Polk County Observer.
private secretary
is an enthusiastic Methodist, while
c. c. nuniiiiv,
PuMWi.
tin« Vico-Ihresidcnt belongs to the
same faith. There is nothing in true
llb s c r iftio u Hutes.
piety to unfit men for honorable
$1 CO
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Per Year. . positions.
16
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Per Rix Months,
Mothers, when you wield tin* fun-
CO
•
Per Four Montila.
A'lvertWi rat - litado known on u¡>¡ ¡:- ta «tic slipper, «leal gently with v«»ur |
eui ion.
erring boy. You may Is* rappin
<'orridimnili nee is aolieite l from all fHeml»
on the spinal column o f i> President
of tile pup. r.
o f the United States or a grave and
Mollinotitli, Oregon, .lau. 2, Issi). reverend Senator. In the behalf o f I
' American sta|>‘sniansliip, we appeal j
to you not to weaken the backbone ]
o f that which mn%’ be the main stay
5 0 C T S
o f the ship o f state in troublesome A
For Four ffftnths.
times. Smack him on the ja w and
diminish his cheek.— Ex.
THE OBSERVE?* FOR
A \ O H Ii:it YEAH.
Ji'XJr^SPlEASÌiNTjAXÀTiyÈ
Pleasing Scuse of Health aaJ
Strength Renewcd, and of
I!;:sc and Comfort
Follo«-* tho u. t> of ctyrup of Figa, a» it nata
(¿ertly oti tli i
A Letter from Lid. Ylessiek.
" A year! ym t small a '¡n rr i* «jans,
J.
fj
A tinner mark ii]> n lift - -trand,
Trenton, Mo., I>eo., 21, ’ sK.
I't>.
O
i-'K iivia i. N either storms K i p n f . y s , L i v i . n a n d B o w f . ls
A la i lost iitnoiia the ' I r f i n « -and-."
nor blizzard^yet. December, to date,
'• ’ •• 1 : thè P . item wbea
W A R R E N T R U IT T ,
A n oth er y<“.ir has :qx? | hy like t’ li has la en ulmost as m ild 0 8 *>, tola r.
btlirut, I
■ an abundance«*-
arrow from tin «iv h c r- quiver. I - hs
Headachcs and Fevers
, w ith all its joys .uni sorrows, stic- good weather for the gathering in o f
Mici
(•«•¿ing
their tine crop o f corn and for the
ce-- s and failures, enjoyment and
D A L L A S , OREGON.
o
*od. But 0 !
... OONSTXPATXOX
..o
little leading ha- I ai done and
ut w « ?» ciicr or ‘.rritating tSporbali* W ill practice in «II the courts
o f eternity, and in» power on I'artli can stock looks well. The streams o f
Office in Court House.
Oli ’>« Ilici! it Seti.
water
are
very
low,
and
should
we
ila Jn
ai*H fcl.GO B o UI m bjr nii
recall it long enough to inscribe a
Lenvi
11
li
ri?;
ts«
vere cold peiL I»« tore the
single act on its pages. What hopes, j. vo
° V U . I T V T V \ ** ClVLY BY TI1H
rain, the {toads and «•reeks w ill lie
Joys and fears have arisen in our fn./eii to tin“ bottom. }V e cannot
IE U ?
o
hearts and have had th "ir ending, expect exem ption from cold much
S ax F rancisco , C al .,
vili
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K
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none lad (lie A ll wise power and us longer. Dressed geese, turkeys and
can tell. When memory glances l»ack chickens, and all very fat are hang-
Office on Mill St., opposiie tlic court house.
at ivi ry y ri m <>ry <!■ »or, and the
over the fi.dll o| i h old year, we is 1* good motliiTs are buying presents lor
Dallas, Oregon.
it dotted all along with alternate joys Santa Claus day., W eloveT to know
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and sorrows. I f we could veil from that the little ones are well supplied
GENERAL BLACKSWITflIflG.
m em ory’s eye the s im p ' s o f sorrow on that day \ittli kniekknaeks in
abundaee, and the “ old Idiks” enjoy
and see only the bright aide o f the the turkey gobler and mince pie; hut
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picture painted by the old year, it how many pyor widow s and little
would indeed !• hcaiitjful. <>n the orphan d d ld ri n w ill !»<• neglected,
Druggists and Apciliscarie3.
other hand could we hide from view I his thought brings over our spirit
feelings o f siidne.-s. 1 wish I could
D E A L E R S
tin 1 bright, hinny >], a- aloi:£ ¡ 1 '
impress on the minds and hearts o f
I vrtlvjs. Paints. Oils. Olas* aiu! ail <.th*r Ar
pathway, what a dark and gloom y all well-to-do-people, whether in or
L J tides kejs in a firet-clasa drug »tore.
p w o m u o would appear. But mem out o f the church, the propriety o f
Jfc*rA Specialty.“® #
ory true to her trust, w ill not allow alway . on such days as ,Thunkgiv-
iag am f » Iwistnias” rem em bering
Proscriptions Care fully Comjxtiirtdod.
in to do either. W e mu ■ retain In the
Shop op|ms¡te livery ntublc, ut tln> foundry
poor, “ Blessed is lit- that con-
our ncollection the »orrows ns w cllj siileretli the poor; the L ord w ill de Independence.
ns the joys o f the past, and from both liver him in the tim e o f trouble.
we may learn important and profi The Lord w ill preserve him and
table lessons. In looking over the keep him alive; and he shall be
/mr Ait» Dealer# in Itced «1 Barton's Bil-
blessed upon the earth: and thou
past year, we can see opportunities w ill not d eliver him unto the w ill o f
•sr *n<1 >*!«;•! YVifcsi. Jewelry, -Vusical In-
• - mrmum té « 1 ® ini».
missed that never w ill come to ns his enemies.” So w rote the im m or
tal
l.ard
o
f
Israel,
and
since
he
spake
again, and action, i o f ours over which
w e have the keenest feelings o f re as the Spirit o f tied gave him utter
Indntemienct.
ance, the promises contained in our ,
gret; but even the mi takes and er quotation are from heaven. T o o!
Dealt rs is
rors o f the past may 1 .“ made to serve . in any professors o f the Christian re*- j
ns warnings against misdoings for llgion, on such joyous occasions, are
-All kiii.la pfprsluea taken in cx..hange f.r gi.«Kls,-
the future, and make us more (irm ly ton much i i k * • H it“ old man whose;
love did not go beyond the house
1 1 aril w an « tinware and s to **^
resolve that .no chance for doing a hold; lienee lie always prayed “ for!
Furniture, house furnishi « 0
M ONM OUTH ,
noble deed shall« scape* us in the year me and m y w ife and m y son .b.lui i
O SEim
Goods, w ire mattresses, rtc. .
to come. The work o f 18.HH is now and his w ife, us four and no m ore.”
done, and tlie* N ew Y ear calls for an I tlien too many are like a very
w orthy citizen said to me on one!
new energies, new thoughts and new
occasion about helping poor widows
»c jr W ir e fence and barbed wire. - «
efforts. T o our l.eautifid far o ff Ore
. • Hobday Goods, Clocks,
“ that the best w ay to g iv e such
Jewelry, Plush Toilet
gon, w e hope it w ill bring prosperi persons assistance was to furnish !
Cases,
Etc.
them
w
ith
w
ork.”
W
ell
that
is!
ty and advancement far beyond that
o f former years. Our great natural w ell as far us it goes, but there are!
very few poor women on this earth
resources are already attracting the though industrious, who are able to
world, anil “ westward the star o f set aside enough money to buy the!
Carpenter tools, sasli and doors.
em pire ta k ed l w ay.” .1 udgingfrom Christinas turkey «.:• thanksgiving
the progre -s o f the past f w years, goose, especially where they have
little fatherless children. Tn cy ought
—D E A LE R S IN —
we certainly have reason to hope for to know that on such days the tables
greater tilin g in the future.
i o f the poor, tin“ w orthy poor, a r e !
Weeanuot tell what I ss;>may bring* well supplied, and how would it do
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whether jo y or sorrow, prosperity or to in vite siieli to their dinners and
Orcg'oa
Skate
Nona&l
School.
suppers.' The Savior, tlu> greatest o f j
Agents fqr Kapp, Rurrell & Co.
I ndepetidenee, Orcgen.tà
adversity, but we wish all the readers all t ¡tellers, the wisest o f all philoso
Oro1
■■'Lumber and shingles iu
o f the O b i . . . . 1 . i pro »pen> is and phers and the purest ami the best of!
FULL FACULTY,
any quantity. A ll orders
H appy N ew Year.
i arth t< uantry in 1 1 is day oiu < said:
GOOD BUILDINGS,
w ill receive prompt at
"\N lien th.>u makest a dinner or a
tention. Farm produce
LIGHT XXPKNBC8
N ea rly iìu . ixh p, ■opio W'ttled in supper, tall not thy friends, nor thy
consigned to us w ill be
brethren, neither thy kinsmen, in>*r
dispos.-d o f to the ÌH‘st
( )r goti during I -s -,
thy rich neighbors: le-t they also bid
jxh-siblt“ advantage and
thee again, undareenmpen-e I k - made
immctliate rvturns nnuie.“® #
Tho OnsKiiVKit
hau -pro iterisi thee, but when thou makest a feast,
fa ll the poor, the maimed, the lame,
during tht> past nine months, its the bliaafOOu thou shait be biessi d,
Monmouth,
Oregon.
tim e o f existence, Its business has ! for they t amiot rocoinjK'nsc thee: for
\Y«‘ don't inten I to stop, wo 1 h- mi -liait he rcconqieiisctl gt the
All Normal GradnatM rac»ir» a Pip!
grown
fr#om th» Slat* which authcri7.»» tham
fts'l thankful for the Vest favors from 'resurrection o f the just.” Alas! how
“.»Mh in any pub,.c»choo! i:t th» fiiat« Uth,
few o f the disciples o f tlie .Nazarene,
all our patrons, and trust tin* Ousru- vet tiisl with us, obey this divine
B.atrt g-*nt t»ach»,-i n iffirn:«» «n preaant
HV'Cnvercd hack nini covcnlences for riding tien o f t h « » Normal Diplomas, without ax
Vi'.u w ifi Ix'tter m erit t 'c i r continu- injunction.
in bad weather.
ami nation.
W ell, I w ill clos»* m y lott«*r by
imce iu the futuri'.
Makes itegli I uf Connection
- : 0 : -
w i *iiinx all tin gootl |«“opl(“ o fy i.iir
traina and
town and county a happy and j i r o s - li
T lie Salem S'.i/r.outtn i-t out with a porous N ew Year, i he l.ord nlcss
at Independence
L iy i^ N r a - -
splentiitl New Yours edition, It di*- you, one ami all, and keep you un
-: 0 :-
votes its space to in ter.-tin g iñatter der tin' shallow o f liis w m g is the
: .»vl table hoard is .•.rni-hrd to stu
sine»
re
prayer
o
f
yourJncnd.
o f '•! rion o&nt jf, ■■ ite* building
Pus-cip: rs. lrnggage and pack.ig.s« carne»! to dents at the "Normal Dining Itali" at $1.SC Desire to announca to the People that they are now ready ti
R. " i. M M-. 1 CK.
unti fw n at na-.mal.lc rates. Orders led |M*r week. Good hoanling in I hiiiüícs wirli
and the
itinnshed rixtin, fuel and lights, $:i .00 to A; ñt.
0 busines, having opened out v) the Poppleton Erick, Main
•
llbt-nfl and go m l rt'view o f I ’ol!.
|>er week.
prompt attention.— A. N. HAI.I.KCiv.
Thc
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got
sis
store
F.
M.
A
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w
ill
county; ita r
. •
ally
Si., Independence, C*egon.
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gi ve you a bargain i f you w ill call
an» tlie towns o f Dallas, Indepon- « 11 «) svv the o.
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deuce and Monmoutii, w ritten up.
or nt oak in it cicli •
Practica!
Course
o!
o
Study,
O
Th e .s
i ■ , ;.i« - et *
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«I** up
u|> tin* unr IX*
HI Ilioiv thor.Hl^idy
tuallv tli 111 t »ivtfo KUInoy Tt*a. it
publication w itii the new yt'.tr, a n !
’omploted in a—
usj^ t iallv a«la]» u.l to tli
|HV*uliur to
w e wir It
-p “r; ty.
a ' t • l*ikt* and ni c»vur\ in
A |■'•Mile east ujKin tlie ■ 1 1 " re,
Attorney at Law,
J. 12, Townsend,
Attorney at Law.
aurini ¿c Hi ìlari!.
Huster tV Vernon,
F a rm e rs
•Mercantile
Association,
In
E.
8 . D .
Bed Rock Pnces.
Besî Grads oi Oseds,
Co,
And Fair Dealing
Is Oüí* fiotto.
.¥*. "M, PjLtter-
•Ois/haa rnov-
Ms stock of
Amunition.
Agricultural Implements and
To the new
Opera House,
Independence
Farm
COOPER & CONN A W A Y ,
Hardware,
G u ild er's t u t o r i a l .
Stov
and Tinware.
ticrmaS, Coiiegiaie, and
Comnaercial Department
Monmouth Stags. .
T H E F A M Kb'S G R O C E R Y 'A N D PEC
D U ( 'H < T )M P A N Y .
Every*-Bay.
Parlisr & Ferguson.
Airhitirts ami BuiMrrsJ
iî value.
E very ¡»art o f I’olk county is mak
ing rapid progress In settlement, in
dustry and trade. N o \ , i r b i s Invi»
more marked w ith improvnicitts
1 than tlie one just j>t-:.and it is just
to stipi« s ' tlie new year o f Is-;» will far
surpass it. Tin“ o i l look for the com
ing crop is all that t idlhl Ivaaked for.
and the I.ttsin.-ss interests o f ail the
towns ar>> tirigli; ning up. Th en“
n«M“tl In* no fear tiuit the growth o f
one part w ill injuriously aff.vt an
other part. On the contrary, tit«“
progress o f eneii licl}».« the pmgr» " o f
all.
Time.
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THE AMERICAN
HOMESTEAD
. *. WJ»«* —» $m4 h—* m »!>
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t<y ft*,i • iK
•%l “•*•.»! «C fee every mrah« efeverr Ac^rV»r,
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tvdfceui U>
t i»r; i .» ri*. f»*r •! « le oul». ;
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S2 acksmith3 and
Hcrseshoers.
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Wood Work a Specialty.
pay
CASH FOB, PBODUCE.
Ä
“! food« delivered firee o f charge in Monmouth and
E. D A L T O N , general manager, .g,
1 ST.
F Î.
Druggist and Apothecary.
1 1 »< lr*D«“,ul»Ii ■'
James Tato®.
B U T L E R ,
Real Estate and Insurance
Klonmouth,
ÍW 1
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; » m it».
N r. I ! HI U. Al t new « K I
’ - y » »- *•* f r i.««l> r “prr«rrt.«l
'artici««, etc.
I’ rrarrlptiniM ('»rrfttlljr
('omp«»iin(lr(l.
>#~A1I iliargr« rraaonah’c. Oivenaa call.
loiK niY.
Sold by H H. Butler.
M O N M O U T II,
OREGON.
M ONM OUTH .
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Dmn. ,-tt New York -an I 1 . .
«tofr «U f H Ultea. I
■ « £ K c ' X n i- V f » ¡ j » i
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P o lk C ounty * B a * . j -1
J jm v s . Chrmicala, Books, FiatK jnery,Toilet
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General
to
i% *w a i W r i h e r rt -• ! r 'in .in # a c
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Warren iV J e rm a n ,
—Dealer in—
.W 1 r.. 'll* •'*
1 D''» «»•! we V ill y.y,
IN b()l I» < D i N, * l I« rich or* «*f f !■« prit»
' ’i "“*-r »rs » ho irn4 r «rrret «« »« n n « on
«1 « *
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J. K. Jerman.
P . . . . . . ....
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NVe art* prepars'd
T». Warren,
Th e Orrtfonimi Inis reached uswîtfi
tlie largest extended rt'View t»rtlu‘
yenr ever
pul>lislit«l
in Oregon.
That pa ; «er pn s ‘ids almost an ex-
li i listi ve and \ iduabii' i '«'.lilt o f tilt
great progrès < of Portlanil niui the
statt* at larg»** Tills i.sit“ should U*
in every hous. “hold in i iM tin .
N. H. ItutliT ha- , |¡ kiotl-
ehiu«* oils. ( di au I - e him
purrimsing cl«evv lu-n-.
Oregon'Kitl
nt‘\ IV.» ìt uoiH|»«is. “(i of I. «ri»* f nini ¡n Oi, I® -P la n s, spr ifieations and esti
p»n. is pm U|» in n at tin I* )\t“<, and ran 1 » mati - furnished on application.
Shop tw o doors south o f the c i t y 1
■ 1
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■ i .
water-works.
>r!;d f.<r Catalogne. Ad.1res tho President
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D i. S i asi iv, J/onmouth, Oregon.
It
•i»i i.
Independent^',
Oregon.
N. II. Untier. dm^Í5t.
Groceries, Canned Goo
and Provisions'! Wood ai
W illow ware, Glass ai
Q/Ueensware, etc.
MonmotUh,
-
-
Oregon.
A m u nition cheaper than any ether
place in l*olk county, F. M. D. Co.
land.
I »fprr.it* rrrciTfd rul'J^
«
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on cntitkaM» of .Icj “ •« A . ' V * 1
rft-rivf prompt attmtioi-
IVW
m. to X p. in. tfittii
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