POLK COUNTY OBSERVER supplement
OCTOBER 7, 1904.
BLOCK'S RECITAL
I;.-:::stic Reader
r,t M. E. Church
I May Night.
Will Ap.
Next
Shingles and lime at Kiaos.'
Mrs. R. L. Chapman la visiting
friends in Portland.
William Livermore has returned to
the Soldiers' Home at Roseburg.
E. B. Jamison, a former warehouse
man of Monmouth, has moved to
Portland.
Mrs. George Conkey, of Inde
pendence, visited relatives in Dallas
E.
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ar.:
& of Dallas will be pleased
t Miss Elizabeth Mae Pol-
' ated dramatic reader and
r, is 10 give a recital In
i t Friday evening. This
'i , st appearance in regular this week,
t her home town, and a Mrs. Julia Con noway, of Portland,
? people will be anxi- is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
r. Miss Pollock has Samuel Coad
, ad expression in some Dr L. pfandhoefer and Frank
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cities in me unueu Butier of Fan8 City, were Dallas
! ngagement Deing in
).
icl'
Jlood, principal of the
1 of Oratory, Chicago,
)ol Miss Pollock grad
s Miss Elizabeth Mae
jpon the platform to
her read in gts, all feel
anly, genial presence,
ostess welcoming her
ading is delightfully
is an entire absence
d an ever present sense
ppreciation for, and
literature which she
It 'is almost needless
Pollock enters into
I ' v with her audiences and
k i i v ith her to the end."
i p,ni -k will aDDdar under the
lilies of the Epworth League, in
..E. Church, nextFriday evening,
ler 1 J. Admission, 25 and 15 cents,
frosnina will be published next
)M0NA GRANGE MEETS
i .
I. M. Simpson Elected Master
For Terra of Two Years.
ciona Grange of Polk county
a session in the Odd Fellows'
I in Independence, Wednesday,
meeting was largely attended, and
imber of visitors were present,
n? whom were Mrs. Clara M
go, state lecturer and Miss Waldo.
ers were elected for two years, as
jws:
l. Simpson, master; W. O. Mot-
overs 'fr ; E. F. Butler, lecturer;
Ok Bur! r, secretary; J. C. White,
lain ; V. TI. Eobertson, treasurer;
D. Fl!:':, steward; Mrs. M. L.
jpton, assistant steward ; Clara
h, gatekeeper; Mrs. Williams,
bnix ; Mrs. Simpson, Flora ; Mabel
b, Ceres ; Mrs. Clara Staats, lady
itant steward.
e next Sf-ysion will be Held on
nesdny, January 4, 1905.
visitors, yesterday.
Read all the bright new ads of
enterprising merchants in this num
ber of the Observer.
Rev. P. S. Knicht, of Salem, is the
new moderator of the state association
of Congregational churches.
Mrs. A. L. Shreve and children, who
have been visiting at the home of Mr
and Mrs. J. R. Hubbard, returned to
their home in Stayton, Saturday.
The women of the Christian church
will serve a chicken pie supper in the
Collins building, west of Mrs. Chace'
millinery store, tomorrow (Saturday)
evening, commencing at 5:30 o'clock
Subject of morning discourse at the
Christian church next Sunday ; "The
Light of the World ;" evening subject,
'Be sure your sins will find you out,
All are invited. G. L. Lobdell, Pastor,
The annual meeting of the Oregon
Press Association will be held at Hood
River, October 14-15. An attendance
of 100 members is expected, and the
session promises to be of more than
usual interest.
George Ball, of Ballston, was
county seat visitor, Wednesday. Mr,
Ball has moved his family to Mc
Minnville for the winter and has em
ployed a man to take charge of the
farm during their absence.
The season for sowing grain Is here.
Farmers can buy Formaldehyde at
Belt & Cherrington's drugstore for 40
cents a pound, or two pounds ror 75
cents. Never a case of smut known
where this preventive was used.
The annual run of silverside salmon
in Yaquina Bay has commenced. Ed
win Stone, manager of the Corvallis
& Eastern railroad reports that the
fishermen are enjoying all kinds of
sport. A large number of men from
the Valley go to Yaquina every year
during the salmon fishing season, as
trolling for the silversides is con
sidered fine sport.
Andrew N. Martin.
Andrew Nicholas Martin died at his
home in McMinnville, Monday, aged
52 years. He formerly resided in Polk
county, and at one time owned the
land upon which the town of Falls
City now stands. He afterwards
-t I to town with reports of in- moved to Ballston and opened a
; success. not some un- rroneral merchandise store. He was
Mo cause, the pheasants are Li80 associated with Dan P. Stouffer
t'jan usual this year, and few hn the management of the Ballston
rds are to be seen. The sea- warehouse. He became a resident of
v lose December 1. McMinnville about fourteen years
rrKlmnrrv. of Lebanon, has aero. Mr. Martin was an invalid for
.. t 1 It -wrrr .1 a 3 O- I . I , i. a 1 .-..,.. Vi ! r. 1 I fr 1 1 r-i i n it
a tne nanas 01 weamenoru v ine la&i iweivo jcais ui mo mo, uo.u8
nlnim for S&50 damaeres afflicted with a form of paralysis. He
ire sfiison for killing China
itsauts o; oned last Saturday, and
jjos l.wal hunters were afield early
ie morning. None of them ex-
li d any difficulty in keeping
1 he limit of ten birds, and all
t the drivers of an automobile,
that on Saturday evening the
frightened his horses and
Aiem to overturn the buggy.
3 sons were thrown into a ditch,
jy bruising one, and knocking the
r insensible, and shattering the
tv. Mr. McElmurry formerly re-
3 near Independence, in Polk
was a man of fine literary attainments,
and spent a great deal of his time in
his library after he became unable to
attend to his business affairs. He
was a pleasant, companionable man,
and bore his long illness without a
complaint. He leaves a wife and two
daughters Mrs. J. C. Uglow, of
Dallas, and Miss Viola Martin, of
NEW HARDWARE
i una
We have opened up a first-class Hard
ware Store in connection with our
Plumbing and Tinning business at the
Wiseman's old stand.
G
a complete stock of
Hardware
We will carry
eneral
Including the
celebrated
Universal
Stoves and
Ranges
Our "TRILBY" Heaters give more heat
and require less wood than any other
warming stove made.
IMpiiH
WE
WILL TREAT YOU RIGHT, AND ASK A
SHARE OF YOUR PATRONAGE.
Vaughn & Weaver
DALLAS, OREGON
dies.
Attention La
New Arrivals this week.
Walking Skirts, long delayed but here at last.
New line top collars from New York's best
Neckwear House
New Caps, very pretty.
NEW THINGS IN DRESS GOODS This
week and next will sell, 52-inch Broad
cloth, $2.00 grade at $1.50
$1.50 grade at $1.25
Pollock's Cash Store
UGLOW BLOCK, DALLAS, ORE.
ity.
McMinnville.