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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-24
CITATION.

In the County Court of the State OF
Oregon for Polk County.
In the matter of the estate of James
B. Olmsted, deceased.
To Anna @. Olmsted, Merle Crane
Evans, formerly Olmsted,) Eva M
............, formerly Olmsted,) }
Gertrude w. O. Conover, Winifred B.
Skidmore, formerly Evans,) Ida E.
Wickham, and the unknown heirs of
L. w. Stewart, deceased, described in
the will of decedent as "son by adop-
tion," heirs and devisees of the above
named James B. Olmsted, deceased,
and to all others unknown:
In the name of the State of Oregon,
you are hereby cited and required to
appear in the County Court of the
State of Oregon in and for the County
of Polk, at the Courtroom thereof in
the city of Dallas, in said County, on
Monday, the 7th day of February,
1916, the same being the first day of
the February, 1916, term Of said
Court, at the hour of ten o'clock in
the forenoon of said day, then and
there to show cause, if any exist. why
an order as prayed for in the petition
of Anna @. Olmsted, as executlix of
said estate, filed herein on this day,
should not be granted to the said exc
cutrix to sell the following described
part of the real estate of said de-
ceased at private sale for cash for the
purpose of raising funds sufficient for
the payment of the funeral charges,
expenses of administration, and
claims against the said estate, which
real property is described as follows,
tO-wit:
Lot No. 2, in Block No. 2, in
Keady's Addition to the town of
Waldport, in Lincoln County, State
Of Oregon:
Also, beginning at the Northwest
corner of the William j. Berry Dona-
ton Land Claim, No. 50, in Township
10 South, Range 5 West, in Polk
County, Oregon, and running thence
West 1922 chains; thence South 49,
631 chains, and thence North 35 de-
grees, 05 minutes West 8.888 chains
to point which is the beginning
point of the tract hereby described; ;
running thence north "a degrees 55
minutes East 11.25 chains; thence
North 35 degrees 05 minutes West
17.777 chains; thence South "a de-
grees, So minutes West 11.25 chains,
and thence South 35 degrees, 05 min
utes East 17.777 chains to the place
of beginning, containing 20 acres,
more or less:
Also, beginning at an oak stake
driven in the ground 31.347 chains
South and 9.152 chains East from
the Northwest corner of said Will
liam j. Berry Donation Land Claim,
and running thence South 81 degrees
80 minutes West 22.50 chains to an
oak stake; thence North 35 degrees
05 minutes West 1888 chains to an
oak stake; thence North "a degrees
50 minutes East 11.25 chains to an
oak stake; thence North 35 degrees
05 minutes West S.SSS chains; thence
North "a degrees % minutes East
1l.25 chains; thence South 80 degrees
05 minutes East 22.222 chains to the
place of beginning, containing 40
acres, more or less.
Witness the Hon. J. B. Teal, Judge
of the County Court of the State of
Oregon for the County of Polk, with
the seal of said Court affixed, this
22nd day of December, 1915.
A. B. ROBINSON. JR..
Clerk of said Court.
(Seal of County Court D24J21
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-24
Monmouth Has Library.

The Monmouth Library association,
which was organized recently, has de-
cided to use one of the vacant rooms
in the high school building in that
city for library. The room will be
properly equipped and will be open
to the public on three days of each
week.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-24
NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS.

There is an ordinance in force and
effect in the city of Dallas requiring
that dogs be kept under leash at all
times. Owners of such sydmals are
hereby notified that his frdinanee is
being enforced andThat It applies to
the night time u well the day.
Owners ARE warned to keep their dogs
tied up. or securely enclosed, after
dark as well as in the day time. En-
eroachments upon this statute are
dealt with according to the laws pre-
scribed. Signed:
OLIVER P. CHASE,
Salt. City Marshal.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-24

ana toward the costs M
ments of this suit ana
of such judgment and NJ
be made herein in favor
tiffs, including attoruev
the balance, if any, "a,
for the benefit Of WHOM,
be decreed by the court (
thereto.
3. That if the said !,
when sold pursuant to 4
this court, shall not SI
to pay the claims Of NJ
herein in full, as shall NJ
decree of this court,
event, the interests Of M
and all Of them, as bep,|
otherwise, in the CONTRACT
Of lands covered by tL,
agreement which have
fore contracted to be sOll
Title & Trust Comparv
and which contracts Of I
standing, and any Other
terest of the defendants
them, except the Title
pany, in the said trust ag
the property covered thn
in a manner provided h
sale of such properly MI
ton, and the proceeds d
applied as follows, to.vit
ment of the balance Of n
Judgment and decree as
tered herein, and the bald
paid into the court for N
whomsoever shall be dell
court to be entitled then,
tracts being described a
wit. Contracts of oala -. W
& Trust Company, defeA
ing the property and nu
purchaser and bearing y
having the amount due
each contract respectively,
Description, Lot eishtsl
chaser, A. IL. DennettI
l9ll; amount unpaid, St
Description, South ball
lot twenty-three l25l
fore more specifically desi
chaser, A. ii. Dennett,
ber IA, 1911, amount unpi
Description, Lot fifteen
chaser, en- ,d;, w. A. uraoo, dss
l4, r vi, amo''as u unpala
Description, ~ oouln AM
iot slAleeh w pu,c,1 ,'l|
Mchn,gaI' nI 90 Gaze He May -A
unpaid, Hloo'oo, w !,
Descriptions 2 Wes1 nal
Iot ! fourteen ~, puNa
b. uraop' oa'e, ! ,sO Jaaaal N
amount unpaid $io9'ol'
Description p o. r. Lou 'nIe M
cnasep, ! H. T. llougn, u'
ID, l9l3; amount IN mpaa
Description, Norln na
lou sixteen (lo)i puIrl
revere; uate, s,aa Ja.usI! az
amount unpaid, @l9o'V''
And plaintiffs pray M
cree shall provide that th
beneficiaries' Interests
lands contracted to be y
feet only the equity Of lA
les therein, and the purcl'
contracted lands al sucA
sale shall be merely subp
rights of the benefciarei
trust agreement in SAD
lands, and that said ford
not in any wise affect :. lh
powers of said Title 4 In
to continue to perform
tracts of sale and receII
chase price therein specll7
chaser at such foreclosa1
ceive from said Title "a
pany such portions y
arising from said eetIs
as the payees and Peneht3
the trust agreement won
ceived if there had been
ure.
4. That the contract;
by and between the IN,
Company, defendant, and
tyre, Walter A. Bandlns
Palester, Margaret eo1N
Vaughn and h. }. Cal1
clared to be null and val
effect and the lands cO,1
said contracts respectlveg
ed to have reverted 70
Trust Company, freed lr0l
title or interest therein q
any of the said defendanI
named, by virtue of the =
tered into by the said Y
Company with said deieD
referred to, and the sala %
clared to be held by lhe
Trust Company as unsOl
suant to the terms Of VI
agreement, and that the
IND III|||
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-24

The W. c. T. Q. will hold its regu-
lar monthly business meeting at the
library next Tuesday afternoon at
2:30. Mrs. Campbell, president of
the local branch, desires full attend
anee.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-06-11
PECULIAR SITUATION

To pick an engineer who has per-
sistently fought a bridge project as
the man to determine stresses and
capacity for the making of estimates
does not look like good business judg-
ment. Yet that is what the Twin Falls
board of county commissioners have
done In connection with the estimate
desired for the cost of the rim to rim
bridge north of Hansen. Engineer Fox
has opposed that bridge at all times
and is known to favor other sites.
This is well known to the county COM
missioners. who have employed him
to procure data for guaranteed esti-
mate of cost which the Missouri Val
ley Bridge company is to furnish this
county. The bridge company will
have to depend upon his requirements
for stress and load and width of
bridge. Every additional and unneces-
sary requirement in connection with
that bridge will of course, add to the
cost. Will Engineer Fox be broad
enough to drop his prejudice in the
matter Of that bridge and be just? The
Times hopes that he will, but is not
expecting such justice in the light OF
his activity for other bridges.
The county commissioners coul6
have secured, for the same price OF
less, the services of some other engi.
neer who would have no axe to grint
in the matter and whose data would
not be questioned by those interested
in that bridge. AS a matter of fact
most of the actual work of figurint
bridge costs is furnished free by the
bridge companies and only the data O.
distances and the stress is needed from
the local engineer. Any engineer
could as successfully do this work al
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-06-11
CHANGE EXPECTED

The resignation of Secretary of
State w. j. Bryan from Wilson's cab
| met does not create as much sensa-
ton as might be expected from such
an important event. 1t has been pre-
dicted ever since the beginning of the
Mexican trouble that these two very
able and conscientious men would not
be able to work in harmony for any
length of time. The German situation,
was merely the last straw. Naturally
by temperament and education, both
President Wilson and Secretary Bryan
have like ideas on peace. Both men
as private citizens would no doubt
hold to the Bryan idea of peace at
any price, The split came then only
as the two men sought to interpret the
policy of the nation. Bryan could not
and would not change in the face of
a strong national demand. Wilson be-
cause of his duty to the nation as it's
head, must of necessity yield to the
demands of the nation in defense of it's
honor. This seems to be the only
difference worth while between the
two.
While the Times believes fully that
President Wilson in his new policy
is right, yet cannot help but admiring
the steadfastness of Mr.. Bryan in
sticking for his principles even at the
expense of lost prestige. 1t is char
acteristic of Bryan in all his public
career to never waver once convinced
of the right of his position. He is a
great man today despite the criticism
Of his position. Great because of his
courage and honesty of purpose.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-06-11

Mayor Sweeley is to be congratu-
lated upon his efforts to cover the
Eighth avenue lateral and will be sure
to have the gratitude of the parents OF
the north and east portions of this
city. 1t is a good financial move too
in avoiding possible damage suits. Not
only the loss of life of some small
child but the danger to teams and
autos constitute a serious problem
as long as the ditch remains uncover
ed. A few hundred dollars spent in
remedy is good insurance against
damage suits.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-06-11

consumed coal particles thrown into
tht atmosphere by improper stocking.
Smoke also contains acids of value
which not only are usually wasted but
they are also destructive of everything
they touch.
| The pollution of our atmosphere
with smoke places heavy burden up
on us. 1t greatly increases the death
rate. 1t lowers our efficiency. Engi-
neers have estimated that the cost to
the city Of Cleveland because of it's
smoking factories is $6,0OO.OOO a year.
The loss to Chicago is estimated at
SIT 100000 year. The people of
P1ttsburg suffer an annual loss of
$lO,OOO,OOO through smoke The annu-
al bill on account of smoking factory
chimneys is reckoned at $500. 900 900.
One Pittsburg manufacturing COM
pany alone has effected a saving of
$4,000 year through the abolition
of smoke in it's chimneys by means
OF double steam pressure and me-
chanical stokers.
installation of smoke consuming ma
chinery and proper stocking, engineers
claim, will prevent much of the loss
now suffered from this source.
we are Mortified by the stupendous
waste being wrought by the destruc-
tive forces of war on the other side of
the globe. Let us not overlook the
fact that, individually and collectively
we Americans are responsible for an
aggregate waste which is almost if
mot quite as stupendous and the fact
that history's most devastating war Is
now IN progress should impel us to-
wage unremitting war on waste Of ALI
kinds In our own country.
T. D. MacGREGOR
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-06-11

The work Of street commissioner
Porter for this city is being watched
with much interest and is matter for
commentator for results already OBJ
tanned. Mr.. Porter is evidently try
ing to make good and put the roads
in condition and will no doubt, please
the taxpayers even if the cost is a
trifle higher at present. The bumps
and hollows in some of the streets has
been a source of discomfort to driv-
ers of all kinds of vehicles for some
time and the improvements will nc
doubt eventually cut the cost of road
maintenance.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-06-11

says:
There are weeds enough in many
corn fields to fatten carload of sheep
allowing them to eat the down stalks,
the lower blades, and the low-hanging
ears that the farmer would hardly
miss.
1--WE are great MASTERS of corn fod-
der. All through Ohio and Indiana
and even in New England, one sees
farmers busy taking down their corn
shocks, all weather beaten on the
outside, husking them out by hand,
throwing the corn into piles on the
ground, to be picked up again, and
then tying up the fodder leaving much
of the valuable fodder outside to be
weathered before it is fed to the
stock.
Even greater waste is that in the
corn that is not harvested. Iowa, IL
linois, eastern Kansas and Nebraska
and southern Minnesota had about
forty million acres of corn last year,
of which probably not more than one
fourth was harvested for the silo or
the shock or for shredding. The rest
goes to waste, and it amounts to
over one-third of the feeding value
of the whole crop"
But the city dweller, be he business
man or manufacturer, can not afford
to point the finger of scorn at the
farmer as a waster, because waste is
rampant in the cities likewise
Lewis E. Theis, who has investigat-
ed the subject thoroughly, is authority
for the statement that unnecessary
coal smoke costs American industries
and American cities very great
many millions of dollars yearly.
Black smoke consists largely of un-
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-06-11

inclusive of women and children, with
starvation she evidently hopes to at
tain peace which she would not be
entitled to by military success. Now,
to sure, this plan is doomed to fail
ure although Germany has been
placed in an unpleasant but not a
dangerous position by the cessation
OF imports. But the unheardof bru-
tally of the opponent has now forced
Germany to reprisals, and she will
likewise have to use starvation of the
enemy as a weapon of defense Lit
erarY Digest
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-06-11

After reading the above list it is
somewhat of shock to turn to the
latest war tract issued from the bu-
reau des Deutschen Handelstages and
find the first paragraph running:
"By declaring openly her intention
of starving out Germany, England has
impaired to the present war a partic-
ularly barbaric character By threat
ening the German civilian population
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-06-11
STARVING GERMANY

The torpedoing of the Lusitania
is justified by Germany as an act of
retaliation against England for "starv-
ing" the German women and children.
No actual list of those who have starv-
ed to death, however, has as yet been
published. Predictions of lack of food
and the consequent suffering of wo-
men and children have been alternat-
ing in the German press with conf
dent assertions that the Fatherland is
well supplied with all things neces-
sary for existence and even has lux
uries to spare. Newspapers of the
highest standing such as the Kolnis
che Zeitung, the Frankfurter Zeitung,
and the Berliner Tageblatt, have pub
lished impassioned appeals to the
housewife calling upon her to OBJ
serve Spartan economy and yet,
sometimes in the same issue, there
may be found articles describing the
abundance of food-reseryes accumulat-
ed by the far-seeing authorities. For
example, the Frankfurter Zeitung
writes:
1.-THE last months before the new
harvest are upon us. From Au-
gust on we shall again possess in con-
sequence of our own production, the
nourishment and necessities of life
for months-for another year, il need
be, But until August we must car
thing that has been done, written, and
spoken since the outbreak of the war
in connection with the securing OF
Germany's food-supply must now be
put to the supreme test
The Kolnische zeitung urges house
holders in the strongest terms to lay
in supplies of preserved meat:
"The time has now come for every
one whose means will at all permit 1t
and who has adequate storage facil-
tiles at his disposal, or who can rent
them, to provide himself as generous
| ly as possible with smoked and pick
| led meat. Provision for the flu
ture is one of the most important
among the many important duties i'm
portant duties imposed upon us by
the war"
The professor of political science
at Kiel university, Dr.. Harms, issues
a fervid appeal for economy, which
according to the Berliner Tageblatt,
runs:
DO not let a crumb of bread-that
gift of God-be wasted. Eat only war
bread. Regard the potato as a means
to assist us to victory. Blush for
shame if your desire for luxurics
tempts you to eat pies and pastry
Look with contempt on those who are
so immoral as to eat cake and so by
their greediness imperil our supply of
flour"
In the face of such appeals it is a
little difficult to discover where the
truth lies. Breadstuffs may be, and
very probably are, dangerously scarce.
But man does not live by bread alone,
and other provisions seem to be both
abundant and cheap This we learn
from a careful study of the adver-
Using columns of the newspapers,
which, in times of stress are always
a valuable index of the national life.
In the Berliner Tageblatt we find the
advertisement of A. Wertheim, Ber-
Inns great department store, which
caters for the comparatively well-to-
do classes. 1t is headed "Cheap Pro-
visions" and certainly the prices show
that one can starve in Berlin in COM
parative comfort Here is~ the price
list in American money
Cod, without head ...8c per lb.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-06-11

well as the high priced favorite of the
county board. AS a matter of fact, the
estimates of the two steel bridges
across Rock creek were the work of
the Midland Bridge company, rather
than of the engineer who claims the
credit for close figuring.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-06-11
TALKS ON THRIFT
No. 19.-THE COST AT WASTE.

Men do not reap in the spring my
dear,
Nor are granaries filled in May,
Save it be with a harvest of former
years
Stored up for a rainy day.
THE Seasons will keep their own true
time,
You can hurry nor furrow nor sod !;
It's honest labor and steadfast thrift
That alone are blessed by Cod
Alfred Austin
A prominent agriculturist says that
many American farmers have not got
down to farming as a business, and
that the richness of their soil is the
only thing that saves them from fail
ure.
Speaking of the waste of fodder he
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-06-11

When you to store and go about from
counter to counter and rack to rack you
many why you II be better satisfied if you
trade here, and evidences of our determination to
make these days in June, 1915 reach the Climax of
value giving
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-09-14
MiSSisSip ippians in
Droves; 1900 of
,Eml, Use Tin LizzieS
KID 'EM ALL you LIKE, BUT THE
FLIvvER STILL is FAVOR.
iTE DISEASE.

According to figures just compiled
from the records of the automobile
license clerk in Jackson, there are
$500 FlivvFs. Tin Lizzies, Near-Cars,
or anything else you want to call
Ford, in use in Mississippi by Missis-
sippians.
There are about 10000 automobiles
in Mississippi, and rs per cent of the
number are Fords
If all the Ford cars in the State
should join in an automobile tour, and
start one minute apart, as required
by rules, the last car in the line would
not sputter ON its way until l25 hours
after the first Tin Lizzie had started
on its course. In other words, about
six days would elapse between the
start of the first car and the start O
1.-The last one, provided the driver o
the last car had patience enough t,
wait for the starter TO call his number
But 1t is the one best bet that h
would have. as they say that Job neve
got into the class of being first clas
patience advocate until they teste
him with Ford =
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-09-14
WOMANIcARR||ED ON t
MATTRESS TO SAFETY
HOME OF THOMAS J. BARRETT,
NEAR WoMAN's COLLEGE, is
FIRE DESTROYED.

The residence of Thomas ]. Barrett,
well-known meat dealer and butcher,
located near the Woman's College,
was destroyed by fire at o'clock
this morning, and the family succeed
ed in making their escape from the
flaming building just before the top
caved in.
Practically every bit OF, the furni-
'ture and fixtures were destroyed. Mrs
Barrett, who has been i'll for some
time, was carried from the burning
building on a mattress. being too
weak to escape unassisted. This mat
tress, together with one chair, con-
stituted all the furniture that was
saved.
The cause of the fire is not known.
1t is believed, however, that it started
from a night lamp which had been
kept burning in a room on the second
floor of the residence. One'room was
ablaZe throughout, and the flames mad
spread to adjoining ones before any
of the family awoke. There were
several of Mr.. and Mrs. Barrett's rel
atives at the home at the time. Many
of them succeeded in getting together
I a few pieces of clothes. A majority
of them, however fled in their. bare
feet.
1t was a few minutes till O'Clock
when the fire alarm was sounded. II
required but few minutes to have
the big automobile pumper on the
scene. But the flames had gained sucf
headway by this time that it was i'm
possible for the firemen to cope witt
them.
1t is understood that Mr.. Barret
carried $1,000 insurance on the furni
ture, and that the house was not in
sured.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-09-14
CAN'T STORE BOXES
in THE BACK ALLEYS
MAYOR ISSUES A WARNING TO
BUSINESS MEN WHO OBJ
sTRUcT PASSAGEWAYs.

It's all right for merchants and bus
mess men to leave the boxes in which
they receive their goods, in alleys
near their places of business for a
short time, but there is time limit
on this.
Mayor Batson, in police court this
morning, said that there are ordi-
nances against the use of alleys as
storage rooms, and that these are to
be enforced.
L. Rubenstein and H. Lischkoff
were in court charged with violating
these regulations. 1t was shown, how
ever, that both men were unaware of
the fact that they were breaking the
law. They promised not to repeat the
offense, and were dismissed
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-09-14
LIBRARY WILL OPEN
TOMORROW MORNING
\ WEAR-AND-TEAR CHARGE OF 10
CENTS WILL BE ENACTED
FOR COMING MONTH.

The Public Library will be re-opened
tomorrow morning, and while no fees
are to be exacted of any member, all
the books you care to read in a month,
to be obtained one at a time, will be
provided, wear-and-tear charge of 10
cents to be required.
This course was decided upon by
the directors of the Philathea Union
having charge of the library, at re
cent meeting.
1t is hoped that in this way, the cur
rent running expenses of the institu
ton may be obtained.