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The great Tunkhamockv ahwt on the Delaware ekaw.nna %dw Western Railroad hafa mile long and a
feet high

motives on the steep grades can noN he
moved at the same speed with " loco
motives.
Regular train service will he inaugu-
rated over the cutoff to-day.
The 10 Viaduct.
The big feature OF the cu;on is
the T~unkhannoCk vsaduct crossing the
valley OF Tunkhannock Creek near the
village Of Nicholson. Pa II IL "A reen-
forced concrete bridge connecting noun
tain with mountain. II Is hals a mile
long and ?to feet high. or more than
100 feet higher than the BROOKLYN
Bridge. II consists Of ten spans OF $50
feet each and TWO spans OF 100 feet
each. The mammoth vIaduct contains
4.SOs ,O0n cubic feet Of concrete and
2.2>0.ooo pounds of reinforcing steel
Iarapet walls th,ee feet thick rise above
the tracks to a height OF four feet. IN
surfing safety without cutting OF the
wonderful view from the car windows
II the Flatiron Build.ng were eN-
tended VI broadway from Twenty
third street e. Thirty-second street the
structure wouid take W about the same
space as the V!aduct
The Martins Creek vaduct on tht
cutoff is 1870 feet Ion and is $50 feet
above the bed Of tn. creek. Were IT
not for its bigg'- brother. the Tunk.
hammock. IL would be the bigges, con
crete viaduct in the world.
The entire work Of building the ,utJn
wa- PLANNED and executed by ieorg,
|. Ray. +. I. Wheaton VAS chief en-.
glneer OF construction in immed.s,,
chaige of the work. The ~Tunkhannoct
yiaduct was built under the persona
supervision Of r. VI. Talbot.
The Lackawsnna has always been tn.
shortest route between New York anC
Buffalo, and the opening OF TIE douhl,
track cutoff now reduces the distance L
3as miles.
Regular train service over the cutof
WIN be- ~inaugurated tomorrow.
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notwithstanding the fact that 'uln-
minis had arden Mccormick unde ms
thumb we believe that Nc
Cormlck had no knowledge OF ~nat
cummlns and 1.-THE prison employee
were doing respecting the collection Oh
graft.
From this statement you can Under
stand why your coming here was ais.
tasteful 10 Cummins. You interfered
with his income as a dispenser OF so''
and attractive Jobs -,
The warden Of Sing Sin SAID MS
troubles were partly due to the oad
side II modern journalism-sensat!on
seeking-and partly to "a determined
attack on one Of your public servants
one who has human faults and de'ects
of temper but is trying 10 serve you
He cited the doctors figures OF wounde
in ., DIT son hospital to SHOW that he
number OF assaults in the prison az
measured by this index. had fallen o.
mr. cent. in his regime. Then ne 'o1o
~ IN. political offices he had niied' oil
his yearuing 10 go home and stay there,
n, his dream If conducting "A boys
school with true selt-govertlH'ent, u OF
how Superintendent ~ Prisons fl'ey mao
told him he would feel easy II he tooS
the Sim sing post
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NICHOLSON. Pa. Nov. s.-The new
between Clark's summit and TIallstead,
Ia. by which the distance between New
York and Buffalo ~ reduced SO miles,
wls formally dedicated this afternoon.
The a, the brand new sta
ton in this village were interesting
The speakers stand was the rear plat
form of President william II Trues-
da.e's private car and the speech Of dedi-
cation was made by GOV Brumbaugh
of Pennsylvania. The keynote Of the
Governors speech was to the effect that
II all corporations did A. the Lacka-
wanna railroad has always done IN the
management of its affairs and IN its
dealings With the public the better 1t
would be for the people.
President Truesdaic In reply said that
the I.ackawanna in building the great
cutoff at an expense Of Sl2,vOo,huo had
simply followed out the established
policy Of the road in looking to- and
building for the future.
He declared that the directors had
not planned for immediate financial re-
turns. but for the bettertnent ~ the
service for generations to come.
Ex~->enRto smith Guest.
President T~ruesdalc came To the eel
chrat.ou ia his private car from Hoboken.
which was attached to u special train OF
nve coaches. In his party were ex-
United states senator James smith Of
New Jersey. Public S.ryic" Commission
er William David Blakc-le. Ainey II
Pennsylvania "A majority Of the Lacka-
wanna principal officers and many edi-
tors and publishers.
Gov. B~rumbaugh arrived in a special
ear with 4 number OF Pennsylvania
state and municipal officials, and a
special train came from Buffalo with
Mayor Fuhrmann and a party Of news
paper men and engineers. All told 200
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waving It Mt yesterdays audience. "coa-
tains the name OF an employee In the
Albany office"
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Then he read the prisoners letter
about Cumrnins and exclaimed:
when recommended that Cummins
and others like him he transferred to
Clinton prison TO punish them they were
instead rewarded by being transferred
10 Great Meadow prison at ComstocK'
n place which is become "A perfect cave
OF Adullam. where are gathered all 'he
discontended ones to plot against me.
NV men know this they see such men
a. Cummins, who should be punished.
retarded for activities against me, ana
20, nv men stand by me. Here, 10 snow
you anoth,r reason why | am d'sliked
-hscause ! favor a new prison IN place
OF sing Sings a letter received ID! a
friend OF mine In which the writer says:
80 was sold for appointment as
architect OF the Prison Board when
things went wrong at .Albany' lhen
this man osborne came In and messed
things all up and hogged the whole busi-
ness. ! wish | knew II the Governor
really stood for osborne.
Mr.. osborne read "A picturesque letter
from a prisoner which said
eft is no use TO ask any favors, as me
Jrish have no show here and are in
Dutch-you have TO be "A Jew or a Wop
10 have "A chance. The Harps tIrishl
are being sent to Clinton
The purpose of this letter, the warden
said. was to discredit him at Alhany
ny making it appear that he had race
iavor!tes.
After telling of his row at the os'
shining railroad station in which the war,
zen recovered som records that mad
been taken from the prison. Nj OSBORN
said A.,
"By the time those papers reached Al
bany there might have been more paper
in the bundle"
He added that he believed those OPP
posed TO him wanted to be able to show
false orders initiated ct. VI. o." in thu
effort 10 dtscredit him.
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V-uh. Letter From Prisoner.

.sir. W. understand that W. J. Gum
wins the es.banker formerly a resident
NJ Sing Sing prison and dubbed by the
nc~wsnapers As "A respectable convict OF
comsto,k prison. IL DESTROYS OF givins
uformation to District Attorney Weed
tDistrict Attorney Francis A. Weeks OF
Westchcster, who IL investigating as
saults in the prison. H. meant respecting
conditions at Sing Sing prison uhder
your administration
1.-THE reputation Of W. j 'ufnmins
was generally that Of stool pigeon ior
warden Mccormick. Among the Is"
u-hn h,upeu.d to he on the inside ~
th. inside hs was also known. IN COM
many with framing "A prison EN-
pioyeel a. "a COLLECTOR ot gfat''
FINDER tn, Mccormick administra-
tiou certain smouut OF money
~er. charged prisoners tor SOY
sobs. and in one specific case sl'oo"
was solicited from one man a" eN-
banker prisoner. for a position. 49,.
AT the time cN-"arden NC or"',N
removed $500 had been enclosed IN
p letter and handed TO W. j un'hlnE,
This Wa IN. price for a position. ana
n,,d for nv a man now here. THIS let
,er was The cause OF much worry "a
Cummius and 1.-THE prison employee
owing to the fact that lending the com
ing OF Albany officials TO take chnrg'
~ ex-warden McCormlck's anairs me
having lust been removed, the iett"i
could not he taken from whore IL had
been deposited on ;ts receipt ny 'um'
Minis. He did. however, finally get H.
hl, II was through fear OF exposure
that he was compelled to return ue
letter.
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OSBORNE CHARGES
PLOT TO RUIN HIM
Tells Of Troubles at Sing Sing
Before Large Audience Of
Women.
ATTACKS W. j. CT MMINS

Thomas Mott Osborne. warden of
Sing Sing priSon, In an address on The
Truth About Sing Sing" delivered be-
tore a large audience 81 women In Car
negie Hall yesterday, said there Is "a
,astardly conspiracy afoot to ruin his
personal character and that he Is fully
Informed about II. but cannot make pub
lie all he knows Just yet.
. You must be prepared for any as
sault on my character" nc old the
audience. 1T is necessary to break
down my character before the supertn-
tendent Of Tr.sons can be Brought 20
dismiss me from the service OF the
State.
II speak from knowledge that | am
not prepared fully to disclose just yet
Blu you must be ready for anything
lie added that he feared no fair and
fun" investigation OF the prison.
MIR. Osborne attacked W. j. Cummins
tho convicted banker. as a stool pigeon
OF Thomas J. Mccormick, his predeces'
sor. and said tina, cummtns had offered
10 act ~ inform-r for him too. ~
read a l,'tcr which he had receiced sew
,ral hours earlier from a prisoner wh,
knew what he was telling about ano
whose name he withheld.
Following IL the letter
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Letter Tells Of plot.

Mr.. Osborne also read "A signed state
ment by a saloon keeper whose place IL
not distant from the prison gates. Inc
saloon keepers name IL Philip Brauh'
The statement was to the effect that a
man who said he was In the Prison De-
partment at Albany came TO nm ana
aid that "he was very close to the Gov
ernor and that he would like my as
sistance Ia getting something on Mr..
Osborne" This person proposed that
Braun get two girls into his place and
LA.n have some Of the prisoners working
e. rrr road come In, 80 that some one
connected with the Superintendent or
Prisons office could "go back and report
TO the office OF the Superintendent that
two girls had been seen in the company
OF some convicts.'
Braun declined to have anything 20
do with the scheme, he says, and tele-
phoned the prison, Warden Osborne
came up and got the card which the
visitor had incautiously left behind him.
And this card" said Mr.. Osborne.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-23
CROWLEY.

W. l.. Hunsaker of Salem was call
ing on old friends in this neighbor-
hood last week.
Mr. A. H. bennett has been quite
poorly the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Butler of Port
land and Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Edgar
Of Oak Grove were visitors at R. j
Williamson's last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Munkers were
Sunday visitors at Mr.. Valliere s.
Miss Pearl bennett went to Dallas
again Sunday to care for a patient
Mrs. M. F. White visited her sister
Mrs. Warren one day last week.
C. H. Farmer was a business caller
in Yamhill county recently.
Mr.. S. X. Crowley is in very poor
health.
Jim Morton and Horace Jones were
in this vicinity Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Edgar and
Mrs. l.. A. Williamson were visitors
at r. j. Williamson s Sunday.
Rev. j. w. Osborn preached here
last Sunday.
A baby girl weighing S12 pounds
was born Monday morning to Mrs.
Finley Edgar, DR.. Stats of Dallas
attending.
Miss Alice Riggs is now at home
after spending a few weeks at Mr..
Lewis at Oak Grove.
Mrs. c. H. Farmer and daughter
Ada attended Sunday school at Oak
Grove Sunday.
Seth and George Smith hauled bal
ed hay to Derry for Seth Fawk Fri
day and Saturday.
Mrs. Frank Hanna of Bethel is
staying with her sister, Mrs. F. NJ.
Edgar
Mrs. Webb Lewis was caller at
Cass Riggs, Saturday.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-23
POLK COUNTY
J. + 4 i i + i j. + + T. i + 4 I
Continued from page three.
OAK GROVE.

Mr.. Pugh and family came out iron
Salem Saturday to spend few day
at his farm home here.
Webb Lewis who has been so i'll il
now rapidly improving.
Pete Hansen was a Rickreall callel
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Edgar spent
Sunday with their daughter Ida Will
hanson, who is still very sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Fawk were
Sunday visitors with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. X. Crowley who are in
poor health.
Mrs. Roy Gilbert and son were Wis
itors at j. F. Shafer's Sunday.
Miss Ruth Vincent visited with
Miss Verda Williamson Sunday.
Seth Fawk was hauling baled hay
to Derry Monday to load a car.
Little Malcolm Vincent had his arm
broken last week while playing on
roller skates. DR.. Clay of Salem was
called and the little fellow is rapidly
improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Butler of Port
land spent a few days last week with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Ed
gar.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-23
END OF THE DRESDEN.

The German cruiser Dresden, after
successfully eluding her pursuers for
several months, has at last met her
fate near Juan Fernandez island, To-
Gated 400 miles off the coast of Chile,
to which nation the island mentioned
belongs. Cornered by three British
war vessels of superior armament and
speed, the Dresden appears TO have
been able to put up only feeble re-
sistance. as after only five minutes of
fighting the German vessel is said to
have been completely "knocked out y
and put in a sinking condition. A
most satisfactory feature of the en-
gagement is the announcement that
the crew of the Dresden was safely
rescued by the attackers, after the
German ship had displayed the white
flag of surrender. Fifteen of her
crew, badly wounded, have been
landed at Valparaiso, while the Others
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-23

will be held as prisoners of war, but
undoubtedly will be treated with
courtesy and consideration.
War is bad business at best, but ev-
erywhere there will be feeling of
qualification over the rescue of the
crew of the Dresden, instead of hav-
ing this incident add several hundred
names to the already appalling casual
ty list. The Dresden was a sister
ship of the Emden, made famous by
her remarkable career as a sea raider.
and was the sole survivor of the fleet
of five cruisers under Admiral Won
Spree, who first defeated a British
squadron under Admiral Craddock off
Coronel, Chile, and later was himself
defeated by large British squadron
near the Falkland islands in the
southern Atlantic. At that time the
Dresden managed to escape, and ever
since the British ships have been re-
lentlessly in pursuit. The final en-
counter occurred near the lone island
in the Pacific which furnished the
basis for the famous story Of Robin
son Crusoe.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-23
SAVE THE MONEY

You pay for portrait coupons.
The next time an agent tries to sell
you a coupon, tell him you can get the
same thing in Dallas for nothing.
Every week I turn down some of
these schemes for fleeing the public.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-23
CONCORD.

Mr.. Gee is blasting stumps, and
clearing land. Mr.. Hagy is up from
Portland, visiting his son Tom. Mr..
Stapleton of Salem is here to finish
his spring sowing. Mr. Goetz is
busy plowing his young apple or
chard.. August Hiebenthal is spray
ing his orchard. &. . Henry Mautz is
making fence. Abraham Buhler has
recently moved on his other place, and
as soon as the roads are good will
move his home that he had been living
in and add it to the other.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-23
ENDORSED AT HOME.
Such Proof as This Should Convince
ANY Dallas Citizen.


The public endorsement of loca
citizen is the best proof that can be
produced. None better, none stronger
can be had. When a man comes for
ward and testifies to his fellow citi-
zens, addresses his friends and neigh
bors, you may be sure he is thorough
ly convinced or he would not do So
Telling ones experience when it is
for the public good is an act of kind
ness that should be appreciated. The
following statement given by a resi-
dent of Dallas adds one more to the
many cases of Home Endorsement
which are being published about
Doan's Kidney Pills. Read it:
Mrs. Mary E. Gibson, GA Church
street, Dallas, Oregon, says: ~ have
used Doan's Kidney Pills and they
have been taken by others in our fam
lily. We think they are the best kid
ney remedy to be had. Doan's Kid
ney Pills act quickly on the system
ridding one of pain in a short time.
They also strengthened and regulated
the action of the Kidneys"
Price SOC. at all dealers. Don t
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Gibson had. Foster Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-23

ing newspaper bulletins that can be
read block away. This machine,
which is q feet wide and 10 feet
high, is reported to have cost $780,
900. The type are 3 inches in height
and print letters which are spaced 2
inches apart from center to center.
The weight of the carriage is $500
pounds, the diameter of the key cup,
which is the part of the machine or
dinarily pressed by the finger, is z
inches, while the hollow cylinder is
large enough for man to crawl
through. For using the machine, pa
per 8 feet wide is required.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-23

A typewriter that is nearly 1000
times the size of the ordinary ma
chine is one of the novel exhibits at
the Panama-Pacifie exposition. While
installed principally as an advertise
ment, this enormous machine also
serves another purpose of as great
Importance, since it is used for writ
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-23
NOTICE To MEN

We are pleased to announce that
Mr.. Thos. Bates, representing A. E.
Anderson Co., tailors Chicago, will be
at our store Wednesday and Thurs
day, March Oath and 25th, to take
measures for men s suits.
We invite your patronage and if
you need suit at any time this
spring or summer we will be glad to
take your measure now and deliver
the clothes when you want them.
We guarantee to fit and please you.
UGLOW CLOTHING HOUSE.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-23
Remember

The agent gets your so cents. The
photographer must get his money out
of duplicate orders. At most, about
go per cent will order more pictures,
The photographer who does this kind
of a business must either deliver a
picture of inferior quality, or charge
a higher price than the one who does
legitimate business.
To any one who is in the market
for pictures, I will make and deliver
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-23
Free of Charge

one portrait, so that you can see just
how your picture will look when fin
ished.
In order to protect my trade here,
I will redeem any coupon or ticket
put out by an outside photographer,
and guarantee frst-class results, with
out any further charge.
To take advantage of either of
these offers, bring this advertisement.
STONE
Photographer, Dallas.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-23

Dallas has creamery that takes
every available ounce of cream at
top prices.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-18
SECURE THE CLEANEST MILK
Barns Should Be Kept unpoIIuted and
Yards Free From Manure and
Litter Of All Kinds.

These rules are given for the clean
est milk obtainable with only little
more than ordinary care: Barns should
be kept clean and well ventilated, the
yards free from manure and litter and
drained SO that no water will stand
there. Before milking, the cows
should be brushed around the flanks
and udder with stiff brush; this
should be followed with a damp cloth
which will remove many of the dust
particles and so dampen the others
that they will stick to the COW during
the process of milking. The mixer
should keep his hands dry during the
milking. Milking with damp hands
is a filthy process and is apt to cause
the teats of COW to chafe and be-
come a source of annoyance The milk
should be removed from the barn or
milking pen to a milk house just as
soon as possible after it is drawn. The
milk should be separated and the
cream cooled as soon as possible after
milking.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-18

has become an industry of such pro
portions that there are few people who
have never heard of it. Ginseng is
a low herbaceous plant, native in the
rich, moist soil Of hardwood forests
from Maine to Minnesota and south
ward to the mountains of northern
Georgia and Arkansas. 1t is cultivat-
ed commercially in New York, Penn
sylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin and
southwark to Missouri, Tennessee and
North Carolina.
The seed is sown in the spring
OF autumn in drills six inches apart
and about two inches apart in the
row. The plants remain in the seed
bed for two years and are then trans
TAINTED, being set about eight inches
apart each way. 1t requires from five
to seven years to obtain marketable
roots from seed. If roots are planted
a marketable product will be obtained
sooner, according to the age and vigor
Of the stock used
The roots are set about by inches
apart When the roots have reached
marketable size they are dug, washed,
| sorted and dried.
The price of ginseng varies with
market conditions. Roots of southern
origin bring less than those from
northern localities. A small quantity
of ginseng is used by the Chinese res.
idents in America, but the principal
market is found in China.
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-18
CBy L. NJ. BENN1NGToN)


From Washington comes the report
that for many years past foreign doc
tors in China have endeavored to con-
vince the Chinese that there is little
or no virtue in ginseng as a remedy
beyond its having slight tonic quail
ity, but although they have been able
to introduc foreign drugs and medi-
cine they have failed to reduce the
use of ginseng, as the Chinese still
have great faith in 1t,
The thing most likely to convince
the Chi1 1ese that ginseng is not indis-
pensable is the price, which is still
very high. The market for ginseng is
SO extensive that overproduction
would seem to be impossible as re-
duction in the cost to the consumer
would Undoubtedly increase its use.
Direct trading between American
PRODUCERS and dealers in Annoy would
be impossible. The entire supply of
ginseng for this port comes through
Hongkohg dealers, who thoroughly un-
derstand the grading and sorting Of
the roots to meet the local trade.
Grading is most important in mar
keting ginseng, and as it varies great
ly throughout China, it requires ex-
perts who are familiar with the pref
erences of the various localities.
The difficulty for the American
grower is the changing requirements
of so many small markets. The fact
that wild ginseng is supposed to con-
tain stronger and purer properties than
cultivated largely accounts for the diff
ference in price paid for the wild and
cultivated roots. The supply of wild
ginseng usually comes from eastern
Siberia and Korea, and occasionally
from Manchuria. The roots are larger
and different in appearance from the
American root.
The cultivation of American ginseng
Middletown transcript., 1915-09-18
NEW VERSION OF OLD JOKE
Mr.. Bones Gives His Opinion as to
Why a Certain Celebrated Act
Was Done.

"Misto lnterlocutor." began the
end man, 81 wants to ak yo' a ques
ton
Very well, Mr.. Bones. What is your
question:"
why does a chicken cross de
road?'
That is a very old one, Mr.. Bones.
She crosses the road because she
wants to get on the other side, Of
course"
"Yessuh, dat's right, Misto Inter
locutor. An now. since yo' is SO
smart, mebbe yo' kin tell me why she
wants to git on de oder side
mo, Mr.. Bones, I'm afraid l can't
tell you that. Why does the chicken
want to get on the other side of the
road?'
Cause deys young gemman over
dere what's got de price of ice cream
soda in his pocket. Exchange.