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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-10-06
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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-10-06

| 4HikAsfi
tored to Portland yesterday to get
Ford touring car for delivery to
Dallas customer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Black were a
the McMinnville roundup Wednes
day.
Ed. Shaw spent yesterday after
noon at McMinnville.
Jake Friesen was Falls City callel
yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. Basque of Independence was
in the city Wednesday.
Frank Harris is the owner of a
Ford car delivered this week.
Carl Manock and DR. V. C. Staats
are on fishing trip to the Salmon
river.
Burford Stone of Gooseneck was in
Dallas on business Wednesday.
Mrs. S. Green of Glendale was in
Dallas Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Rowell of
Rickreall were in Dallas Thursday
visiting friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Meyers, Mrs.
V. P. Fiske and Miss Roxanna Fiske
visited at the Warren home at Nc
Minnville Thursday.
Ezra Hart of Salt Creek was in
Dallas Thursday on business.
Mrs. E. A. Gwinn returned yester-
day from an extended Portland trip.
Dug. Gillian, prominent farmer of
Gillian station, and wife were shop
oers in Dallas yesterday.
Mrs. Ola Grant Lane was a Salem
visitor yesterday.
Mrs. James Hubbard and son of
)akesdale were Dallas visitors YES.
erday afternoon.
Mrs. Geo. Lee was in yesterday
rom the Lee ranch in the Guthrie
Mrs. James N. Davis of Portland is |
he house guest of Mrs. [. L. Patter- t
on at Eola. Mrs. Davis is regent of {
he Multnomah chapter of the D. A.
l.. d. Brown, Judge Belt and F. E.
Jersey attended the roundup at Nc I
linnville Thursday. F
The county sheriff's office was a P
lsy place yesterday, the final day for S
aging the last half of the taxes. R
Mrs. II. E. Evans of Rickreall and I
er daughter, Mrs. John Reavis of Y
Is Angeles, California, will leave
'Xt week for California to spend the 7
inter. Mrs. Evans will visit friends S,
I'd relatives in Los Angeles and San
lego. T.
). M. Stats is seriously ill at his
me in Independence.
Mrs. c. R. Brookie and Mrs Ar
la Brooke of Monmouth were in ~,
'llas shopping Wednesday. fl
Miss Grace Braden of Salem has u H.
'epted position as stenographer in sv, W.
Armsby packing plant. S ~,
Emmett Stats and family of Mon ~, ~
nth were in Dallas on business YES =
day A1
y. W. Evans of Rickreall was in 3
Has on business Thursday. Z
Thomas Catherwood and daughter &
ith attended the roundup at Ne 3
nnville Thursday. Z
!. A. Finley of Portland has ac- &
ted a position as musical director 3
the Dallas public schools. His 3
'ses will be conducted on Thursday x
Friday of each week. - 9
austav Dunkleberger of Newton. ;
lsas, formerly an instructor of mn g
at Goshen, Indiana, is now teach &
music at 0, A. C. Mr. Dunkle- 3
'er Is cousin of Fl. H. Dunble- z
n
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-10-06
Celebrate BIRTHDAYS.

Mrs. Ethel Gwinn Barham and Mrs.
Fl. p. ShIiver were hostesses at a din
ner party celebrating their birthdays,
Wednesday, at the Hotel Gail.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-10-06

4 County C
of a stock 81
ter JanuaJ
with the new
of blanks i'll
ferent color,
80 and 100t
druggists All,
80 cents ed
)quor must u
Jean get his
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dnFit that
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
MARRIED FIFTY YEARS.
DIE ON THE SAME DAY
Aged Couple Victims Of Grip Few
Hours Apart-To Be Buried
Together.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. An aged
man and his wife, who had lived to-
gethcr for more than fifty wears, died
few hours apart at Roslyn. near
Glensidc. They were Joseph and Cecilia
Bordo, each eighty-one years old.
They were married in Ohio more than
fifty years ago. They came to this city
to live. and about seven years ago vert
TO Roslyn to live with their SON. Lam
bert !. BCrdo.
Both were taken i'll OF grip, which
developed into pneumonia. The hus,
band died. and the death OF Mrs. Bordo
followed a few hours later.
A double funeral service will be held
at the sons home. Burial will be post
poned on account OF the serious illness
of a daughter who lives In Cleveland
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
.OLD YEAR TELLS NEW
TO TAKE THINGS EASY
Let Europe Fight on and Ele-
phant and Bull Moose Chase
Donkey, His Last Word. ,

ETERNITY HALL. ETERNITY. Jan.
IA copy OF PolonIus' Old Years advice
to his son, Laertes Nynetean Sixteen.
was presented to tho United Press cor
respondent by Father Time here just
before midnight. 1t reads:
MY son, ] stand upon the threshold
OF Oblivion. wherein I soon shall vanish
never to return. My legacy TO you js
sadly disorganized world and trust
that you will faithfully and better ad-
minister II than have 7. You will have
many things to contend with, but tako
them easy. menageric, led by Dom
key. an Elephant. and n Bull Moose,
Will chase tI.c Winged Rooster of Vic
tory up and down your days TO the
Jaws Of November. Heed them not.
Men with peace missions they don't
know what to do with will try 10 settle
war being fought for reasons 10 one
has discovered. Let them 20. The
Panama canal may slide all over South
America. and Colonel Gocthals' con-
versation will sound like q freauent
reference to the Gatun dam. Let him
alone. Cupid may pretend to scorn
Romance and be engrossed in EuRen,c..
Tell him that Europe needs abies. Let
the War Dogs chase their own tails
until the Peace Dove sheds some OF its
courtplaster. Then cautiously lock
about and see what you can do to fix
things up. George Bernard Shaw. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft
Lord Northcliffe, w. J. Bryan, and
Vesuvius are subject to eruption at any
time. There's nothing you can d. to
stop any of them. Remember that
styles. suffrage. the tariff. and sample
mustaches YOU have ALWAYS with you
Do the best you can with all these
things: and remember that, however
powerful and able you feel IN this, your
youth. on the 366th day Of your reign
you will be weary and old and worn,
Your robes. once white. will be drag
gled and torn and stained. as flappi
rags ABOUT your withered legs Yo
hand palsied. your step halt, your ey
dim; you will die; and the World "
60 on. So take it easy, and don't
excited. II you sigh for a Place in
Sun, let 1t be on a park bench on
summer afternoon. Do thcsc things
calm Judgment and you may accoI
plish more than you expect
Forever sffectionately yours.
THE OLD YEAR
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
NEW YORK POLICE AID
.EX.CONWCTS GET JOBS
Several Were in Such Desperate
Straits They Were Tempted
to Return to Crime.

NEW YORK, Jar. IA former con-
wei who served recently a hve-Tear
term in Sing Sing for grand larceny
and Dreviously to this had done time
in EImira and two other penal lnsttu-
tions walked into police headquarters
a few daVs ago and appealed 10 the
noltco to fnd him honest employment.
as he was through with eNli ways anu
was anxious to reform
This man had heard that Commlsslon-
or Woods was sending his policemen
to ,hC city and state retormatorles
to carry a message OF nope 10 the IN
mates Of these institutions. telling then
those VINO were sincere in their desire
10 read "A hctter life, and that the po-
lice would no longer hound theW'
The former convict barred his soul 10
the police. He told them that ne nsu
nntshcd his sentence in Sing sing nine
months ago. He was ANXIOUS ne az
serted, to lead an honest life mat ne
might atone somewhat 1or ms pas
sins and transgressions. Atter leaving il;
prison, he said, he found empioyneht
in n store but lost this position through
Illness. Since that time he had beeh
lacking yainlv for work. His past rec
ord, he asserted. prevented MN lroin
Getting employment. Hc begged the
prllcc to nelp him set work when
would stave off hunger and enaplc MN
to slec!, beneath n roof.
The mans story made oeep III!
pression on the policemen who hearo
it. Leroy Peterson. secretary OF the
pOIiCe department committee on as
tress and Unemployment, set about Z"
sec what he could do to help him. MI.
Peterson knew the captain or
steamer which PHYS between this city
and the South. The captain agreed
to take the eN-Convict on the steamer
as member of the crew. letting MN
work his way on the steamer 10 tne
South. This the man did. After the
steamer reached its destination ne
started for town in Virginia when
was recently burned down and was
being rebuilt This town was urgent
" in need Of Nvorkmen
In the past few months the police
department has helped nine other men
with prison records. who really want
ed to mend their ways. to get new
start in life. The department has not
followed up the cases OF these men:
hut so far as II knows only one or
these nine men went back to the evil
life he had forsworn. These men Tor
the most part the department placed
in laboring Jobs. they We're all CRATE
fuI for the hclr the police gave them.
several Of them at the time the police
came to their assistance We're so deS-
pcrat" that they were sorcly tempted
to embrace their old life again
The Washington times., 1916-01-01

Fastidious Folk for a Clientele, and
while II was an Abbreviated Collection
he was Happy. for the Jowpriced Lem
ons never even hesitated as they Snick-
Alas!
Two Months After the Grande Open
ing. Francois was the Pitiful Recipient
Stats. His Bank balance Discovered
the Info that he now had 3i47.65 out of
his Original Twenty Thou. and he was
Mush to Mush with the 1nfexible Dope
that unless Something Happened in the
Adjacent Future. Sheriff and Company
He went to see his Former Boss, Ad-
miral of the Hotel de Gink. After
Open Faced. he got Handful Of Hepp
and a Loan Of Five Thousand at Six
Percent Ninety DAYS.
He Enlisted the Kale in the Rein
Hepp to Work the next AN, Doing a
Couple of Things.
First he Maoerated the Gold Plated
Sign which Scanned. The Gilded Cage
the Legend Merry Muciiage Manor ;
He gave the Canaries the Gas Exit and
Cashed their Gilded Cages for Two
Bits each.
were Internationally Released and
over the Long Distance Phone, the
King Of the Musical Union promised
to have his Dinge Cabaret Crowd on
the Job Saturday night.
The Painters Spent Eleven Hours
stopping Pigment Blanket of Green
over the Gold Leaf and Playing his
Hunch for a Killing. Francois showed
the Following Advertisement In Every
Paper within n Hundred Miles:
THE GILDED CAGE ROADHOUSE
Under New Management
In the Future To Be Known AS
MERRY MUCILAGE MANOR.
Special Sunday Dinner........H.w
Weekday Dinner ............... -
Cabaret. Special Singers. Etc.
1t took considerable advertising and
Three Months of Sleepless Nights, but
Francois Is now CorrallinE his Carton
OF kalc in such Quantities that he is
Thinking OF Securing an Option on the
Local Bank.
Moral: Every Once in a While some
GInk picks the Gold Plate Tor Per-
petuaI Win, but Wise ones are backing
! Hoi Polloi to Place 365 days per annum.
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
SIAM FOR AMERICAN
TRADE, OIL MAN SAYS

NEW YORK. Jan. 1.-For the first
time in six years. W. L. Blackett. rep
resentative Of the Standard Oil Com
pany in Bangkok, Siam, is in America.
He spent the summer travelling through
tho West. stopping at the Panama
Pacific and the San Diego expostions.
and has just arrived at tn" Waldorf
Astoria.
There is no chance Of Siam being
drawn into the war" said Mr.. Blackett.
'Tt is so far removed from the seat Of
hOstiltcS that II has been little af-
fected. German shipping interests there
have come under tn" cloud of war,
however, and 30 per cent OF the Euro
pean colony has gone back to fight.
There arc but thirty-eiEht Americans in
Bangkok. but there were large numbers
"f French and German settlers.
The expectation Of rice, the principal
product for export. has decreased 20
per cent because OF the lack of ships
to carry II away. Teak has advanced
greatly in price, as we'll as Sandalwood
and rosewood, but that is due to the
increased demand from American and
European shipbuilders. rather than the
war
Now Is th" opportunity for Ameri-
can manufacturing int rests to enter
the Far Eastern field. with a good
chanC" for success. The old trade chan
nels. controlled by European interests
have been disrupted by the war The
chief adNlS"r /" the Siamcse govern
mcnt is w. II. Pitkin. ir.. an American,
and the attitude of the government to-
ward the United States IS very friend
ly one.
Wilson Is generally admired in the
called. hut they criticisc the lack Of
strength in his foreign policy
MIR. Rlarkctt expects to return IN
bangkok som" time in February or
March
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
NITRATE OF SODA
At RECORD PRICE
Salt From Which Nitric Acid Is
Made Now S3.25 a Hun
dredWeight.

NEW YORK. Jan. l.-AunounComcnt
that nitric acid from the air Is ready
for market drew attention yesterday
10 the fact that tho nitrate Of soda
from which the ordinary acid Is made
had reached record high price. Inquiry
in the trade showed that the makers
of nitric acid by the common method
had orders for many months ahead. and
some Of them are said to be booked up
until the end of 1916. This agent is
much used in making explosives for
modern warfare.
Nitrate OF soda is now selling at from
$500 to $325 a hundred pounds. while
a the beginning OF the war 1t could be
had for sl.Sj q hundredweight. The
heav-- demand for it and the premiums
for the necessary tonnage to bring it
from Chile. where 1t Is dug from the
beds. have caused the rise. Before the
war Germany was able TO take away
enormous quantities of nitrate to COM
bine with potash for her practically in
cXhaustible mines. Nitrate acid was
selling yesterday at 6l4 cents a pound as
compared with tch antebellum rate OF
from I to AZ cents. The opinion was
oppressed that so great were the re-
Quirements of users of tho acid at pres
Cnt that the atmospheric brand would
not have to he sold at any reduction.
The high price OF nitratcs Is aSCribed
mostly to the war orders. for fertilizer
manufacturers have not been much in
tho market for it. owing to the general
falling Off of the demand for their prod
ucts. The question asto what effect the
practical application of the nitrogen
process will have upon the fertilizer in
dustry is much discussed. The Southern
Electro Chemical Company expects
eventually to become a factor in the
business. If the process of making
nitrates from acid derived from the air
were generally adopted, the next step
would be to develop a satisfactory
found in this country. Numerous ex-
periments have been tried with seaweed.
feldspar, and other substances in the
hope Of getting such potash at low cost.
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
81 Fables
MOTORDOM
The High Class Joint and the Hoi Polloi.
BY MONTE SOHN.

Once upnn time there was Francois
who cashcd his ears for Twenty Thou.
lie had nCVcr scorned the FatrcnizinS
rip. whether II had immediate Cash
ValIe or was Analogous to the Tllthy
stun If Properly BACKED on the Right
Horse of the most Ambitious Stock.
SO by Listening. the Day after his
Forfeit Chapter dawned. Twenty
Thousand Iron Men Formed the Bat
talon of his Roll.
Therefore he decided to Peel ON the
White Apron and his Dining Room Ac-
coutre,nents ana Jump his Job In the
Hotel De Gink for Ever.
lie had al. Idea:
Two Months later the Painters Sur
rendered the "Gilded Cage" Roadhousc
to Francois and he Fluttered into Pos
session.
1t was a Swell Dump. The Main Din
ing Room was hung in Louis Ounce
and there were so many mirrors that II
Somebody had Plopped q Stick Of Lyd-
dite on the Bandstand. Francois Family
Fortunes would have been Crippled for
Seventeen Centuries.
When Francois saw il. he Glecd. II
was the Last Word. and after he had
hired symphony Orchestra. a couple
of Niftv little Courtroom Chickens. a
Solid Gold Footman and 1916 Model
Chef. he was Ready for Business.
But Two days after he had his tirahde
Opening. he was Next to a few Fearful
Facts.
The Hoi Poloi was Butting into his
Arcadia with Large Frequency. They
came in Gobs. and Francois. whose Am
bition was the Patronage OF Ginks who
Possessed such Boats as the FLYING
FRITZ. STRUTTAN SWAGGER. DE
LUXE B1NG. and the ROYAL RUN
PTS. WAS IIorrified to see. parked in his
front Yard. such snickers as s,,,, The
s \ I f. l.. PiTTSBFRGH PCTTEk
CHATTERBON. and ROLLO.
Francois Discouraged the Common
Horde as much as the law would Allow
He lacked up his Menu another Fifty
Per Cent. and whenever the tninitiatcd
Owner OF Something under Two Thous'
and blew In. the Birds Cut the Chlrrup
the Band BagGrd its Bleat the Slaves
gave the Tnwash"d the CODY and II they
had to do the Servian stun. the Eats
Came Cold.
But there were a lot of Nuts who
Didn't care. They didn't Kick because
Of the Delinquency Of the Band. and
thcN Waited until some Garcon BreeZec
Bv to take the order. But Sooner oI
Later, Francois Gathered Flock OF
The Washington times., 1916-01-01

states the roads lust hnrpen to hc
whore they are. In the Western Siatrs
thcv follow plan. bat the Dlan Is
wrong"
Water and air are not alwaVs free to
the dwcller in tho country. Prof. Watch
continued.
Thousands Of men. women. and chill
dr"n in the cities die every year lust for
the lack OF it, he said. There are
places In the country already. rs in
some soft coal regions. where nobody
can Get An untainted supply Of free air. -
Ju: before the close OF the convent ion.
j, Horace Mcfarland. NJ csidert. an-
nounced the appointment of the follow
ing chaiImen of committees: National
parks. En0s Mills State and county
paris, Dr. John Nolen; schools and COM
munitv Centers. Miss MarCaret Wilson
city Manning. Lee J. Ninde: committee
On noise nuisance" Mrs. Imoeen r. Oak
lev; markets. Mrs. Elmer T.. Black
country planning, Frank A. Wdugh;
hillbOardS. J. Horace Mcfarland
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
WALTERS Art GALLERIEs

Tho "TpoT NssoVlaTnN oI KaTtiInorN ID
authorized to say the GALLERIES Of Mn,
II. WALTERS CHARLES and CENTRE
STREETS, Will be open TO the public.
All Wednesdays and saturday OF January
February, March and April. md also
Faster Monday and End lehruarl
Retw cen the hours Of II AMI I o'Cio-k
Tickets OF admission, ff'y cents each urs ,
he ordered or purchased at tho office OF N,
Association, l6 81. Paul Street -GoVerno
DruS Co, Charles and Read SIS The Be-.
vedcTe iIotcl-The stafford Hotel -Hynsor
WestCott 4 Co, Charles and Franklin SITS
John NJ. Wcisel. Madison Ave-. and Honm,
st-David Bendann, l0 r. Baltimore St
and also At Harris Sha'rr =. lllG Penn
syivsnis Ave, Washington. u
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
Motorcycle Used in
Animal Rescue Work

Tho claims Of dogs t. consideration
wheu-iniurcd in the streets IN ary man.
ncr have hccn recognized ny tho t.
rontn Humane Society in the providing
"f an Indian m"torcyclr and sidcvan 10
rush them TO tho relief station.
The society has - rumtor of dis
tinguished PERSONS in Us membership,
including as chic patrons their royal
hiEhnessns tho Duke and Duchess OF
'nnnau2ht
The motorCvClc mas hecn Gound cspe-
CiallV VlIu-. hIC in tho Oncra ions nf the
soCicty. as il goes ont regardless oi
weather. time, n reads according 10
N" calls for duty. Secretary Craven
states that II has enabled tho Toronto
4"cioty ~ Il, nu h u'orC work in less
-1lc than fuIm"Tlv.
The Washington times., 1916-01-01
Alignment May Cause
EXCESSIVE Tire Wear
Irregularities in Wheels Must Be Remedie- and
Attention Given to Punctures, Cuts and Snags.
Grease Often Harms the Rubber-Hints
For Changing Traction Strains.
BY J. J. HAAS.

Excessive wear to the tread Of a tire
Is usually attributed to fault in align
ment of wheels. and the real cause is
not. therefore. ALWAYS discovered even
when the car has been inspected by q
mechanic
Investigate the alignment Of wheels
ov proceeding as follows:
Stand the car in line as near as DOS
sible by having the same distance be-
tween hubs of front and rear wheels
on both sides of car. Measure front
wheels directly in front of axle by draw.
ing steel tape measure from the inside
Of felloe on one wheel to the inside OF
fe!loe on opposite wheel. After noting
the exact measurement. move the
wheels one-third or one fourth turn and
repeat the operation. The same method
or measuring rear wheels will answer
the purpose, except that the measure
ments can be more conveniently taken
directly back of the axle. If three OF
fou" measurements do not show varia-
ton of more than 4 inch. the wheels
are in good alignment A difference OF
q inch Is allowable by car manufacture
ers. but. as a general thing. the wheels
are seldom this far out Of line. unless
damaged.
Ineffective Repairs.
Attention should be given to pune
lures. cuts. snags, and other injuries
even though they may appear to b,
trivial. Small injuries of seeming un
Importance often grow INTO serious con
sequences. 1t is advisable to have tn,
repairs made by an experienced work
man. AS usual thing, the amateur
does not re-enfogce the injury. wheI
needed. and is apt to VulcaniZe repair
especially the rubber. too long. Thi
not only makes 1t hard and brittle, bu
burns the materials around the re
pair.
some repair men are not as expert a.
they should be in the handling of rub
Der and fabric. Eieces of fabric o
different sizes placed inside of the tire
regardless OF the weave oil threads
Will wrinkle, separate. and not AFFORD
any appreciable strength or re-entorce
mCnt All fabrics. for every style o
repair should be cut on n bias, in th'
same manner that the fabric is cut TO
the original construction OF tires. Re
pairs that are hard ana bulge are gen
orally a result of cutting the fabric
straight with the roll that is, length
wise and with the warp.
Understanding the heat or tempera
ture required for VulcaniZing and thu
use of materials suitable for the styI,
OF repair to be made are very neces
sarv to good results
There may be times when bad roah'
cannot be avoided. but side wall iniur!
to the tires under such circumstance.
should not. in fairness. be considered
as an indication of fault in the quality
or construction. The sides of tire are
not intended to Withstand such abrasion
and wear as is to be expected from
rubbing against curbstones or drivirt
in deep. stiff mud or over rutty. rougl
or frozen roads.
Wear Of this kind usually occurs OF
one side of the tire-the side from th'
car. Small tires that find the loves