third as a prisoner: he
of course. being in German uniform.
They got close to Army Headquarters
before they were detected and cap
tured.
They are up TO all sorts of lodges
and we have to be wide-awake all the
time to spot them. A plough with Q
white or grey horse has sometimes
located the position of a battery or ar.
tillery to an enemy aeroplane. Ths
movements Of a flock Of sheep, driver
by spy disguised as a peasant ha.
sometimes given similar information"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02

customer. You should have seen his
relief when his order got took decently!
"Mamei heard him say. firmly and
yet real lows Dearest, il must bel
Now. whatever--yes, sir! I've waited
on every one of my row of tables and
that enc belongs to Belle Sykes. OF
course. II you say so. but what's the
idea in overworlxing girl that has TO
earn her own living? Did you hear.
got up so sudden and she hooked 90
pale? Wh-a-a-t? She's going to get
a tooth pulled! Honest? oh, geei
honest. sometimes think this world Is
an awful place. There amt no romance
IN it at ALI Two strawberry sodas and
a vanilla shake! All that despF4t at
fair over nothing but tooth. and III
bet they're Just ordinary married
people. too! Say, I'll be glad when
this day Is overIr-Chicaso News.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02
Had Catarrl1.
Men Had (
They Both
Took Peruna
Both Got Well
and
Praise Peru1na.
Mf. J. Louis MI; Charles ss
Pfau, Jr. 1907 .. Many ~
The Tenn pie Water St, o..


aiming. N. r. writes: II had catarrh
for ten years and tried q great many
kinds of medicines, which cost me q
lot Of money but did me no good
Instead Of getting better seemed to
get worse. Ny eyes were bloodshot.
my nose smeiled 20 bad that 1 was
ashamed to 60 In company. was
night guard at the prison and would
| get so dizzy that I would have to
catch hold Of something to keep from
! falling. I read about Peruna IN the
New York world ana thought would
give It q trial. ! used about ten
cities, and I am cured oe catarrh.
and the dizzy feeling has left me and
I am not bothered with Il any more.
keep Peruna IN the house. and
when I feel q cold coming on take
q little BIT Of u and Il does me
good"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02
Office BOYS searea.

The much abused ONCE boy has be-
come such a scarce article in the Lon
don labor market that advertisements
in the help wanted columns now offer
wages two to three times those paid
for the same class of help a year ago.
A stock exchange firm last week spent
$25 in advertisements before they got
an applicant that suited them, and on
no day did they have more than two
or three applications in response to
their appeal.
"A year ago the primary ONCE boy Of
IL to IA expected to start work at
$1.25 to 50 a week. Now he has lit
tie difficulty in obtaining q place al
$3.50 to IS. II he 10 bright he stands
an excellent chance OF being promot-
ed to q place as junior clerk in @ few
weeks.
The explanation. Of course, In the
numerous vacancies caused every
where by the enlistment Of clerks and
Office helpers in the amy. Thousands
Of openings for boys have also bear
created by the departure OF Older
men from posts on railways and sub
ways. Practically all the platform
men" in the London tubes" are now
boys OF II to is. Many OF the con-
ductors are little older.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02
These

1874 La Sale ST. Chicago, MS, writes:
eFor the past twenty~eiEht years
have suffered from hay fever. caused
by catarrh. The hay fever comes on
every year about the middle Of An.
gust and lasts six weeks or 1nore.
It 10 q 'chronic catarrh Of the nasal
organs, and In people Ike myself.
who have a very sensitive membrane.
It Is affected by the pollen In the
mir ana is didlcult to eradicate.
'T have used almost every medicine
that Is prescribed for the atirnent. but
have had moro benefit from the use
Of Peruna than from an others, as
Peruna IL O stinuiant and helps m.
ture to throw or the attacks. now
have no bother from catarrh, and
have been able 20 shorten the annual
attack of hay Fever to o few days Of
discomfort"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02

Simple and unostentatIous were the
funeral services for Ex-Governor John
d. Long OF Massachusetts,, but fully
in keeping with his life. BY his death
che state loses not only citizen and
former ofacial WHO was highly respect
ed, but the nation man of the typo
of which public life gets too few.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Much is being printed nowadays as
to what the alien needy in the United
States. He needs to be taught first and
last that this is America and the bal
ance of his training will take care Of
Observation-Disclosures Penny Press.
No wonder the iowly potato decides
that the only thing left to him IN to
rot, when the weather man insists on
soaking him not once a week but
every other day throughout the greater
part OF the summer.-Ansonia Sentinel.
On with the dance! But last years
forms are as unwelcome as last years
birds nests are empty. The pace de-
mands something new. The tango is
now as passe as the polka, or nearly 50.
Next year the trot may be expected to
go to limbo. These are not dfscom-
forting changes. They hint that pos
sibly, travelling in q circle, We may re-
turn to the stately minuet of our
grandmothens.--wat Register.
As substitute for beer these warm
days, commend US to the watermelon,
the mellow, juicy. luscious watermelon,
with its rich meat all studded with the
black seeds of ripeness and the oozing
nectar. And II cures all the Ills to
which the flesh is heir; except when
YOU need to take q bottle of Jamaica
ginger with it. Hmwever. we agree
| with our genial friend. Charlie Bene-
| dict, that II cannot be beaten as sub
| stltute for beer and should be univer-
sally adopted. We know, for Charlie
brought one into our once the other
1 day as big as himself-wh.ch is some
| bigness-and invited US to partake In
| order to prove the soundnesS Of his
/ proposition After surveying the floor
strewnr with multitudinous rinds Ave
minutes after the cutting. We decided
/ that Charlie WAS right and we ar
1 henceforth in favor Of the watermelon
i Yiye the watermelon and Charliei And
down with beer!-New Canaan Ad'
| vertiser.
| Where Col Roosevelt committed 4
characteristic>in discretion was in mix
ing with his exposure of nationa
administrations failure during i
months OF war to do anything, Al
attack on the Governments foreigl
policy and it's failure to resent ma
.ional injury and assert national right
to the extent Of war. In the forme
matter he would have a strong support
in the latter he lays himself open Z
the charge of that worst sin in time
, OF war, refusal to recognize the gov
, ernment as the country and the dut
OF standing by the country right o
wrong. This charge the friends o
President Wilson are using with sue
effect as to neutralize in large degre
| Rooseveit's legitimate attack on tn
nations military condition He lose
. influence also by the obvious suspicio
that he sees in the present conditio
, of things a chance to recover hi
leadership and in trying to improv
: it.-Waterbury American.
Immense quantities of American
) made machinery Of all kinds, agricul
Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-02

Nature forces man to assume his
own responsibilities by not attach
ing glaring red flag to every toad
stool.