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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-10
STILL AWAITING FUNDS
RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES MAKE
PROMISES TO BREAK THEM.
Wealthy Manufacturer and Farmer in
Siberia Arrives in Dallas Prac-
tically Without Money.

After waiting for three month.
with vain hopes for Russian author.
tiles to send him the money they haG
held out of his fortune when he lefi
Siberia for America, Aaron Lepp, his
wife and three children, found their
way from Manitoba to Dallas, where
their travelling companions, A. s.
Friesen and wife, have friends. Mr.
Lepp was successful farmer and
manufacturer in Omsk, Siberia, when
the Nihilist revolution threatened
that city and the lives of members of
his family. The most pleasant course
open to peace-loving and wealthy
citizen under such conditions Is to
move.
Mr.. Lepp moved toward America
with $500 allowed him by the author
tiles, who promised to advance a like
amount each day after his arrival in
the new country That was early in
March, and for all the satisfaction Mr..
Lapp has received his financial CEN
sors are unaware of his arrival. 1t
is probable that Mr.. Lepp will settle
in or near Dallas and continue to
look forward to the receipt of money
from Siberia meanwhile undertaking
to amass another fortune by the eff
fective exercise of his agricultural
talents on Polk county's more peace
full and productive soil.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-10
SALT ENEMY OF CANADA THISTLE
Dallas Man Found Mineral Successful
In PENNSYLVANIA.

In speaking of the fight being
waged in the valley against the raw
ages of the Canadian pest Mr.. ]. G.
Van Orsdel recalls a war he waged in
Pennsylvania years ago to rid his
farm of this dangerous weed. He
selected a portion of the place where
the weed grew thick and rank. and,
knowing that no other vegetation
could exist where the thistle had
gained foothold. he resorted to des-
perate methods for its determination
by spreading a car load of cheap salt
over the ground. While this caused
many of the tourists and strangers
travelling through the neighborhood
to catch cold" and sneeze as they
passed the 'snow-clad" hill. Mr.. Van
Orsdel found that the remedy was
successful one. 1t destroyed the this
tie and the land also. Some years af-
ter his experiment he returned to his
old home and found that the salt had
in time proved of value to the soil.
The salted section produced the best
crops on the entire farm.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-10
OUTLOOK IS PROMISING
SEVENTY-FTVE PER CENT CROP
OF PRUNES IN POLK.
Armsby Packing Plant Resumes Pack
ing Preparatory to Receiving the
New Yield.

After keeping its plant in idleness
since February the ]. X. Armsby COM
pany resumed the packing of prunes
on Monday morning to dispose of the
fruit on hand before the arrival of
the first of the new crop, which is
expected earlier than usual this year.
The outlook for large crop through
out the valley is excellent, according
to Mr.. A. c. Peterson, who estimates
rs per cent yield. Most of the large
orchards are bearing maximum crops,
although the yield is small in others,
and If good weather prevails in the
meantime the first prunes of the sea-
son should reach the packers not lat
er than September 20.
The European trouble has closed
the markets abroad to the United
States and makes a forecast of sale
difficult to make. In spite of these
adverse conditions about one-half the
total crop of the state has already
been contracted for, and the sale in
this section is even better than the
average. English markets will take
some of the supply. but for the bulk
of the pack shippers must depend up
on American markets. Mr.. Peterson
expects no difficulty in disposing of
the pack from Dallas through the
Armsby company offices at New York,
Chicago, Boston and San Francisco.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-10
.ENJO|NS COUNTY COURT
OBJECTION RAISED TO PAYMENT
OF ENGINEERING WARRANT.
Complainants Hold That Work of This
Character Should Be Done BY
the County Surveyor.

What appears on the surface to be
an outgrowth of the personal fight
against the county court, in which the
recall petition is at present the 'big
stick" crept to the fore on Friday,
when the county clerk, the county
clerk, and the county treasurer were
enjoined from payment of warrant
issued in favor of the Hines Engin-
eerring company for services rendered
the county by order of the county
court. Henry Voth, farmer, appears
in the plea for the restraining order,
bond being furnished by Joe Brown
of the Salt Creek country Oscar
Hayter represents the petitioners and
District Attorney Sibley will have
charge of the case for the defendants.
The hearing will come before District
Judge H. H. Belt upon his return from
the coast.
The petition is brief, merely recit-
ing that the county court exceeded
its authority in employing the Hines
company to make plats and surveys
of county roads.
The contest will perhaps settle a
question that has long vexed the coun-
ty courts of the state and involves the
privilege of the county court to en-
ploy other than regular employees or
officers for special work, or when fail
ure to perform work or inability to do
the same are in question.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-10
ATTEMPTS TO TAKE LIFE
FORMER DALLAS GIRL TAKES
POISON AT NEWPORT.
Appropriates Several Articles From
Guests at Hotel and When Dis
covered Would Die.

Effie Carver, whose relatives are
supposed to reside at Corvallis. and
who spent several months in Dallas
last winter and spring, attempted to
take her life at Newport on Saturday
by administering to herself a dose of
poison Prompt action on the part
of physician saved the girls life.
While in Dallas Miss Carver was en-
ployed at the Imperial hotel as cham
ber maid, and while so engaged was
accused of stealing from roomers at
the hostelry. Afterwards she went
to Portland, and while there Sheriff
Orr recovered for one of the Imperial
guests some stolen property.
The young womans operations next
came to sight at Newport, where
she is employed in a hotel. Stolen
articles We're found under the mat
tress of her bed, following which dis
covery she decided that life was not
worth the living. 1t is thought that
Miss Carver is a kleptomaniac, her
disposition being to appropriate to
herself anything that appeals to her
fancy, no matter to whom it may he
long. When Sheriff Orr made a de-
mand upon her for wearing apparel
that had mysteriously disappeared
from the Imperial, she responded
and tearfully told the Of
ficer that such thing would never
occur again.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-10
POLK CROPS ARE GOOD
HAY, OATS AND WHEAT YIELD TO
BE ABOVE AVERAGE.
Rains Throughout the District Dis.
color Product Somewhat-Acreage
Is Greater Than Usual.

Hay crops are harvested and in the
bale, slightly discolored from the fire.
quent rains, but of excellent quality,
and good yield per acre. The yield
of oats will average about As bushels
an acre. The crop is slightly discol-
ored and has little rust. The dry
winds did some damage to the filling.
Winter oats are now being threshed
and farmers say they are about the
same as last year with a little better
stand and possibly will be a little
heavier per bushel. The spring oats
are doing fine, although ripening lit
tie too fast to fill we'll. The wheat
being threshed is averaging about rs
to 80 bushels an acre. 1t is of ex-
cellent quality, and good color. There
is more acreage in this section sown
to wheat than in former years.
Several acres of fax have been har-
vested by the convicts just a few miles
north of Independence. 1t is of good
quality and the yield is above the
average. The barley crop is above
the average in quality and yield. Sew
eral hundred acres have been sown in
this section. The hop industry has
a poor chance this season as the lice
and honey dew have been their enc
mics. Many yards are spraying for
the third time. A large yield is not
expected.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-10
AL G. BARNES RETURN VISIT.
Dallas VIII Have a Real Circus Tues.
day, August "a.

The circus is comm to town-to
Dallas. Yes, stree. Tuesday, August
"a is the date. and within the next
few days, gaily decorated car will
roll into town, and the army of ad-
vertising men that go along with it
will scatter and post flaming pictures
of lions and tigers, elephants and
camels, and horses and ponies, and
parades, and all the things that makes
one wish the day would hurry up and
get here. The AL. G. Barnes big three
ring wild animal circus is going to
present the biggest, brightest, and al
together the best line of circus glories
and features in the history of its nu-
merous visits here.
So says Murray A. Pennock, gener-
al contracting agent who was here
yesterday arranging the preliminaries.
A busy man, is the circus agent, for
upon him falls the task of making
contracts for the licenses, the show
grounds, space on the billboards for
the circus pictures, water, and feed
for the animals and food for the
shows family of five hundred people.
Livery rigs must be engaged to take
the bill posters out into the country
and last but not least, he calls on the
newspaper boys and says "howdy."
when the show comes this year.
We believe we'll show you more new.
novel, sensational, thrilling and anus
ing feats than you ever saw under a
canvas in your life. That's quite a
bombastic statement and borders on
hyperbolizeism, but referring to the
past visits of the show here, hasn't
Mr.. Barnes always made good on the
promises made about his show? The
whole program was made over this
entirely different. Edu-
Gated animals give the performance
largest of that character in the |
world" These are the words of Mr..
Pennock
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-10
JURY ACQU|Ts BURsELL
FOUND NOT GUILTY OF MURDER
ING CHAS. ZIMMERMAN.
Second Trial of Former Polk County
Farmer Gives Practically Same
Testimony as Heard Before.

Clarence O. Bursell was found not
guilty of the charge of numbering
Charles C. Zimmerman at $3.50 Friday
night by a jury which had been out
about five hours. Bursell was accus-
ed of shooting Zimmerman, neigh
Dor, near Silverton, May 25.
The verdict closes one of the long
est and most hotly contested cases
in the history of Marion county, hav-
ing required two trials of approxi-
mately five days each. Bursell was
released Immediately following ithe
verdict. Throughout both trials he
had maintained in his testimony that
the shooting was in self defense
Bursell has been confined in the
county Jail constantly since his arrest
by Sheriff Esch on May 25 a few
hours after the trouble. He was CIV
en- preliminary hearing in justice
court few days later and was bound
over to the grand jury. His attor-
neys made application for ball. but
this was denied.
An indictment charging murder in
the second degree was returned by
the grand jury, convened June 2S.
The first trial of Bursell was called
July 19,and went to the jury July "a.
After being out about twenty-seven
hours the jury failed to agree and was
dismissed.
The second trial was called August
2, and the jury was selected by noon.
The jury went to the scene of the al
legged crime and upon it's return to
Salem, about 4:30, testimony was
commenced, the witnesses for the
state being called first. The state COM
pleted its testimony at p. m. We'd
nesday and the witnesses for the de-
Tense were called, completing their |
testimony about 4:30 Thursday.
Bursell, in his testimony, claimed
that Zimmerman, who, it is said, was
a much larger man, had frequently
threatened his life. He said that as
he came along the road between his
own and the Zimmerman homes, that
Zimmerman advanced toward him
with scythe and that he thought
Zimmerman was going to carry out
his alleged threat He said he put
up the rifle to his shoulder and as he
fired Zimmerman took hold of the
gun, taking it from the grasp of Bur-
sell. Bursel1 claims that he started
TO run down the road and that Zim-
herman pursued him, first trying to
, not the rifle, and then trying to use
ity "a club. He said he was carry
ing an automatic pistol and that he
fired with this over his shoulder He
said he did not know how many times ,
he shot. He did not know, he said,
where Zimmerman was when he fired
the last shot.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-10

Il. L. Keezel of Philomath has been
elected to serve a second term as
principal Of the Monmouth high
school. Miss Armilda Doughty will be
instructor In history. Miss Vida Fat
land, of the 1915 class OF Reed COL
lege, will teach English and Miss Au-
gusta Baker will teach music. accord
ing to an announcement made by the
city school board late last week.
Special provision has been made for
Increased efficiency in business in
struction. Additional typewriters will
be added to the equipment and COM
merciai correspondence and business
arithmetic will be new courses. The
study of latin has been dropped.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-10
COMMUNITY SING A SUCCESS
Hundreds OF Polk County People As
seinbfe on Court House Lawn,

seinDie ON Court House Lawn.
That the first community sing was
decided success seems to be the
opinion of the hundreds of Dallas and
Polk county people who surrounded
the court house on Saturday evening.
The band played many spirited selec-
tions in its usual entertaining way.
and later played the accompaniment
for the large chorus. AS an ac-
compartment for the voices band mu-
sic was too heavy and this was chief
ly responsible for the difficulty the
audience had in hearing the singers.
However, the evening was made thor
oughly enjoyable with the program of
patriotic songs, including America"
columbia the Gem of the Ocean"
Onward Christian Soldiers" and
THE Star Spangled Banner" Much
credit is due to Mrs. Ella j. Metzger.
whose efforts are largely responsible
for the success of the first commu-
nifty sing.
Although definite plans have not
been made for repetition of the
sing 1t is probable that a second one
will be a feature of the last band
concert of the season. Much enthus-
iasm was displayed by Dallas people
In attending the concert and the
curbings were lined closely with Dali
las automobiles, and many from sur
rounding towns.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-10

M. ID. Ellis, Hugh and Roy Black
and Finley Whitney left today to pre-
pare for the annual slaughter in the
famous deer country near Eugene.
Mr.. Black will drive to Eugene with
Messrs. Grant and Whitney. leaving
his car there, and Mr.. Ellis goes by
way of Albany, where he will be
driven by his son Floyd, going to Eu-
gene by train. near Oak Ridge, their
destination. Mr.. Ellis has some good
bags of deer to his credit in the Cas-
cade range country and other mem
bers of the party are also well ac-
quainted with conditions there, hav-
ing had similar good fortune, so that,
after a two weeks outing during the
open season. friends will expect to
learn of the hunters fondest dreams
or disappointments.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-10
POLK SCHOOLS ADVANCE.
Report of County Superintendent for
Term Issued.

The breaking of the monotony in
the country school by the use of new
methods, the creation of a desire to
live on farms and a raising of the
educational standard of Polk county
are shown in report issued by Coun-
ty Superintendent Seymour covering
the work of the schools during the
past term. The system by which pu-
pills learn to make milk and cream
analyses and get a knowledge of
dairying conditions was continued in
the rural districts. The greatest ben
eft of the system, it is said, is the
wedding out of the poorer grade of
cows. The pupils have saved their
parents many dollars by showing the
parasites in the herds.
The spelling contest passed it's fifth
year. Every pupil in each county
school, over the third grade, took the
work during the last term. County
educators have made tests of the re-
suits and have found that pupils in
the lower grades can spell as we'll
as many high school students The
problem of getting the parents to Wis
it the schools has been partly solved
by the "go-to-school" day set aside
for all persons to inspect the work of
the schoolroom.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-10
BRIEF FILED IN POWELL CASE.
Fight for Estate in Polk County Goes
to State Supreme Court.

right Tor Estate In Polk County Goes
to State Supreme Court.
The brief will be filed with the
clerk of the supreme court this week
in the matter of the will of Lucy
Ellen Rowell, deceased, and the ap-
peal will be heard in the regular or
der. Frank Rowell originally brought
the case to trial before the county
court to have his late wife's will, by
which she bequeathed her wealth to
the Seventh Day Adventists, set aside,
contending that she was insane. The
county court returned a decision in
favor of the contestant, and the
church appealed to the circuit court,
which sustained the ruling of the
county judge. The Adventists will
take the matter to the state supreme
court with the contention that Mrs.
Rowell was in full possession of her
faculties when she made the will just
before her death on August 2S, 1913.
1t is estimated that the estate was
worth $4,000 when the will was
first contested.
Oscar Hayter, Ed. F. Coad and
Hawkins & Clusky of Toledo are at
torneys for the contestant, Mr.. Rowell,
while Senator Gus C. Moser and John
C. McCue, representing the Portland
firm of Moser & McCue, will repre-
sent the Seventh Day Adventists.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-10
BOYS ARE DESTRUCTIVE.
HAILED BEFOREJUVENILE COURT
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
Severely Reprimanded BY Judge Teal
and Made to Pay Damage Done
to School House and Mill.

Upon complaint of O. N. Harring-
ton, whose sawmill had been entered
and property destroyed between the
hours OF five in the evening Thursday
and the morning working hours on
Friday, Sheriff Orr took into custody
Saturday Aides r. Lloyd, r. and Ray
mond j. Zachary sons of the widow
Zachary five miles north of Dallas,
and Frank K Reimer, aged IL, son
of Mrs. Reimer, North Dallas resi-
dent. The sawmill is close to the Pho
neer school house where the windows
had been demolished, the school room
entered, the glass in the book case
smashed, books destroyed and other
damage done of a senseless nature.
Upon questioning the mother of the
Reimer boy 1t was found that her son
had been from home during the night
OF the occurrence. He admitted hav-
ing been in company with the other
lads and when they were confronted
with little fiction manufactured by
the officer they gave a partial confess
sion, placing the blame upon the
Reimer lad. The judge of the juve-
nile court was inspecting the road
work near Falls City when the sheriff
brought the quartet to the court house
and the sheriff delivered them to their
respective homes, exacting a promise
TO appear before the Judge on Mon
lay. At the sawmill pulleys and por-
ions of the engine were tampered
with and destroyed and the damage
s estimated about $40. To replace
he loss at the school house will cost
tbout $25.
The father of the Zachary boys is
erving time at Salem for a criminal
'ffense in this county. The mother Of
he same boys figured in court case
lgainst the county some months ago.
When the lads appeared before Judge
'eal yesterday, they were reprimand-
d for their conduct and collectively
ssessed the amount of the damage,
$3.50.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-10
AWARD ROAD CONTRACT
REJECTS BID FOR ONE PROJECT
BECAUSE OF HIGH FIGURE.
John S. Parker Appointed Fruit In
spectOr on Petition Signed BY
Thirty -Five-ROad Finances.

The awarding of contracts for grav.
cling county roads and the appoint
ment of John S, Parker as county
/ fruit inspector We're among the i'm
portant acts at the meeting of the
board of county commissioners on
board of county commissioners last
week.
Bids for hauling gravel on the
Salt Creek road were rejected by the
board because the price was higher
than the cost of crushing and laying
rock The contract for graveling the
Lee Hill road was awarded to B. L..
Styles, j. I. Reasoner, F. Guy and w.
P. McBee at so cents a yard. The
Guthrie and Hibbard contracts were
let to J. c. Guthrie after Thomas
McCarty and w. C. Bevens had with
drawn a lower bid. Mr.. Guthrie got
the awards on bid of 55 cents for
the Guthrie road and 40 cents on the
Hibbard road. The Richmond road
will be graveled by Thomas McCarty
and w. c. Bevens, whose bid of so
cents a yard was low.
The question of opening the John
Holman road to traffic was settled
when the court ordered the road SUI
pervisor to direct its opening. AS a
result of petition presented by Hort
c. Eakin and thirty-five others, John
S. Parker was appointed to the po-
sition of county fruit inspector, and
will begin upon his new duties at
once.
The report of County Treasurer
Fred j. Holman, which was read at
the session on Wednesday, showed the
of warrants amounting to
$14,30O.1S of which general road war;
rants made up the greatest amount,
or $6,944.07.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-10
PORTLAND MEN IN LIMBO.
Pair of Travellers Appropriate HoI
Sacks at West Salem,

Sacks at West Salem.
Pleading poverty and other extern
uating circumstances for the theft of
quantity of hop sacks from James
Brophy of West Salem, l.. w. Carson,
aged 22 and C. o. Anderson, aged 81.
were placed in the Polk county Jail
here on Friday. The prisoners were
accompanied by Constable Imlah by
order of Justice Woods, who bound
the men over to await the action of
the grand jury which convenes in reg
ular session in October To Sheriff
Orr on Friday the men talked freely
of their act and said they were en-
deavoring to dispose of the goods at
Salem when caught the new sacks
being offered at ten cents each. They
made away with the booty by boat,
the conveyance being also appropri-
ated. The men were shabbily dressed
and stated that it was impossible to
obtain work on account of their at
tire. With better clothes which they
expected to procure through the sale
of the stolen property, they had hop
ed to find employment, so they stated.
The prisoners gave their home as
Portland.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-10
DALLAS HOSPITAL NOTES.
Black Rock Man Nearly Loses Eye
Operations of the Week.

Operations of the Week.
Because he received prompt and
skillful attention at the Dallas hos
pital Sunday. w. J. Morse, an en-
ploye of the Willamette Valley Lum-
ber company at Black Rock, may re-
tain the sight of his left eye, which
was badly injured by a flying piece
of steel. The lid is badly lacerated
and the eye-ball was rpptured so that
much fluid was lost. DR.. A. B. Star
buck. who is treating the case, be-
lieves the sight can be saved in spite
of the loss of fluid.
Miss Lena Tarter of Corvallis, has
sufficiently recovered from a recent
operation for appendicitis that she
was removed from the Dallas hospit-
al to the home OF her cousin and ply
sician, DR.. V. c. Stats. Miss Tar
tar's family from Corvallis attended
her at the operation.
An operation was performed on
Mrs. E. C. Day at the hospital last
week and several gallstones were re-
Mrs. Day is resting quietly
and her rapid recovery is hoped for
by a host of friends.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-10
Building Operations Becnn.

The Hines Engineering company
of Dallas completed the location OF
the new $4,000 training school
building at Monmouth on Monday
and excavating for the foundation and
basement began this morning. The
new building will be directly across
the road from the present main build
ing and domitOry. and is to be COM
pleted. according to plans. about jan
uary 1. The new building. modern In
every respect will accommodate the
rapidly growing training classes and
will relieve congestion in other
buildings.