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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-01
Wisdom,

An old Scotchwoman sent her little
boy to the corner grocer's after a quar-
ter's worth of corn sirup. She gave
him the money and two jugs, either Of
which would have been ample to carry
the sirup.
"Why did you give him two jugsT
asked a visiting neighbor.
"weel. We see, it's this way. II |
gle him twa jugs to carry he kinna dip
his wee fingers in the sirup en- route
home e"-Pittsburgh Press.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-01
Too Tired,

Frank lives in Eastern avenue. A
few days ago his companion George
caught his clothing on picket fence
He was held fast, his feet foot ol
two from the ground. He pleaded with
Frank to release him or run for help
but Frank refused.
"Why don't you go and help GeorgeT
his mother inquired from the front
porch.
I'm just too tired" said Frank
Yesterday I wanted him to 'shoo' my
dog out of his yard, and he wouldn't
do it cause he said he was tired. I'm
Just as tired as he was."-Indianapolis
News.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-01
PoLK's ASSESSED VALUE.
Gain of Nearly Three Hundred Thous-
and Over Last Year.

dIlu OVoI 1dSt Cdl.
A summary of the 1915 assessment
roll gives Polk county valuation of
$12,794,110, an increase of $297 1920
over last years roll, not including
public utilities and railroads. The
summary as prepared in Assessor
Frank f. Meyers Office includes the
following interesting facts and fig
ures:
Tillable acres, 134,O46.4S; value,
$4,825,1O0.
Non-tillable acres, 322,36S.7O; val
ue, $4,585,515.
Value of improvements on same,
$667,S65.
Value of town lots, $635,980.
Value of Improvements on same,
$S25,6O5.
Value of improvements on lands
not decided, $19,750.
Number of miles of logging rail
roads, 16.1; value of same, $17,75O.
Value of engines and manufactur.
ing machinery, $134, 100.
Value of merchandise, $265,880.
Money, notes and accounts, $685.
$50.
Number of shares bank stock, l.
800; value, $102,1S5.
Value of farm implements, $143,
365.
Number of horses, 5,635; value,
$245,300.
Number of cattle, 9,421; value,
$190,785.
Number of sheep and goats, 49,
1888; value, $33,275.
Number of swine, 5,165, value, $21,-
O25.
Number of dogs, ia; value, ST.
$50.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-01
A Short Christmas,

christmas day is only three hours
long In the Finnish town OF Tornea,"
said a traveller. 81 spent last Christ.
mas there. At sunrise got up to see
my presents and to read my Christmas
mail. and night had fallen before got
through breakfast"
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-01
Proof Aaainst Wasp stinas.

A Scottish naturalist in a paper on
the habits Of wasps tells how a black
bird will stand at the side Of hang
ing wasps' nest and deliberately tear
1t in pieces in order to get at the lar
vac, apparently undisturbed by the
swarm Of angry insects, whose vicious
stings instantly put to flight the human
curiosity seeker who ventures near to
watch the demolition.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-01

He-why does old Miss Tittletattle
use an ear trumpet? Is she deafi
She-Not a BIT She employs that In
strument as a bluff and to induce peo-
pie to talk freely in her presence
Richmond Times Dispatch.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-01
Only a Beuinnino.

"She can't be as progressive as you
say II she's taken up embroidering
handkerchiefs."
"why notT'
Because that very seldom gets be-
yond the initial stage" - Baltimore
American.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-01
Chinese Thieves.

In China thieves who are caught
stealing are compelled to make a tour
Of the neighboring villages with a
board bearing an account Of their Of
fense elamped around their necks
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-01

suitor-I cannot live without your
daughter. Old Richleigh-oh. yes you
can. Work never killed anybody yet
Boston Transcript.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-01

Half Of success Is in seeing the sig
nifcance Of little things.-Henry F.
Cone
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-01

Doing well depends upon doing com
pleteiy.-Persian Proverb.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-01

The Observer, a Twice-a-Week pa
per, costs no more than a weekly.
Smyrna times., 1915-09-01

Twenty farmers of Christiana an d
Brandywine hundreds have Joined a
COW testing association that is being
organized by Hugh Fergus.
Smyrna times., 1915-09-01
EASTERN SHORE ACC DENTS

Woman Sent to Hospital and Others
Hurt in Mishaps Near Federalsburg
One woman is in hospital and
several other persons were less ser.
iously injured in a series of automo-
bile accidents on the State Highway
Tuesday night and Wednesday. Miss
Neva Moore received shocking lacera-
tions Of the head and shoulders when
an automobile in which she was rid.
ing co.lided with a car from Cr:sfeld
on the Eldorado .Sharpt road.
Others il the tao cars were hurt.
but not seriously. Greenbury Griffith
and Leonard S. Covey were injured
and a horse they were driving was
badly cut when car from Salibsury
crashed into their team near Federals.
burg. An automobile belonging 10
Harvey Towers was wrecked when a
machine bearing a New York license
tag struck hira on the Feceralsburg.
Denton road. Towers was not hurt.
A car belonging to Lewis HANDY was
wrecked Wednesday when it turned
over. but the occupants escaped in.
jury.
Smyrna times., 1915-09-01
JOHN PRICE, FORMERLY OF
SMYRNA, LOSES TOMATOES
CROP ON THE LEA FARM NEAR
Ml0OLETOWN. HIT BY HAL
Vines That Showed a Count of 10
Showed onlv 8 or Less That Were
Good-Short Crop Up State

The tomato cannery at Middletown
began active operation Monday. 23d.
and from present indications the sea-
son will be Improbable for all con-
cerned. Tenant farmers of that
section are not at all enthusiastic
over planting tomatoes ard the ma
iority will not plant them if they can
avoid it. The prices of 81 and So
per ton. they say. do not afford a pro
fit TO them. The landlords. however.
are anxious TO have them plante1, as
it has been shown. year after year
and government statistics prove it, that
tomatoes are the greatest fertilizing
crop that can be planted on the land.
The acreage Of this usually staple crop
Is shorter in this community than
was ever known before This is due
to two causes: First. that the mar.
ket in the early Spring was glutted
with the heavy pack from last year.
and farmers were unwilling to plant
them at the price offered: second. m
to three weeks ago. the prospects for
a crop were never better. but the
heavy hail and wind storms. together
with unusually heavy rainfall. changed
the conditions to such an extent that
many farmers who would have harves
ted ten tons to the acre will not pet
two tons. On the farm of John Price.
formerly Of Smyrna. now living near
Odessa. tenant Of Ex-Governor Lea.
where q three-acre crop was planted
for eannery st Taylors Biioge. the
hail storm Of August Sth runied what
looked like the very best patch in the
neighbOrhOod. After the storm. Mr..
Price looked at vines that had 10
good tomatoes on them and could not
hnd more than s that had not been
hit ey hail stones. During the same
storm, on the farm of George De Val
linger near Earleville. Md. the vines
were blown clear out of the ground
and punched up in rows. Reports
from the vicinity of Colt. Md, are
ABOUT the asme. very light crop and
the vines apparently blighted. The
help used in the local cannery is most.
ly foreign and and is brought there
from Baltimore.
Smyrna times., 1915-09-01
SURE TO HATCH eoseLeRs
Town Magistrate, John D. Carter, of
Townsend d Solves Turkey Problem

Town Magistrate. John D. Carter, of
Townsend d Solves Turkey Problem
Magistrate John D. Carter. claims
to have made a discovery that insures
the Matching of Is male turkeys to
every setting Of fertile eggs. Sew
enteen or 19 eggs may be placed un.
der a hen turkey, he says. but only
10 will hatch. 1.-The man-in-the- moon
regulates the hatch and seems only to
know No. 5"ssid Magistrate Carter.
"The eggs should be gathered on the
second quarter of the moon and, If a
hen wants TO set in the meantime.
hold her by placing a couple of eggs
under until the moon is at its full,
when you take the Is eggs to the
nest, approaching with right foot ex-
tended. Then with right hand he'd
toward the moon when it is directly
overhead, and with the index finger
pointing at the nose on the face in
the moon. you place the eggs in the
nest with the left hand. Then back
away from the hen. the nest and the
eggs Fifteen gobblers will result
from this every time This can only
be done once in each season; at other
times the brood will hatch mixed. +"
Smyrna times., 1915-09-01
Alice Complained Toa late

Thursday before Magistrate E. F.
Wood. with Messrs. Wilds. Uhlig
and Peters as referees. Michael Con-
ner, surviving partner Of John Behen
Jr. q Co.. coal merchants. brought
suit against the Liberty Brand Canning
CO.. owned and operated by ex. United
States Senator J. Frank Alice and son.
for S144 for "a tons Of coal purchased
during the pea Gaming season this year.
Claim made by the defendants was
that the coal was inferior. but il was
testified that no complaint Of this
kind was made until settlement was
asked for by plaintiff. The referees
gave judgement in favor Of the plain
tiff for S112 The costs amounted
S12.51.
Smyrna times., 1915-09-01
WISH" SHEPPARD HANGED
Crowd oflooo See Execution of Negro
Assailant of White Girl

Assaiiant of White Girl
Aloysius wish Sheppard. a negro
convicted Of assaulting a white girl
near Federslsburg. Md. July Is.
was hanged at Denton. Md, Friday
morning. the drop falling at 5.57
o'clock. Hundreds of persons from all
parts Of the county motored or drove
into Denton at night and MANY
not being able to secure accommoda.
tions. slept on door steps, waiting
the hour Of execution. Sheppard
ordered breakfast in the morning. hut
could not eat il. He spent a sleeu-
less night. The crowd Of more than
1000 which witnessed the execution
was quiet and orderly. but pieces Of
the moose with which Sheppard was
hung were eagerly sought. The
hody was taken to Federasburg. where
the mother of Sheppard lives.
Smyrna times., 1915-09-01
PREACHER KILLED BY FRIGHT
Pistol Shot at Campmeeting Believed
To Be the Cause

Tistoi onot al Campmeeting Believed
To Be the Cause
Rev. Samuel Matthews. eolored. of
Pocomoke City. was frightened to
eesthWednesdsy night while presching
at eampmeeting at Johnson's Neck.
A crowd Of negroes went to the meet
ing. not so much for the purpose of
getting religion as 10 sample the wet
goods Of bootleg rendezvous reported
to be doing big business in a swami
near camp.
Several negroes were shot and woun.
ded in whisky row, and the preacher
was talking TO the campers against
crime and advising against disturbance
"ran someone fired a pistol. The
minister put his hands to his face.
trembled for an instant and fell for.
ward It was thought he was shot.
but investigation proved death was
caused by heart failure. superinduced
by fright.
Smyrna times., 1915-09-01
CHINESE VISIT WAR PLANTS
Guests at dupont Works Deny They
Come TO Buy Powder

Guests at dupont Works Deny They
Come to Buy Powder
Two representatives Of the Chinese
Government, 7. F. Chin and H. T.
Wang. We're in Wilmington as guests
Of the dupont Powder Company on
a visit to the Carneys Point, N. j..
plants and the local powder yards.
They came there from New London.
Conn, where there is a naval Office
of their Government in charge of Ad
miral Wei. Mr. Wang denied that
they were there TO buy powcer. 1--WE
are here just 10 visit and look
around" he said. Asked what he
thought of the European war Mr..
Chin shrugged his shoulders and
quoted General Sherman. The visi-
tors said Chinese industries have
been almost prost'ated bv the war
and the people of that country are
living almost entirely by farming. ex.
ports to Europe having been cut off
Smyrna times., 1915-09-01
PENNSY CONTROLLED BOAT
LINES OH EASTERN SHORE
TO Be SOLD AT DIRECTION or
OF COMMERCE COMMISSION
Company Said TO Be Headed BY Gov
ernor Goldsborough Of Md. to
Take Over Valuable Lines


Edward c. Darlington and his bus
mess associates. some of whom are
New Workers are negotiating for the
purchase Of the bay steamers that
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
was directed last week by the Inter
state Commerce Commission to sur
render. Mr.. Carringon said that in
case the lines are secured by the in
terests represented by him. Governor
Goldshorough will be asked to be
president Of the new company that
will be organized.
The Governor being an Eastern Shore.
man. is especially familiar with con-
ditions in the section between which
and Baltimore some Of the steamers
ply. and. in addition to this. he is
regarded as q good business man.
furthermore. Mr.. Darlington believes
that the prestige enjoyed by the Gov.
ernor would be valuable asset to the
company if he will consent to serve
as president.
According to the ruling Of the In
terstate Commerce Commission the
decision. in brief. regarding the
Chesapeake bay steamers controlled by
the railroad company is as follows:
The Pennsylvania must give up
the Chester Line, WicOmico River
Line. Pocomoke River Lire. Chop
tank River Line. NanticoEe River
Line. Occohannock River Line. 1t
may retain the Claiborne Line and
the Love Point Line.
Decision regarding these lines was
reserved: Potomac River Line. Rap.
paheaock River Line, Patuxent River
Line. Plankatank River Line and the
Washington Line.
No figures relative to the price
at which the lines are held are OBJ
tainable. for the reason that it is
uncertain which steamers the Penn
sylvania will be required to dispense
with.
Twenty farmers of Christiana ant
Brandywine hundreds have Joined a
COW testing association that is being
Smyrna times., 1915-09-01
SWEET POTATOES A LOSS

Delaware Farmers Losing Money Esti-
mated at SIC, 900 Annually by Disease
Delaware sweet potato growers are
losing S12. 900 annually as a result OF
various diseases that injure the crop
in the field and in storage. according
to a bulletin just issued by DR..
Thomas F. Manns and DR.. Jacob J.
Tabenhauus. plant pathologists at
the Delaware College Experiment
Station, entitled. The Disease of the
Sweet Potato and Their Control. :"
This bulletin is the result of seseral
years Of careful investigation and
study of these two men of the con.
ditions in the sweet potato districts
of the State. The bulletin, it is
believed, will be of great value to
every farmer throughout the Penin-
sula who raises potatoes as it makes
suggestions for the control of the
disease that are causing them heavy
losses yearly in addition to describing
the disease itself. The same disease
prevails in the sweet potato district
of Maryland. Virginia and New Jersey.
William Warren. of New Castle.
has lost a whole flock of ducks. many
chickens and several young geese by a
peculiar disease which he has called
Timber neck -
Smyrna times., 1915-09-01
SERIOUS FALL FROM WAGON
Garrett loekerman Fell From Wagon
Loaded With Stone

Garrett loekerman Fell From Wagon
Loaded With Stone
Monday afternoon abount 8 O'Clock
Garrett Lockerman. an aged man
living at Warwick. Md. was main
fully injured by falling from his wagon
load Of stone, while near the resiaene
Of NJ. George V. Peverly. How the
accident happened is a mystery. as he
IS very active man for his age. His
injuries are severe. his left ear being
completely severed from his head
MS scalp badly laeerated. has face
and legs cut and bruised Or -.
ward NJ. Vaughn. Of Middletown was
summoned and after doing all possible
% relieve the victim. he was taken
to the Union Hospital at Elkton.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-22
SAGE AND SULPHUR
DARKENS GRAY HAIR
Brush this through faded, lfeless
locks and they become dark,
glossy, youthful.

Hair that loses its color and lustre. a.
when it fades, turns gray, dull and life-
less, is caused by lack Of sulphur in the
hair. Our grandmother made up q mix
ture of Sage Tea and Sulphur to keep
her locks dark and beautiful, and thou
sands of women and men who value th.k
even color, that beautiful dark shade Of
hair which is SO attractive, use only thu
old-time recipe.
Nowadays we get this famous mixture
BY asking at any drug store for 50
cent bottle Of "Wyeths Sage and Sui
phur Hair Remedy" which darkens ths
hair SO naturally, SO evenly, that nobody
can possibly tell it has been applied. Be-
sides, it takes off dandruff, stops scalp
itching and falling hair. You lust
damPen q sponge or soft brush with Il
and draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at time. By morn.
ing the gray hair disappears; but what
delights the ladies' with Wyeth's Sac
and Sulphur Is that, besides beautifuiIH
darkening the hair after q few applicss-
tons, it also brings back the gloss and
lustre and gives it IN appearance Of
abundance.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-22
News Of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
ANXIOUS TO RETAIN LEASES
Hibbing Mining Companies Operating
on State Lands Pay Taxes Due
That Village.

Taxes and penalties aggregating
$67,794.S4, covering all mining prop
erty at Hibbing affected by state
leases, were paid into the treasuryof
st. Louis county by the Oliver
Iron Mining company and the Pick
ands-Mather company, two Of the
eleven operators which have refused
to pay their taxes on their Hibbing
holdings for the current year ON the
grounds that the amount levied for
village purposes is exorbitant and in
valid.
The action of the two mining COM
panies is taken to mean that the op-
orators are taking no chances with
the question of state leases, but is
not regarded as an Indication that
they have abandoned their fight
against the alleged extravagances Of
Mayor Powers administration at Hib-
bling.
Except for the $67,794.S4 no por-
ton of the $1,50O,0O0 taxes remaining
unpaid since June last will be turn
ed into the county treasury at this
time.
Payments Only About Half Cash.
Of the total amount paid SCI, 631 81
represents taxes and $6,16317 penal
ties. Practically half the total amount
was paid in village orders, which will
mean that in the apportionment of the
taxes the village of Hibbing will not
get any cash, but about $4,000 in can
celled paper.
Penticost Mitchell, vice president of
the Oliver Iron Mining company,
when interviewed, said:
"The mining companies feel con-
fldent that a lessee under a state
lease has the same right as any other
property owner would have to contest
high taxes and to permit them to go
unpaid after June 1. They also feel
that by making this small payment
now they are avoiding all possibility
of litigation over a question that is
really without merit, is really we'll
settled and which is of no particular
Importance. The payment does not
affect the general contest on the taxes
claimed to be invalid and improper"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-22
SUFFRAGlSTS MEET OCT. 7
Convention Call Says Half United
States Has Been Won.


States Has Been Won.
A call has been issued by the Off
GERS of the Minnesota. Woman Suf-
frage association for the annual con.
vention which will be held in the
Saint Paul hotel at St. Paul on Oct.
7, s and g. The can is signed by
Clara LELAND, Sophie Kenyon, Eva w.
Morse, Maud c. Stockwell and Isabel
Troendle.
1t is declared that Gin nearly half of
the territory of the United States
women are politically free Eleven
of the states and one territory have
granted full suffrage to women One
state has given presidential and mu-
nicipal suffrage. In twenty states
women have partial suffrage. Four
great Eastern states are to vote upon
the question this fall. In congress
one-fourth of the senate, one-sixth of
the house and one-ffth of the elec-
toral vote comes from suffrage states.
minnesota women are rapidly Or
ganizing the state by legislative dis
tricts and voting precincts and in most
of the congressional districts commit
tees have been formed to influence
federal legislators"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-22

reports of the engineer and viewers, ant
finding that numerous changes wer,
made affecting new land owners, tn,
matter was referred to the Auditor TO
the publication of another hearing OF
said reports. The city of Sleepy Ely,
presented resolution, asking thai
State Rural Highway No. 81 be con
nected at the city limits of said city
and that Main Streets running east anc
west thru the corporate limits of sale
city on the section line from north
center post of Sec. so to the north
center post of Section 81, both of said
sections being in Township 10, Range
81 in said Brown County, this connect
ing S. R. H. No. 81 thru said city.
The resolution was accepted and re-
commended to the State Highway
Commission.
The city of Sleepy Eye presented a
resolution asking that State Road No.
4 and No. both be connected with
State R. H. No. 81 and designated them
as state roads: Commencing at point
on the north line of Sec. 20, Twp. 10,
Il. 80 in said Brown county, where
Northern Ave. Of said city of Sleepy Eye
connects with State Road No. 4, thence
following said Northern Ave. in a
southeasterly direction to 5th St., in
said city, thence following said 5th Street
south to State Rural Highway No. 81
on Main Street in said city, thence
commencing again on said State Rural
Highway No. 81 at the intersection of
said Main Streets and 9Th St. in said
city and following said 9Th Street south
to Breckenridge Street, thence following
said Breckenridge Street west to and
connecting with State Road No. S at
the S. w. corner of N. w. Quarter of Sec.
81, Twp. ITO, r. 80.
The resolution was accepted and re-
commended to the State Highway
Commission.
The City of New Ulm presented a
resolution, asking that State Rural
Highway No. 81 be connected at the
city limits Of said city; commencing at
the Lower bridge, so-called, at the foot
of CORTLAND Street to Front Street;
thence northerly on Front Street to
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-22
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BUSY
Arranges Details for Minnesota
"NeWspaper Week."

Newspaper Week."
The Newspaper week" which state
editors have decided on to boost Min.
nesota will be the second of it's kind
in the United States, according to
H. c. Hotaling, president of the ex.
ecutive committee. The dates on
which 500 papers of the state will
unite in telling of the greatness OF
Minnesota are Oct 10 to 16.
Mr.. Hotaling said that California
tried the booster publicity week and
that during the year following more
people were attracted to the state
than in any year before or since.
The executive committee, meeting
at the capitol, completed details OF
the work for supplying editors with
material about the state at large
Two full pages Of matter boosting
Minnesota will be prepared for use
by the papers.
The boosting of localities will be
left to the editors themselves. Mr.
Hotaling said the success of the
scheme will be realized by hearty
support Of the people, who are ex.
pected to mail copies of their papers
to friends outside the state.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-09-22

:
The additional bond asked by the
Board of Audit from the State Bank
of Hanska for money on time certifi-
Gates, was approved.
The assignment from the Fl. Nat.
Bank of Sleepy Eye of the Twelve
Roseau County bonds to the county as
security to be named as county de-
pository, was approved.
Chairman H. Polkow was elected as
a delegate to the State Conference of
Charities and Correction to be held at
New Ulm Sept. 25th to 18th.
At the suggestion Of Public Examiner
c. E. Johnson, the Board by unanimous
vote ordered the transfer of $93.97 from
the Private Redemption Fund to the
Co. Revenue Fund, this being old
accounts prior to 1901.
The petitions of John Fischer and Karl
Kraus of the town Of Sigel to be set off
with their lands from School Dist. No.
SO to School Dist. No. As were granted
a hearing for Jan. 9Th, 1916.
Agreeable to the Boards action Of
Aug. 31st, 1915 the engineers and
viewers report in the matter Of Co.
Ditch No. "a was taken up for con-
sideration, together with the additional