Report of Peedee school, district No. Nearly everyone have their potato« s INDEPENDENCE. 5, for the month ending October 30. | dug- ll.xse who were neither absent nor Lee Bush and wife have gone to Cali­ tardy are: Ham in it, Alta, Sadie and Dr. O. D. Butler was in Dallas Sun­ fornia to live. day. Johnnie Edwards. Eva Wormer, B. F. Whiteaker was in this city Fri­ J. Allen has returned home from the Precious Irvine, llettie, Henry, Joe and Clarence Kinsey, Florence Lacey, Ma- day. Albany hospital. bell and Hazel Yost, Dee Neal, Wayne Carl Percival lias returned from Port- A. W. Yost and son were in Kings Hanna. Elsie and Wilbur Bush, Daniel, and. Valley Saturday. Willie, Mildred and Flemming Oleman. Frank Whiteaker is visiting in Port­ There avre several new pupils at —Mrs. Fred Ritner, teacher. -------------------------- Could Lay Slate-Pencil In O n e - land. school last Monday. Mrs. Van Dornsife visited in Dallas Hands in Dreadful State— Dis­ Sunday. ROCCA. John Lewi*, of LewUville, »old a I John Ritner is building a new fruit horse to John Kitner. ease Defied Remedies and Pre­ Miss Iva Cooper was a Salem visitor house. John I)ver has been visiting hi3 daugh­ scriptions— Suffered Seven Years. last week. We liave been having rainy weather " R. L. CHAPMAN.... ' Mr. Vehr, of Portland has bought ter, Mrs. Frank Turner. since the 28th. Mr. Thos. Pomeroy was a Salem visi­ the Doty farm. FUNERAL DIRECTOR tor Friday. Mrs. Clare Staats, of Airlie, made a and F. H. Brock has been hauling winter Mr. Roy Price’ s daughter, of Cor­ trip to Albany this week. Mr. Huston is moving his family to I supplies from Norton’s. EMBALMER vallis, is quite ill. Po tlsnd. OFFICE: Chapel . o d Parlors. N. Matin tt. Nearly everyone attende«! the election ! Mrs. Horsfall and daughter, Gladys, I Cha“. Kerber made n business trip to at Airlie last Tuesday. D A L L A » . OREUON: Ernest Cochrane, of Sidney, was in I weiftt to the Siletz the first of the week. j Airlie Thursday. Bell Phone 103 • M utual Phone 130«. “ I had eczema on my hands for about ! town Friday. L. Kitner sold a band of mutton Mr. Schmidt, of Grants Pass, was in Call» P rom ptly A nsw ered Day o r Night F. s hevthe has returned home from sheep to C. Lewis this week. seven years and during that time I had Mrs. Win. Percival is visiting friends the first of the week with Mr. Mixter. j used several so-called Eugene for election. F. C. Kitner and wife have moved to | He did not locate. remedies, together with in Portland. Grandma (¡rant is visiting Grandma the Lewis Edwards place. physicians’ and drug­ West Perry, of Salem, visited hero M. B. Howell, from near Salem, has I Townsend, of Kings Vulloy. gists’ prescriptions. The over Sunday. Mr. Thomas Kinchin made a business taken a homestead here and moved his disease was so bad on PEEDEE Clias. Kerber sold several head of cat- trip to Airlie this week. family in on the 24th. my hands that I could C C. Patrick’ s father, from Iowa, is 1 tie to C. Lewis this week. lay a slate-pencil in one visiting here. Superintendent Seymour visited our of the cracks and a rule William Shcwey made a business trip Mr. and Mr«. Bill» West arc visiting KINGS VALLEY. school last Wednesday. Frank Kersey, of Dallas, visited in placed across the hand to Kings Valley this week. at Ernest Bush’s. would not touch the town Sunday. Frank Neville and wife have moved pencil. I used ------ , Aunt Sarah Price has gone to spend Mrs. Joe Brown went to Dallas Thurs­ to the F. Sheythe place. C. A. Brooks, of Oakpoint, was in ------ , -------Skin Lotion, John McCallum went to Airlie Mon­ the winter with her daughter in Salem. t day tor medical treatment. ---------- Remedy and town Monday. The United Brethren dedicated their day. Mr Ed Wilks and family, of Eastern others externally but I Joe. Brown was doing business in this church at Wren last Sunday. Mr. J. J. Russell, of Parker, was in Oregon, are visiting Will Bush and neighborhood last Wednesday. did not use any internal remedy, and Jim Price and wife were Airlie visit­ while some gave partial relief, none re­ town Monday. family and other relatives. They will James Price and wife will move to ors Tuesday. lieved as much as did the first box of C. Bevens and son took a band of eat-1 Block Rock in the near future. rent near here. Miss Rowena Sperling visited in Mon­ Miss Lillie Frantz was in the Valiev Cuticura Ointment. I made a purchase tie to Grant’ s pasture Monday. E. A. Taylor, of Eugene, has been in visiting Saturday. of Cuticura Soap and Ointment and mouth Sunday. ray hands were perfectly cured after two Mart Shick killed the stork last week J the neighborhood on business. Koy Brown ran a nail in his foot last Mr. Hicks made a business trip to T. P. Bevens was in the valley Mon­ boxes of Cuticura Ointment and one (tint has been in this neighborhood. F. A Ritner and R. A. Grant are day buying cattle. week. cake of soap were used. I now keep Salem Monday. Jessie Yost and wife spent Sunday working for Lewis Edwards. them on hand for sunburn, etc., and U6e L. Ritner and family spent Sunday at Ross Nelson spent Sunday visiting Mr. and .Mrs. Jim Price were Corval­ Cuticura Soap for shaving. I could write with Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Kinchin. John Ritner's. There has been some timber cruisers lis visitors Thursday. a great deal more in reference to my friends in Dallas. on the Bump and Doty ranches. cure but do not want to take more of Miss Hallie Gibson, of Rickreall, vis­ Walter and Tip Maxfield returned your time. William H. Dean, Newark, ited here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Yost visited Mr. from Toledo with Salmon Tuesday. Del., Mar. 28, 1907.” and Mrs. James Grant Monday. II. Hirschberg entertained the Crab Mrs. Bert Senger nee Mary Maxfield Those who had salmon shipped from was in the Valley visiting last week. Club Friday night. Toledo were well pleased with it. Mart Scrafford, of Luckiamute, was It is reported that the children of With Sores on Legs. Cured in in town Saturday. The motor comes to Airlie in the Morris Allen have scarlet fever. morning now instead of evening. Two Weeks by Cuticura. B. F. Jones and Grover Mattison were Mr. and Mrs. John Banks, of Alsea, "M y little daughter suffered with Mr. Jacob Chambers, of Kings Valley, are in the valley visiting relatives. Bores on her legs all last summer. Her in Salem Saturday. Every part of the body is dependent on the blood for nourishment and has gone to Portland on business. feet were sore, too, and she couldn’t Lee Brown passed through the Valley Miss Mahle Porterfield visited friends strength. When this life stream is flow ing through the system in a state of wear her shoes. I think she was poisoned in town last week. We hear that Mrs. Ida Horing will Thursday with a band of mutton sheep. purity and richness we are assured o f perfect and uninterrupted h ealth; by running through weeds but the doc­ soon go to Washington for her health. tor said it was eczema. I tried several because pure blood is nature’s safe-guard against disease. W hen, however, Mr. and Mrs. Low Townsend returned Fred Featherstone, of Parker, was in remedies but failed to find a cure. Then this city Tuesday. Bud Alcorn, of Kings Valley, was in from a visit to Corvallis and Halsey the body is fed on weak, impure or polluted blood, the system is deprived of I sent for Cuticura Soap and Cuticura its strength, disease germ s collect, and the trouble is manifested in various the neighborhood on business last week. Monday. Mrs. Jesse Whiteaker visited in the Ointment which cured her in two weeks. ways. Pustular eruptions, pimples, rashes nnd the different skin affections Clarence Irvine and family spent I find Cuticura the best I ever tried for capitol city Monday. Mrs. J. P. Logan returned from Port­ any kind of sore and I hope I shall never show that the blood is in a feverish and diseased condition as a result o f too Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Troy Turn­ land Monday where she has been to Fred Ireland, of Corvallis, visited be without it. Mrs. Gertie Laughlin. have her eyes treated. much acid or the presence o f some irritating humor. Sores and Ulcers are er. Ivydale, W. Va., Apr. 25, 1907.” friends here last week. the result o f morbid, unhealthy matter in the blood, and Rheumatism, Ca­ Mr. Vehr e x a c t s to build a new Tomorrow will tell the tale whether Complete External and Internal Treatment for Geo. Dunham has sold his harness tarrh, Scrofula, Contagious Blood Poison, etc., are all deep-seated blood house on the farm he has recently Taft or Bryan will he made a millionaire Every Humor o f Infants, Children, and Adulta ronBlBts o f Cuticura 8oap (26c.) to cleanse the Skin. shop to Craven Bros. disorders that w ill continue to grow worse as lon g as the poison remains. bought. out of the United States. Cuticura Ointment (50c.) to Heal the Skin, and Cuticura Resolvent (50 c.), (or In the form o f Chocolate These impurities and poisons find their way into the blood in various ways. Mr. E. E. Paddock returned Sunday Coated Pills 25c. per vial o f 60) to Purify the Blood. School started at Cherry Grove last Sold throughout the world. Potter Drug 4 Chem. evening from Portland. Often a sluggish, inactive condition o f the system, and torpid state o f the Monday with Miss Kemp, of Salem, as WEST SALEM. Corn , Sole Props., Boston, Mass. avenues o f bodily waste, leaves the refuse and waste matters to sour and teacher. •»-M ailed Free, Cuticura B ook on Skin Diseases. Mis. Mary Davidson, of Parker, visit­ form uric and other acids, which are taken up by the blood and distributed ed in this city Tuesday. Mrs, Flora Chenoweth will go to To­ Mr. Edwin Elliott is very low again. throughout the circulation. C om ing in contact with contagious diseases is ledo in the near future to visit her Thos. Hart’ s mother has arrived to Services at the Baptist church Mon­ another cause for the poison ing o f the blood ; we also breathe the gen u s and parents. Mrs, M. C. Wild visited Dallas Satur­ day night by Rev. Chase, a traveling spend the winter here. microbes of Malaria into our lungs, and when these get into the blood in day. evangelist. Mr. and Mis. Clare Staats, of Airlie, Mrs. Henry Cauthorne, of Riverside, sufficient quantity it becomes a carrier o f disease instead of health. Some Miss Kex is sewing at Mrs. J. T. Mesdames H. L. and D. C. Crider, of spent Tuesday in town. are so unfortunate as to inherit bad blood, perhaps the dregs of som e old visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ritner last Hunt’ s. Sunday. Dallas, were visiting T. A. Riggs and Geneva W ilcox returned last week constitutional disease o f ancestors is handed down to them and they are Mrs. Ed Brock visited relatives at wife Tuesday. from a visit in Portland, F. C. Ritner has purchased a valuable constantly annoyed and troubled with it. Bad blood is the source of all dis­ Marion last week. ease, and until this vital fluid is cleansed nnd purified the body is sure to cow from Willie Morrison, near Mon­ Rev. Bruce Wolverton delivered a fine Mrs. Davis is night operator in the suffer in some way. F or blood troubles o f any character S. S. S. is the best mouth. Bruce and Clair McLean visited in address on prohibition at the Christian New Home Telephone office. church Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Dell Marks, of Summit, St. Johns over Sunday. remedy ever discovered. It goc3 down into the circulation and rem oves any Geo. Heck has opened up a fine new and all poisons, supplies the healthful properties it needs, and com pletely are visiting her brothers, James and C. Lorence shipped to Portland six­ meat market on Main street. W. H. Squier is improving and will and permanently cures blood diseases of Dick Taylor. teen large porker’s Monday. Consider­ soon be able to carry mail again. Mrs. J. S. Cooper lias been visiting able pork is being sent from here lately. every kind. The action o f S. S. S. is so There has been some work done on J. 11. Wilson is improving his place her sister, Mrs. Coad, in Dallas. thorough that hereditary tnints are removed the telephone line and still more needs by building an addition to his house. Mrs. Crookshank, of Wisconsin, is Mrs. Roy, of Dallas, visited relatives and weak, diseased b lood made strong and to be done. visiting at Mrs. Bloom’ s, the butter Thieves visited Mr. Jacob’s tent and in this city the first of the week. healthy so that disease cannot remain. It Joe Brown’s children are staying with stole a watch and gun and some other maker’s wife of the Monmouth creamery. cures Rheumatism, Catarrh, Scrofula, Sorea their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. W m .Orm sby, of Portland, is vis­ Victor Runnels, of North Yamhill, is things. s Ulcers, Skin Diseases, Contagious James Grant. PURELY VEGETABLE and visiting friends in town before going to ing her mother, Mrs. John Belt. Mr. Squier and family and the Mis­ Portland where he will make his home Blood Poison, etc., and does n ot leave the Will Mattison is visiting his mother, G«*orge Hinshaw, the traveling agent slightest trace o f the trouble for future outbreaks. The whole volum e of for Watkiivs remedies, was in the neigh­ ses Kex attended the funeral of Mr. E. in the future. Mrs. Nora Mattison, in this city. W. Wilson near Independence Sunday. blood is renewed and cleansed after a course o f S. S. S. It is also nature's borhood this week. Mrs. Henry Ebbert returned Saturday Mr. anil Mrs. Tuttle spent Sunday greatest tonic, made entirely o f roots, herbs and barks, and is absolutely Mr. J. A. McLean, of Sunnyside, We hear that Wallace Brown has Wash., is visiting his children and sis- from Corvallis where she had gone last visiting friends in Independence. harmless to any part o f the system. S. S. S. is for sale at all first class week to attend the funeral of her father bought C. Hooker’s interest in the terinlaw, Mrs. N. S. Smith, fo ra few Geo. Murdock, of Salem, spent Satur­ drug stores. Book on the blood and any medical advice free to all who write. Luckiamute telephone line. who lived at Munroe. day and Sunday in Independence. days. THE SW IFT SPECIFIC C O ., ATLANTA, C A . Mr. Chaney who bought the C. E. Fiake, the best printer. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Smith, of High­ Wheelock place is repapering and paint­ ing and otherwise remodeling the resi­ land, visited in this city Tuesday. FALLS CITY. dence. It is a pleasant home. Clarence and Willard Ireland, of Port­ G. XV. Pettit who represents the Sev­ land, visited in this city last week, Zim Hinshaw was a Dallas visitor enth Day Adventists and who has loca­ Mr. Mays, of Highland, transacted Wednesday. ted in our town for the winter will preach business in Independence Monday. at their church n«»xt Friday and Satur­ Doctor Snooks, late of Medical Lake, Master Joe Eaton left last week for has located in Falls City. We gladly day nights at 7 :30. The subjects for Portland, where lie will enter school. welcome the doctor and hope soon to both evenings will be—The Seventh Day Sabbath, is it Jewish or is it Christian? Marjory Belt is visiting her parents, see his family arrive. Everyone is cordially invited. Mr. and Mrs. John Belt, in this city. George Welborn and family have lo­ Mrs. Bowden, of Monmouth, visited cated in Falls City. They are recent ar­ friends in Independence Wednesday. PERRYDALE. rivals from California. DEEP CRACKS. FROM ECZEMA OUR ASSOCIATE EDITORS. All the County News Graphically Writ­ ten up by Our Brainy Rustlers. FOUND A PERMANENT CURE IN CUTICURA BAD BLO O D CAST0RIA I i S.S.S. We have just received our Holiday line of Framed and Unfram ed Pictures Got them Cheap and have decided to sell them Cheap. The prices will make you glad that you waited till now to get them. OVER 200 FOR YOUR SELECTION. Just Received ENAMELED ROASTERS— Much better than the Iron Roasting Pan, they won’t Rust. CARVING SETS from $2.00 to $7.50. The higher priced goods are Sterling Silver, Warranted. ■ A NICE LINE OF ROGERS SILVERW ARE— Bros. & Dalton Hardware and Furniture ViViViViV What is C A S T O R IA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, P a re , goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The ChUdren's Panacea—The Mother’s Friend. GENUINE C A S T O R IA always Sears the Signature of CHILD SUFFERED THE S O U R C E O F A L L D I S E A S E We bought a goodly lot. The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has b een In uae for over 80 years, has borne the signature o f - and has been made under his p e r . soual supervision since its infancy. /■¿iccmUM Allow no ono to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and “ Just-as-good” are but Experiments that trille with and endanger the health o f Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. Some whelp entered Josh Talbott's store building Saturday night and stole Mrs. J. A. Baxter is reported to be a large quantity of canned fruit. It is feeling quite poorly. hoped the thief will be caught. Homer Foster and Fay Morrison were George Hodges is now the sole pro­ prietor of the annex to the Walker Dallas visitors Saturday. House, having rented the same, and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Jones were M c­ will carry a line of temperance bever- Minnville visitors Saturday. idges and cigars, Mr. Kees shipped several dressed A. J. Severs, from Kansas, fatherin- hogs the last of the week. law of L. Barnhard, is visiting in tow n. Mrs. Conner and Mrs. Caldwell were Mr. Severs is a prominent contractor in Kansas and is making his first visit to Dallas visitors Monday. Oregon, and is well pleased with our Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Keytwere Perry- state so far. dale callers Tuesday afternoon. As usual on Halloween the ghosts The farmers in this vicinity are all walked in Falls City. The ghost was very busy getting their fall plowing and practical in some of his doings and he seeding done. selected all the dirty w indows in town Mr. and Mrs. Leo Mitchell were and soaped them for the owners to finish passengers on the morning train for up and clean up. Portland Monday. Mr. Brown, engineer of the light John Duignan is repairing the build­ plant, is in the hospital having his leg treated. Some time ago his leg was ing he recently moved from the Linn broken and still troubles him. Will place, and will use it for his grocery Dennis attends to his duties during his store as soon as finished. enforced absence. Considerable sport was had by the Sheriff Grant was in town Wednes­ young men here Hallowe’en evening, by day. Some thought he was here to catching some of the smaller boys in make arrests on account of the sale of some harmless pranks, and giving them liquors but lie came to serve some civil a mock trial which resulted in giving ; | process only. Falls City is a dry town some of the little fellows quite a scarp. and our people are law abiding citizens. Our school is progressing nicely under Hev. K. It. Paul, pastor of the Meth- the able management of Prof. Bonne- : odist church, has arrived and in tuture inann, and .Miss Nola Coad. The ad­ ; this church wiil liave its regular service. vanced grades have organized a debat­ : Mrs. Paul will arrive this week and in a ing and literary society. They will also ; few days they will lie settled in the par- edit a paper. Their first meeting will ; soilage. We all extend a hearty wel- be held on Friday afternoon. ! come to our new friends. | Bay Kimes returned Tuesday from an E0LA. ; extended visit with old time friends in ; Washington county. He was surprised ! to see the growtli and development in Harry Thaeker has sold his shot gun that section of our state. While there and given his dog, Sport, away. ! he saw the famous vine yards, where Our constable was around hunting the finest grapes fn the world are raised. He also noticed the fact that Poik coun­ for burglars that had robbed a tent, taking a watch and gun. ty offers still better opportunities (or the same industry. There ¡3 quite a gang of men working ■- ♦ • ♦ ---- . ■ on the Horst company 's land, clearing more land, also preparing to trellis MONMOUTH. more hopyards. Mr. Roose, from near Rickreall, was M. A. Richard was a pleasant visitor in Eola sawing wood with his gasoline in town Sunday. engine. Almost everyone have their Sam Davis, of Balm Grove, was doing wood sawed that way now. ! business in town Monday. Mr. 8. B. Taylor, the civil engineer, and family have moved hack to Dallas. Miss I aura Mallory who is teaching They are very nice people anil we hope at Airlie was a visitor in town over Sun­ they will come again next year. day. T. N. Maxwell is having a new house Mrs. Zereida Percival V*. visit with her daughter, M rs.'Riggs in built on his farm near here. A bur glarv was committed there October 29, " x Salem. the carpenter's chest was smashed in Miss Lttlu I.ocke, of Dallas, visited friends in Independence over Sunday. The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 3 0 Years. T H E C E N T AU R C O M PA N Y. T T M U R R A Y • T R E A T , N E W Y O R K OITV. SUNNYSL0PE. OUR MINISTER. Everybody plowing and the ground is in fine condition. Put on by Alcazar Company Next Monday Evening. Herman Wunder is putting up a nice residence on his place. Doc Egleston and family visited M. Bosley Satnrday. John Walker and wife visited at the home of Win. Herren Saturday. Will Morrison was through these parts looking for land with the intention of buying a home. NORTH DALLAS. The sound of hammers is heard in all directions. Mrs. John Brown is able to he up and about the house. Mr. Tom Lyons is putting in a nice fence around his property here. Mrs. Jeunings, who lives in Grandpa Boyer’ s house, has been quite eick re­ cently. Henry Brown is having some ditching done on his lot just east of John Brown’s residence. Mrs. Uetchell is greatly improved from the spell of rheumatism that she had last week. Mr. Wilson is building quite an addi­ tion to his new house which will make it convenient and comfortable. Miss Cecile Wilcox, who is attending the U. of O., visited her parents in this city the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Kerby and son have de­ parted for Butte, Montana, where they will make their home. The Rebekalis celebrated their fif teenth anniversary Tuesday evening with a banquet in the hall. Dole Pomeroy and Dean Walker, Who are attending Columbia University in Portland, visited here over Sunday. Mrs. W m . Dawes, who has been ill for a couple of weeks, was taken to the Sa­ lem hospital Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. DeVarney passed i through Independence in their automo­ bile last week on their way to McMinn­ ville. Miss Helen Cooper left Friday for Portland, where she will attend the Benkhe Walker business college this | winter. TEA The cost of good tea is so very little: only a third of a cent a cup! a cent- and-a-half or two cents for the family breakfast! Your grocer returns you r mOi^y if you d o a t Uke Schilling s B est; we pay him. McCOY. J. M. Grant, of Dallas, was in town this week. J. VV. Jenkins went to Hood River on business Tuesday. C. 11. Farmer went to Portland with! a carload of hogs Tuesday. Louis Maeken drove to Corvallis the first of the week, stopping at Indepen­ Prof. Kirk and family spent Saturday dence and Monmouth. and Sunday visiting friends m Newberg. Mrs. Frank Logan and sister, Win- Grant McLaughlin, of Corvallis, spent ette, of McMinnville, visited their fatti­ Saturday and Sunday in Independence. er, J. K. Sears, Sunday. Mr. E. D. Ressler returned to Mon­ Mrs. Chas. Farmer and son, of Iowa, mouth Sunday after a visit in Portland. arrived here Tuesday and are visiting Mr. Thos. Ewing, of Highland,'tran­ B. L. Simick and family. sacted business in Independence Satur­ Election at McCoy went off very day. quiet. Resulting in 32 votes for Mr. A. J. Reynolds, of Buena Vista, tran­ Taft, 27 for Mr. Bryan and 20 for Mr. sacted business in Independence Tues­ De Ls. day. Miss Nola Owen returned Sunday LUCKIAMUTE STATION. evening from a few days visit in Port­ land. A Wing, of Lewisville, passed this Gene Holcomb and family have moved way Sunday. to the cast where they will make their Everyone pleased that we are again home. haring two trains a day. The ladies of the Presbyterian church Mrs. Cora Marks and daughter visit­ are making preparations for their an­ ed friends at Antioch Saturday. nual bazaar. Nathan Emmett, of Antioch, was Ed Wallace, who is attending the 0 . A. C. in Corvallis, visited here the fust transacting business down tills way last Saturday. of the week. The Southern Pacific Co. is going to The steamboat, Oregona, is making regular trips now between Portland and build a switch up to the sawmill a dis­ tance of about one mile. Independence. E. E. ilewett, John Palmer, John Mrs. May Wallace and daughter, Grace, departed Tuesday lor New York Smith and G. H. Stone were doing busi­ ness in Monmouth Saturday. to spend the winter. Mrs. Johnson has returned to her home in Salem, after a visit with her brother, Dr. Allin, here. Next Monday evening the Alcazar company will present at the Woodman hall the popular play, Our Minister, for which they were Billed here once before, hut changed to another just befor# rendition. We have already published a synopsis of the same and the cast of characters. It is a particularly strong play and one which commends itself to the hearts of all. There is no question hut that it will he greeted by a full house, as our people are now thorough­ ly awake to the fact that in the Alcazar company we are securing a corps of actors fitted for large and admiring audiences. Correspondent’s Contest. A number of correspondents have asked us if subscriptions will count in the contest now on. We had not in­ tended that anything but regularity in sending in items would be a factor, but as so many seem to desire this change, we will add a special prize and let sub­ scriptions count. We have purchased of Adams, Brobst Company a nice Mor­ ris chair covered with leatherette, auto­ matic in action, and with fine finish,! Mission style. This we will give to the correspondent sending in the most sub­ scriptions during that time. Each $1 sent in will count 100 votes for the Mor­ ris chair, and it may be for new or old subscriptions, job work or advertising, ONUMENT “ Lent We Forget Marble— -Granite C . L. H A W K IN S Railroad street, Dallas. The BEST MEATS OK A L L K IN D S A T „ D ALLAS M EA T CO Next to Postoffice I ^ Oysters Served in Any Style Nicest Parlor In Town Lunch o f Any Kind At all Hours