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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28
Works Under Difficulties.

Most any one with a broken arm, a
severely cut head and a number of
cuts and bruises on his face would
feel pretty useless, but those few ply
steal ailments had little effect on
Frank White, aged II, who is a pu-
pill at the Gooseneck school. Frank
sustained the injuries mentioned at
a school picnic at Buell. last spring
and in spite of them had one of the
best individual exhibits in the school
ehildren's section and made a better
showing than many grown-ups at the
county fair last week. His display
of dahlias, planted, grown and pick
ed by himself, attracted much atten-
tion for their beauty and great varie-
ty. On the table were 2S distinct
varieties of this very pretty flower.
In another part of the pavilion Frank
has a collection of sweet peas, from
his own vines, that included A var
ieties of almost as many colors and
shades. In addition to the flowers
Frank, with all his handicaps, plant
ed and cared for lilo acres of corn,
to which, as well as to the flower gar
dens, he carried water in 5 gallon
buckets. He had his corn entered in
the school department IS corn project,
where it received much attention.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28
Dallas Band Pleases.

An important part in the splendid
program Of entertainment at the Polk
county fair last week was that taken
by the Dallas Concert band, an or
ganization of twenty-four Dallas
boys, well equipped with instruments
and uniforms, and of which its sup
porters are justly proud. Both af-
ternoon and evening on the three days
of the fair the band appeared at the
fair and their spirited tunes did much
toward making the visit pleasant
one for the hundreds of people at the
exposition. Director George Marsh
has been very successful as a band
master in Dallas and has been respon-
sible for rapid advancement in the
ability of the members of the organi-
cation.
Officers of the band are August P
Riser, president; c. j. Smith, secre-
tary; George Marsh, director; W. A.
Boydston, treasurer; Carl Williams,
business manager and Roy Finseth,
publicity. In addition to the officers
the band consists of j. R. James, U.
S. Grant, Robert Fisher, c. j. Sic
farth, John Orr, Arnel Wilson, Ralph
Howe, Mel DUNCAN, George Stewart,
Merrill Barber, Ray Boydston, Thom-
as Magers, Tobe Nachtigall, Harold
Rich, A. c. Snyder, John Miller, Wal
ter Young, D. R. Webster, 0. c. Hart
and Frank Syron.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28
John Macy Holds Record.

John Macy, of the Buena Vista
school, was at the booth prepared by
the children of that district, to de-
fend himself against those who
thought he used few of his own tai
ents in the toy piano that he exhibit
ed. R. G. Dykstra mentioned to John,
six hours before the closing hour for
entries, that he had nothing entered.
Thereupon John collected his tools
and talents and turned out the piano,
with key board, tune, varnish and all.
The keys made a chord, just as on a
large piano, and of this feature the
crowds were especially
skeptical. But when John appeared
on the scene and told how and Of
what he had made the toy in so short
a time, all doubt disappeared.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28
Notes on the Fair.

After most of the packing of ex.
hibits for the state fair was COM
pleted at the county fair pavilion on
Friday night, j. E. French gathered
up the watermelons that had not TAX
en- prizes, and those that were not en-
tered in the competition, and the late
workers enjoyed feed on that lus-
cious edible. The melons were much
better than those that come to the
stores, although smaller in size, be-
cause they had been ripened in the
field, thus adding much to their fla
vor.
A novel piece of furniture exhibit
ed at the county fair was a willow
child's rocking chair made by 12-
year-old Glenn Burright of the Oak
point school. The chair was designed
of small willow boughs and was a
very good specimen of such work, be-
ing carefully constructed and pref
tily painted.
The teachers of the Dallas grade
school have advised us that the very
cleverly built and arranged doll house
that was a part of the exhibit from
that school was the product of the
skill of the members of first B, class,
Miss Coad, teacher, and not Of any in
dividual.
Miss Flo Dougherty of the Mon
mouth Normal school conducted a
canning demonstration on the electric
range in the exhibit of the Oregon
Power company at the fair on Friday
afternoon. Miss Dougherty was as
sisted by several school girls, and her
work interested many spectators.
Little Rea and Vera Smith, daugh-
ters of d. NJ. Smith, were very pop
ular entertainers at the fair on Fri
drx The little ladies are accom-
plished voealists and alternated with
songs of the day on the program with
Mrs. Hinges.
Much credit is due Falls City and
that immediate locality for the inter
est displayed in the fair. The prin-
cipal farm exhibits came from that
section of the county.
The bee and honey exhibit made BY
Floyd Smith Of Dallas brought down
the prizes offered, as usual.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28
SPRING VALLEY.

The sale of farm machinery and
live stock by Lewis Brant at his home
last week was largely attended by his
neighbors. Many were in attendance
from other localities. A free lunch
was served to all present by Mrs. H.
Winslow, assisted by some of the
neighbors. Mr.. Brant expects soon
to move to some other place, just
where he has not yet decided. Jesse
Walling and family have leased the
place vacated by Mr.. Brant and have
already taken possession.
W. L. Cook has exchanged his farm
for land in Lake county. Mr.. Cook
has been a resident of Spring Valley
for a number of years. Mr.. Nash,
the purchaser, is already here for the
fall work. Mr.. Cook will move to his
new home as soon as he can wind up
BUSINESS affairs here.
A recent wedding of interest here
was that of Miss May Cook Of this
valley to Ray Thompson, prosperous
young farmer living north of Salem.
Miss Cook was highly esteemed here
for her many fine qualities. They
were married by Rev. W. R. McKen-
zie of Dallas.
Miss Mary McGowan of Amity, ac-
companied by her brother, Arson Me-
Gowan, were visiting friends here re-
Gently.
Mr.. Wilson of the Eagle Crest OF
chards has sold his interest there and
has returned to Portland.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28
.DOINGSIN POLK COUNTY
STORIES BY THE OBSERVER s
CORRESPONDENTS.
Personal Paragraphs Pertaining to
Movements of People Whom
You ALI Know.
INDEPENDENCE.

G. Newton was visitor in Eugene
last week.
Miss Ora Fenton is attending bust
ness college in Salem.
Miss Thelma Fowler and Thelma
Williams are again listed at the Sa-
cred Heart academy at Salem. This
is their second year.
G. A. Emerson of Eugene visited in
this city recently, the guest of his
daughter, Mrs. L. J. Schoen.
Cyril Richardson has left for Port
land, where he will remain indefinite
ly.
Independence is planning on Ly-
ceum course this winter.
Mrs. 0. F. Cosper gave reception
in honor of her sister from Scotland,
who is visiting her.
Rev. M. E. Stewart, pastor of the
Methodist church is at Roseburg at
tending conference.
Miss Irene Upper is attending the
Sacred Heart academy at Salem.
Ruby and Henry Gentry left last
week for Fisher, Washington, where
they will attend school.
O. A. Macy intends moving into
his new bungalow on G street soon.
Miss Myrtle Emerson has returned
home after spending several weeks in
this city as the guest of her sister,
Mrs. c. j. Schoen.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28
GO TO THE PARK
(By J. C. Rickli.)

|
Friends and fellow citizens: Did ii
ever occur to you what a valuable
piece of real estate our city park is
Do we need it? Most certainly we do.
1t is a boon and absolute necessity.
Where shall our local poets go to in
woke the muse? To the park. of
course. 1t is our public duty to af-
ford them congenial environment. Ev-
erybody knows that a poet cannot
possibly get along without a ripping
brook and the wind dreamily soughing
through the ancient tree tops and his
whiskers. Once those ideal conditions
are attained he is in an ecstatic mood
ready to tune up his Tyre and sing
the immortal song while the historic
Rickreall continues to flow on with
or without a ripple or murmur. Have
you ever realized what an eminently
safe place our city park is to go to-?
1t is situated way north of Texas,
New Mexico and Arizona. No scor-
pions, no Gila monsters. You can
put your hand ON the ground without
inadvertently covering hairy taran-
tula and lay down without horrid
cehtipede claiming the right of way
across your exposed anatomy rotting
the flesh to the bone.
Snakes you sayY Tut tut, why, of
course, the snakes that custer" be
there before this old town went dry
were wholly imaginary, mere phan-
toms, the foatsam and jetsam Of a
brain-storm.
We desire to make this most en-
phatic because some of our fellow cit
liens may even yet be skeptical and
hard to convince. Furthermore, thus
far we have only seen nice harmless
people about our public play ground.
No rough necks. Should any of our
dime-novel desparadoes show an incli-
nation to infest the park we have
gallant policeman, Zone of our fin
est" who is officially guaranteed to
"Chase" them away.
Oh mol We are not through. This
is the first installment Of our invoice
explaining why you should go to the
park.
If you would not become dependent
Beware Of the great White Way at
Independence.
Why go to Falls City
And try to be witty
For lark.
Oh. sisters and brothers, harki
GO to the city park.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28
DYkstra Is Delighted.

R. G. Dykstra, principal last year
Of the Buena Vista schools and in
charge of the exhibit of that institu-
ton at the county fair, almost re-
quired shackles to confine his delight
when the judges of the industrial
school displays awarded his booth the
grand champion prize in the class of
three to five-room schools in addi-
ton to nine frst-prize ribbons and
many other awards. The judges told
Mr.. Dykstra that his booth would
have contended creditably with Dallas
and the other larger schools had they
been in competition together, and the
thought gave him much delight. Mr..
Dykstra goes to the Perrydale schools
this year and that community is in
deed fortunate in securing the SER
vices of such sincere and capable
worker.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28
Versatile Youth.

Vorhees Loose, of the Brush College
school demonstrated his versatility at
the county fair last week when he
included in his individual exhibit a
doll house, bird house, a pig and
some corn from his miniature farm.
The doll house was a cleverly ar
ranged structure of four rooms and
was furnished completely from neat
ly made paper furniture to the lace
curtains at the little windows. 1t has
woven paper carpets and most of
the articles of furniture commonly
found in a four-room house. He en-
tered his corn in that project and his
pig had a place among the many that
we're exhibited. A bird house built by
the young man won a prize in eompe-
tition with dozens of others.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28
The Pioneer Exhibit.

The household necessities, little
tr1nkets and fancy work made by the
ancestors OF the present population OF
Oregon and now sacred to their var
lous owners as helrlooms and curosi-
ties formed large pioneer EXHIBIT at
the county FAR. There were candle
sticks, lnkstands, watches, books,
bags and thousand other things that
were In every day use sixty years ago.
George ii. Hines, assistant secretary
OF the Oregon historical society, Judg-
ed these exhibits and, IN his own
words, Mr. Hines made awards as
follows: After careful examina-
ton OF the pioneer relies, and with
due appreciation OF the solemn, as
well as dangerous responsibility OF
rendering an award l am constrained
to say that IN my Judgment the first
prize should be given to exhibit A.,
Mrs. M. ). Cosper, and second prize
to exhibit b, Mrs. Huldah Savery, and
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28
Get Prize Ribbons.

In addition to booth of their own
containing practically all garden and
field crops, both common and other
wise, Gertrude and Anna Hardt had
entered in another section of the
school department, samples of their
baking and canning. These entries,
like those from their gardens, brought
the two little girls number of prize
ribbons to which they are surely en-
titled as a result of their fine display
and the interest they took in the fair.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28
Mr.. Parker Has Charge.

An error was made in giving anoth-
er man the credit for the work of
John S. Parker, county fruit inspect
or, in connection with the exhibit of
the Polk County Fruit Growers asso-
citation. Mr.. Parker has worked en-
ergetically and effectively in collect
ing and displaying a wide variety of
Polk county's principal fruits, and
the judges of the exhibit offered many
compliments, saying that it would be
credit to any community. Mr.. Par
ker placed the exhibit and was in
charge of it throughout the three days
of the fair.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28
Burn Midnight Oil.

Most of the members of the fair
board and many of those who had ex-
hibits at the show worked through
the night Friday and until early Sat
urday morning, in tearing down and
packing. Mrs. Winnie Braden, the
efficient secretary, was one of the
late workers. She occupied herself
until two o'clock SATURDAY. morning.
Soon after daylight reinforcements
appeared and the work of tearing
down took on new life. At noon Sat-
urday only a pile of torn trimmings,
and few mashed and spoiled vege-
tables and fruits remained to indicate
that there had been a fair.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28
Attending State Fair.

Mrs. Braden, H. L. Fenton, H. c.
Seymour, j. E. French and a number
of others whose energies are respon-
sible for the success of the Polk coun-
ty fair are now busy at Salem in a
sincere endeavor to bring home great
honors for the county exhibit, con-
sisting of the chief portions of the
county exhibition here. 1t is said that
the Polk county fair had no superior
in the valley this year, therefore the
prizes should come easily.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28
Boy Is Good Cook.

Girls are admittedly very good
cooks, but it took Falls City boy
to bake and decorate chocolate cake
that made folks ask questions at the
fair last week. Wentworth Van Der
Bosch visited the kitchen of one of
his neighbors and there mixed the
batter, baked and frosted cake that
was displayed in the Falls City booth.
Wentworth is only six years old, but
he showed mature artistry in decor
ating his fine white-frosted cake with
holly leaves and berries. The cake
was surely tempting piece Of work
and would have been a credit to any
girl much older than this boy.
H. c. Seymour, county school su-
perintendent, made two trips to the
state fair grounds on Saturday, where
he had charge of tie assembling of the
Polk county school exhibits.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28
Fuller and Martin Entertain.

W. V. Fuller, or cole" when he is
in the frame Of mind that makes him
do such things, and A. L. Martin were
feature entertainers on the program
at the fair pavilion on Thursday even
ing. Mr. Fuller's Swedish and
French Canadian dialect readings
were strongly applauded, as was ne
gro rendition by Mr.. Martin. AL
though Mr.. Martin is a yodler Of no
mean ability, he could not be pre-
vailed upon to qualify as songster.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28
Exhibit of Loganberry Juice.

One of the first men in the country
to attempt the extraction of loganber-
ry juice from its native haunt in the
large and luscious berries Of Polk
county, or any other, is G. ]. Pugh,
who has plant and 12 acres Of ber-
ries at Falls City. Last year he bot
tied 5000 gallons of the juice, and the
daily capacity of his plant is between
500 and 900 gallons. The plant has
been in operation three years, and if
the juice gains in popularity in other
places as it did at the county fair last
week, it will be in operation for many
more years, with an increased capaci-
fu
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28
Shows Mechanical Ingenuity.

The nine-room frame of a modern
house built by three Dallas high
school boys had concrete foundation
that escaped the notice Of many in
terested examiners. The foundation
was built in exactly the same form
as for a life-size house, but when
the frame work was being erected the
concrete cracked, due to the fact that
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28

it had not set sufficiently. The build
ing was a problem in steel square
work and every timber and board
used conformed exactly to the scale of
~ inch. The house was designed by
0. C. Hart, instructor, and was built
by Ernest Hoisington, Elof Wilson
and Russell Shepherd.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28

r. S. Reed, owner Of the Cozy Cor
ner confectionery was painfully burn
ed late last week when gasoline in a
peanut roaster exploded and spatter-
ed his hands and face. The burns
were not serious.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28
Falls City Bread.

The Falls City children who had
an interest in the juvenile baking con-
test at the fair are jubilant after hav-
ing been awarded all five premiums in
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28
Banquet" Electrically Cooked.

A dinner cooked entirely by cleo
tricity in the booth of the Oregon
Power company was served on Friday
evening to twenty-five of those who
were active in the work of the county
fair, and to the members of the fair
board. The menu consisted of roast
pork and brown gravy, mashed pota-
toes, cakes and pies and coffee The
entire meal, with the exception Of the
roast, was prepared in less than half
an hour, by Mrs. A. L. Martin, as
sisted by Miss Pollow of the Dallas
high school, Miss Scott and Miss
Grant. Miss Butler, a teacher at the
Monmouth Normal school, and Miss
Flo Dougherty, a student at that in
stitution, pronounced the meal, its
preparation and its cooking, perfect.
This is one of the first meals cooked
entirely by electricity in Polk county.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28
May Cuts a Cake.


When the crowd had diminished at
the fair pavilion on the last night of
the show May Mcdonald, that versa
tile young lady whose sewing receiv-
ed the first award this year as well
as last, and whose individual booth
was one of the features Of the fair,
cut one of the fine cakes that formed
part of her exhibit and passed it
among her friends. If other cakes
at the fair were better they must cer-
tainly have been wonderful. ]. A.
Churchill, state superintendent Of
public instruction, who visited the
fair, personally requested that Miss
Mcdonald assemble her entire exhibit
for the contest at the state fair, and
thereby paid the girl and her work
a high compliment. Miss Helen Cow
gill, judge from the o. A. c., said
that the sewing, and the diversity of
Mays skillful products, defed compe-
tition from most grown folks and
from the majority of college women
who make a study of just such work.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-28
Comments ON Exhibits
and Other Things at Fair;

that event. Miss Helen Cowgirl of
the 0. A. c. awarded the five juve-
nile baking premiums to Lorena Mey-
ers, Lucille Tichnor, Sybil Wilson, Lu-
rena Treat and Evelyn johnson re-
spectively.
La Junta tribune., 1915-08-21
keep The kIOleyS WELL
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Save II


Many La Junta people take their
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kidneys when they know these organs
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and III health-the slightest delay IL
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"a remedy that .as helped thous.
ends Of kidney sufferers. Here 10 q La
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A. X. Donaldson. Home Place. La.
Junta. says; Il had kidney and blad.
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oatil learned Of Doan's Kidney Pills.
They stopped the backache and
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Tor they have been worth q great
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Price soc. AZ all dealers. Don't
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poan's Kidney Pii's-the same that
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La Junta tribune., 1915-08-21

under Napoleon's Dome. from whose
apex Il fell.
Crstx Avenue, into which We en-
tered, Is not ON the same cave level
:, the Gothic Avenue. Our guide
warned u to be careful lest We
should walk directly into the e.
ouisite waters Of Lake Purity. .
small mirror-like pool. Beyond Il
We went, Winding to and fro. till at
the foot Of small cliff we found the
entrance 10 Annette's Dome. one OF
the prettiest In all the cave. sha-
ler's Brook spouts from the vail
and runs merrily and musically into
. smaller room. whence II vanishes.
falling by . leap Of seventy feet In
to Lees Cistern. In Grats Avenue
are found blind crickets, gnsts.
leeches. etc.
We now retraced our way to the
Main Cave. passing various objects
noticed in the first route. Shortly
beyond the Giants Coffin the Main
Cave turns suddenly to the left at
the Acute Angle. where the burning
magnesium makes visible the vast
dimensions Of the cavern by illum-
mating II In two directions at once.
In this vicinity is q village Of stone
huts which formerly sheltered .
colony Of consumptives who. by
medical advice. took up their abode
here. hopeful for relief or cure be-
cause OF the uniform temperature
and the naturally oxygenated air.
The sunless days passed slowly by
till the pitiful experiment was aban-
doned as failure. as was also the
experiment by the invalids to make
trees and shrubbery grow around
their dismal huts. Some Of the vic
Tins Of the white plague" lie buried
in the grove back Of the hotel gar
den. while others died soon after re-
turning TO their homes. There
were originally thirteen cottages and
tents. the only ones now remaining
being two roofless stone structures
beyond the Acute Angle.