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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-01-04
LUMBER PRICES SHOOT UP.
Increased Demand Makes More Ac-
tive Market.

With an advance of 81 a thousand
in the price of redwood lumber, and
an even greater advance in the price
Of fir, caused by an increase in build
ing activities in California, the tim
ber people have convincing proof of
prosperity, says California dis
patch.
The increase in the price and the
demand is all the more significant in
that it comes in December and Janu-
ary, season when building activities
are generally slackened. 1t is said
that the demand in San Francisco last
month was three times as great as in
any other month in the last five years.
Stories Of speculative buying in the
east, and stocking up of lumber in
Atlantic yards in anticipation Of the
end Of the war, have been heard here,
and it is certain that the first advance
was in the price of southern pine.
Timbermen themselves say they are
surprised ait the demand of the last
month, and report that architects Of
fees have more business on hand now
than at any other time since the re-
building Immediately after the fire of
1906. Another indication of the in
creased prosperity in the timber mar
ket is the advent of a new company
in Del Norte county, on the Oregon
line, with capitalization of $5,000,-
900. The Brookings Timber & Lum-
ber company, which had been operat-
ing in fir in Oregon, has acquired the
redwood holdings of the Del Norte
company, and under the name of the
California & Oregon Lumber company
will enter the California markets.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-01-04

of its contract, and it was stipulated
that the plant to be built would cost
not less than 100000 1t was provided
in the contract entered into between
Mr.. Gates and the municipality that
at the expiration of the lease or at
the end of any successive five-year
period the city might have the plant
and equipment appraised and upon
payment of all over $4,000, would le-
gally acquire Gates rights and title
to the property. Gates was admitted
to be the owner throughout the twen-
ty-year term of his lease, but that
after such time, or the fve-year per-
iods specified, the city could acquire
title. The amended answer prays for
dismissal of the complaint and the
declaration of Gates ownership in ac-
cordance with the terms of the con-
tract.
In his reply to the amended answer
Mr.. Gates denies all charges and allie
cations with the exception that the
city did draw an ordinance such as is
set down in the complaint, permitting
the city council to enter into a con-
tract with a private individual for
the construction and maintenance of
a water system. Admission is also
made of the fact that the city did
acquire title to lands used by the wa
ter works system both within and
without the corporate limits of the
city and that these were turned over
to the lessee. The reply admits, too,
that the contract as specified was
entered into between the plaintiff and
the city of Dallas. There the case
rests today. 1t will be settled by a
hearing before Judge Kelley, the date
to be announced soon, when the Rail
road commission and the city of Dal-
las will be defendants to the action
brought by Mr.. Gates.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-01-04
Nimrods HUNT Rabbits in Snow.

Snow covered fields are fine hunting
grounds these days when the rabbits
come out, leaving their tiny tracks ev-
erywhere in the white mantle. From
Dallas since the first snow fell great
many nimrods have gone in search Of
rabbits. Generally luck has not been
very good, but some marksmen have
brought down good supply. Hap
PLY Polk county is not infested with
these pests, but there should be
enough 10 make the hunt interesting.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-01-04
GRANT LAND TAX HOLDS.
Douglas County Wins Suit For $17,
541 Delinquent.

Holding that the acts of the tax
levying officers of Douglas county
were regular in every particular,
Judge Hamilton rendered decision
in which he held that the Southern
Oregon company was liable for the
payment of delinquent taxes in this
county amounting to $17,541.79 and
covering a term of five years. The
decision is important to Polk and all
other Western Oregon counties in
which grant lands are located. Taxes
in Polk county have been held back
by the railway company for two
years and there is now due the county
approximately $4,000.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-01-04
Accidents of a Week.

The following accidents in Polk and
Marion counties were reported to the
Industrial Accident commission last
week: R. Dewitt, Falls City, leg
bruised while logging; Joe Potter,
Mill City, ankle hurt, sawmill; D.
Palmer, Dallas. knee bruised, sawmill !;
J. 7. Hafner, Silverton, foot cut, saw
mill; Frank Weaver, Dallas, toe crush
ed, sawmill.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-01-04
Robbery at Amity.

The postoffice at Amity was robbed
of $40 in postage stamps on the night
following the robbery at Rickreall,
where the intruders profted $50 in
stamps by entering the postoffice
there. The Amity theft was probably
perpetrated by the same parties and
the postoffice department is on the
trail of the robbers.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-01-04
Adout a New Schedule

Commencing with the new year the
druggists of Dallas adopted a new
closing schedule, and hereafter those
persons desiring to gain admission to
these places of business must put in
an appearance between the hours Of
7:3O a m. and 500 p. m. on week
days and between the hours of 900
and II on Sunday.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-01-04
Mr.. Thompson in Charge,

j. B. Thompson took over the man
agement of Hotel Gail Saturday morn
ing, and later in the day Henry Serr
and family departed for Spokane,
from which place they will soon go to
Western Idaho. Chas. Mann has sew
cred his connection with Hotel Al
bany at Albany and is employed at
the Gail.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-01-04

give it better home than it could
possibly have at the court house the
animal was turned over to the lad For
nearly a month the dog has been
around the court house. 1t is most
probable that the animal followed
someone to town and to the court
house and the owner got mixed up on
leaving the dog waiting at
one door and going out the other.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-01-04
Monmouth Beats Independence.

The Monmouth Athletic clubs bas-
ketball team met the quintet of the
Athletic club in match
game in the Monmouth high school
gymnasium at Monmouth last Satur-
day. The home boys were victors over
the visitors by score Of IL to 19. A
return game will be played soon.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-01-04
At Work on New crider Store.

H. l. Cnder is having his new
store, formerly the Dallas Mercantile
company, fitted out with new shelving
through the center of the large room
The addition viii give much more
room for the display of the stocks that
are coming into the establishment
each day.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-01-04
Farmers Telephone Company.

The farmers living north of Mon
mouth have recently organized a
Farmers Telephone company. The
organization is a stock company and
will be incorporated with a stock Of
$3.50 with fifteen stockholders.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-01-04
Mother and Child at Hospital.

Mrs Charles Wallace and year-old
child are both confined at the local
hospital. The child is threatened
with pneumonia The Wallaces live
between here and Falls City, where
they have a small tract of land.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-01-04

The Monmouth Oddfellows' lodge
held its annual installation of new
officers Monday evening. The officers
elected for the coming year are: John
Scott, noble grand; J. V. Webber,
vice grand; Paul Tacheron, secre-
tary; j. W. Leask, treasurer.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-08
I bark to styles in the days of Helen Of

bark to styles in the days Of Helen Of
Troy and Cleopatra.
There is nothing new in the divid-
ed skirt, the harem skirt, the hobble
skirt and the fiounced skirt" said
Clifford. These features were con-
sidered novel when they came into
style recently. History of dress dis
proves this. The ancient women
wore such skirt styles, just as they
did many other articles similar to
those now in vogue.
"Corsets, for instance, were pop
UIar /, 500 years B. c.
''Anthropologists have discovered
a statue of High Priest SennUw and
his wife, found in tombs of mobiles
who fourished during the time of
King Cheops, builder of the pyramids.
Mrs. Sennuw wore a hobble skirt
much like that worn by American
women not so long ago. The high
priest also wore wig, just. to show
that this style for men isn't so very
recent.
"An this was 400 years ago"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-08

IRENE V-shaped necks in afternoon
and street costumes are a few of the
features of today which indicate the
trend Of feminine fashion towards an
era of greater bodily freedom and
comfort.
Women are beginning to duplicate
the styles of time when milady was
delighted with a spare but delicate
s1lken drapery or with the pleasing
touch of Spotted Leopard's skin,
hung artistically from the shoulders.
Such is the belief of E. w. Clifford,
expert in dress evolution and member
OF the anthrOpOlogy department at
the University of California.
This is his reason for it:
The fact that there is only a lin
tied number of styles in which gar
ments can be cut and still be wear
able makes repetition of fashions ne
cessary, if there are to be constant
changes in dress to meet the insa-
table desire of women for something
different.
Styles recur at various intervals,
9OLAC 4OASy oOu1C ouOIL. WHAT was
once the vogue is bound in due time
to return again, however distressing
it may be to the feminine mind. The
styles Of today are not new and
neither will be those of tomorrow.
They are merely repetitions, with va
riations, of what has gone before at
some time in history.
For all the so-caHed novelties in
wOmen's dress springing up from
time to time to deplete fathers peck
etbook, somewhat similar types can
be found in the clothing of antiquity.
Experts who have the 'Iowdown" on
feminine dress can prove this by a
display of statues of women, femin-
inc garments and other relics found
in tOmbs of the ancients. Many of
these are surprisingly like clothing
worn by women Of recent and pres
ent times.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-08
At WESTERN ELECTRIC WORK.
Frs PERISH IN RIVER

Boston, Nov. 7.-Forty-seven per-
sons, most of them employees at the
South Boston plant of the Western
Electric Co., were drowned like rats
in a trap when a crowded car Of Bos-
ton Elevated Street Railway plunged
through open drawbridge into Fl.
Point channel just outside South
Station terminal
Car fell 40 feet into Is feet of wa
ter. The motorman, conductor and
eight passengers, standing on the
platforms escaped. VIM. Good, who
broke through window after car
sank, is believed only person inside
car who escaped.
MOtOTman and conductor held on
technical charge of manslaUghter.
Motorman Gerard Walsh said wagon
Obscured danger signal and brakes
would not work.
1890
When a woman says she knows
her husband like a book, maybe she
means the pocketRoQk.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
NEW BOOKLET ON
THE ARGENTINE
Time for This Country to Estab
fish Permanent FoothOld.

Tho Guaranty Trust Company has
prepared a booklet containing informa-
lion concerning the Argentine, to bring
about a better understanding of con-
ditions in the republic for commercial
reasons. The point is made that this
country should establish a permanent
foothoid in the territory now open to
our trade. because of the war, or the
end of the conflict may also witness a
large falling off in our business with
all the South American countries.
As an indication Of the company's
faith in the future two Of its repre-
sentatiyes will make their permanent
headquarters in Buenos Ayres. They
will offer their services to the banks
customers and others interested in the
development Of South American busi-
ness. OF the Argentine the booklet
says:
"Among the wealthiest and most
progressive nations in South America
il the Argentine Republic. In common
with other bankers, we have EXTENDED
large credits to the government and
banks OF this country. We beneVe
that the Argentine presents a particu-
larly promising field for American cap
ital and American exporters and I'M
porters."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
LINES RAISE FREIGHT RATE
Action of Forty Southern Roads Cr'D
cised by Philadelphia Chanber.

Philadelphia. June 4-rhe Phs
delphia Chamber Of Commerce 'sscsa
special statements to-day calling to %
attention of business men and SHIPS"
a meeting Of the Southern Clasnn~
ton Committee, which will convens y
Atlantic City. juno II, 70 eons''"
changes in clsssifcations by foN
transportation lines operating south g
the Ohio River. q,
According 20 this statement " y.
docket OF the association covers :.
tween 500 and 500 numbers and no..
than 1000 articles Of freight mefess.,
die. IL calls attention % the iaes ~ ~.
a study Of the docket listing the -,
odd changes contemplated shows 80
very material raises IN freight
through change in the present cas-.
fication OF the articles listed on 49,
docket. In some instances changes -.
posed will amount 20 a reduc1oh
freight rates. The chambers frame
perts will watch the meetings e,O,Is
TO protect members interests. W.,
hearings on the proposed changes
be held daily for about a week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
COMPENSATION LAW WIDEEE.
Employers Get Notice Of More Clss*'
Under Legislative Change.

Notice Of extensive changes IN "
workmen's compensation law, as ansn.'
ed at the last session Of the LegIsls,u'
has been sent 20 employers througn'''
New York by the State Industrial Cor
mission. The amendments force sr'
ployers TO insure many more classes +"
employees than formerly and makes ret
lect a misdemesnor, punishable By hr,
or Imprisonment.
Some Of the new employments .
which the law has been extended az
window cleaning in Office bulldog
road building, stone crushing, blscs'
smithing and horseshoeing, operate,
Of freight and passenger elevators, be''
ting, ice harvesting, marine Wrsch,I
and fur work.
Perhaps tho most important ansrs
ment is that which provides an elec!.'
system, whereby an employer, by 70
Joint election OF himself and bis e.
ployes, may bring all OF them under "
operation Of the compensation ~
whether the employment is covered y
its mandatory provisions or not. =.
The State Industrial Commissicc =
preparing TO answer the thousand Z.
questions that have already begun "
pour in upon II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
ERIE TO SPEND $1,532.585
Service Board Authorizes Issue OF
sI.25O.O00 Certificates.

Albany, June A million and a
quarter equipment trust Of the Erie
Railroad has been authorized by the
upstate Public Service Commission to
finance the purchase OF 1000 ffty-ton'
self-clearing hopper cars from the
Standard Steel Car Company and three
2-10-2 type locomotives from the Lima
Locomotive Corporation. The equip
ment will cost 81 ,532,5S5 and the Erie
will pay 2,5S5 in cash on IT. The
equipment trust certificates will mature
in annual series. known as Series DID,
and will bear interest at 4i9 per cent.
They may not be sold for less than 80.
The Erie has also been authorized by
the upstate Public Service Commission
to issue S2,3s0.000 of its 4 per cent 100
year general lien bonds to be sold at
not less than 70, and tho proceeds to
be used in retiring a like par value OF
the per cent bonds of the Buffalo
New York & Erie Railroad Company, an
underlying issue which matured June ],
1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
L. I. R. R. PUSHES WAR
ON RECKLESS AUT0ISTs
Arrests and Prosecutes Driver
Who Ignore Warnings.

The Long Island Railroad has e.
listed the police in IFS campaign to e
down grade crossing accidents, Dr.
ing the last ten days thirteen casa Z
misconduct By motorists have been -
ported.
While the railroad Is using s7s-
precaution to save lives. automosi,
drivers have disreearded ira warning
Many machines have been driven acres
the tracks while the gates were tcE,
in some cases breaking the bars or "
nal lanterns.
Recently an automobile driver pa.
no attention TO the railroad traffic q
GERS and drove his automobile over ~
left side Of the crossing When e
officer Jumped on the running board 8
arrest the driver passenger N ~
car licked him in the stomach A.
threw him into the roadway. II.
driver was later arrested.
The Long Island intends 20 prosecvi
all such offenders 20 the full extent q
the law. In the last week Do has 10.
six motorists summoned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05

these energies are turned TO peaceful
pursuits they should count for much
in production. In the long run, the
welfare OF Europe will govern our own.
and the more that can be produced
abroad the better IL will he for US.
The process of shifting millions Of men
from war to peace will be difficult
one, but IL must be remembered that
governments have been organizing in
dustry as never before and that all
they have learned will be used to make
easier the transfer.
How well Europe will be able to
pay for what she needs then, or even
for what will de desired for war If
war is long continued, is a problem
that must be worked out. On move
ment of goods the balance in our
favor is reaching stupendous totals.
Services are doing less TO help set
tie for goods bought here, and gold
can be had only in limited amounts.
The securities we sold when we need
ed funds for our own development are
coming back, but the supply of these
is not inexhaustible, and as yet our
people have shown no great inclina-
ton to buy the obligations of the
warning powers.
Great Britain's supertax on income
from American securities is, according
TO advices received fom the other side,
resulting in turnover of large amounts
to the government. We are assured
that these will be handled with dis
erection and that probably the bulk OF
them will be used as collateral for
some credits to be established later.
While this is being arranged gold has
been brought in until the total i'm
ports from the British governments
supply in Canada have reached more
than S30,000.000
This has been sufficient TO prevent
any further weakness in exchange even
on Friday. Demand sterling got up TO
4757s before the end of the week and
exchange on Paris also improved. Use
of securities deposited on the other
side as collateral for demand loans
here is another help in keeping ex-
change steady.
With the turn of the month, money
for stock market purposes was more
closely held Call loans were made
as high as az per cent, the highest
of the year, and were renewed at 2i2
per cent daily. Funds for time accom-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05

mediation also showed a frmer tenden-
CIV. The demands OF business and the
accommodation granted to foreign ma.
tions have gradually taken UT good
deal Of the supply of loanable funds
here. Lending institutions are limit
ing the amount of money for future
dates in expectation that somewhat
higher rates may be reached toward
the end Of the summer.
Business conditions continue most
favorable. The Federal Reserve re-
port confirms the impression that there
is n little slackening in demand. but
business ahead is apparently sufficient
10 keep most concerns occupied TOT
the rest of the year. The first govern
ment report on cotton showed the ex-
pected poor condition and lack OF fer
tilizer will probably prevent any great
recovery. Acreage is unofficially est'-
mated at from 6 to 10 per cent more
than last year. However, stocks OF cot
ton abroad are low and this crop may
be marketed at high prices.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
CHINESE MAID GOES RIDING
Central Park Crowds See Oriental
Girl in Daring Exhibition.

Little Miss All Sun is daily becoml-
ing Americanzed. She sailed forth
Yesterday from her apartments at tho
Hotel Majestic for morning gallop
in Central Park. A daring silver and
gold costume was the most attractive
thing about her, next to her Chinese
features; and it was not long before a
good many onlookers paused to watch
the Oriental rider.
Miss All Sun likes American GUS
toms so well that she rode astride.
Her tutor at the riding academy said 1t
was almost a professional exhibition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
ION TO MANHATTAN BEACS'
Programme Arranged for fourtn ."
nual Newspaper Outing.

The fourth annual outing OF w
York newspaper and magazine fsy"
sentatives will be held 81 Nsnn'"S :,
Beach. on Tuesday. June 81 Rain VI
not cause the festivities 20 DO ""
poned.
Prizes will be given 20 the WINS.
OF the following contests; sSo-'
run, broad jump. lOO-yard DASH wv
ing baseball for distance. 5O-yard 49, 80
sO-yard three-legged race. pu'n'n'V"l
baseball game and swimming RAGS ~,
buffet luncheon will be served on ii, IN
green. After prizes have been dl .,I \,
uted, the scene Of merriment W., a,
changed 70 Sheepshead Bay, ~neIg ;.
old-fsshioned clambake will take ~
Then steeplechsse Park, Coney s' "a
will provide further amussmsn' ~
thoss- who 60 On ,tha epe3k $1,000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
FINANCIAL MEETINGS.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCK
holders OF the William 3. Harris Company
for the election OF directors and for the
transaction OF such other business - may
properly come before the meeting viii be
held a. tho ONCE OF the Company, 60 Front
Street New York city. on Monday. June IS.
a. +. NJ. MARY EGAN. Secretary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
THE YALE & TOWNE MANUFACTURE
ING COMPANY.

A quarterly dividend Go so OF one
and three-qusrters per cent Gs. ~ for the
quarter ending June 3oth has been de-
clsred by the Board Of Directors out Of
past earnings. payable July LIST, 1916, 10
stockholders OF record at tho close OF
business June 23rd. 1915.
An extra dividend tNo. $50 Of ten per
cent GOcs) has also been declared. paya-
HE June eth, 1916. 10 stockholders Of
record at the close OF business May 3lst,
IalE / IL TOWNE Secretary
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
STOCK EXCHANGE FOR THE WEEK

Following table giving tho number OF 'har. ,~st and
together tho
the the week. and the hsh anu "
the 1870
Total sales 3sosoo week ago ~ ,or
year ago date 72965500 against 5Zot" " -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
BRooKIYN RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY.

Wv IUTFI
me Board o' Directors has This day declared
quarterly dividend Of One and oue-haf per centum
0Mc,) on tho outstanding capital stock Of This
COMPANY payable ou July lst 1915. 20 stockholders
~ record A. the close % business Wednesday.
June I'm. 1915. J. H. BENNINGTON. Secretary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
CUBA CANE SUGAR CORPORATION.

PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDEND
quarterly dividend u la.Cs has been declared
upon the Preferred stock Of this Company for the
quarter ending June 90 1915 PAYABLE July !. 1915.
stockholders Of record at the close Of business
June 10. 1915.
WI & cox. Tfeasursr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
DIVIDEND NOTICES.
UNITED STATES
STEAMSHIP CO MP ANY

New York. June LIST, 1915.
dividend q ono per cent has been declared
m the capital stock - this Company. payable
july lst 1916. TO stockholders o. record on tho
books q this Company a. the close o. business
OF June 10Th 1916.