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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1905)
f f Observer sk your grocer for Star Bakery iios. :. O. Campbell, agent McMinnville u ranee Co. nke your proscriptions to the Wil drug store. filliara Ellis. &f Falls City, was a ova, December 2C, 1904, to Mr. and i. J. J. Wick, or Pallas, a son. orn, December 31. 1904, to Mr. and ,. A. G. IU'mpol, f Polk Station, a . ceraber 31, 1904, hn Holman,- of Jr. i 'i 1 " a hmu. -ybtouo and Peoria farm fence, 46 ies high, 40 cents; 38 inches, 36 8. Oust Eros. E. Leet, of Portland, visited ada io Dallas and Falls City dur the holiday week, erce Fuggs, a prosperous farmer he Crowley neighborhood, was a ity seat visitor, Tuesday. , O. Campbell and family ate New r's dinner at the home of Mr. and , J. C. Morrison, in Independence, ir Santos coffee has an aroma that ;ea folks thirsty. Drink it and will always buy it. D. C. Cbider. . E. "Williams, of Airlie, and J. H. key, of Monmouth, were in attend i at the session of county court, nesday. ie joy of living will be greatly io 9ed if you buy your bread, cake, pies of D. C. Crider, at the White it Grocery. sssrs. Thomas, George and Eeason ak, substantial farmers and stock of Eola, were business visitors in as, Monday. e Dallas public schools are once ) running along smoothly after ng closed one week for the stmas holidays. . lvanizedlron Gutter better than only 10 cents a foot. Your house t complete without it. " Vaughn & veb, at Wiseman's old stand. H. Morris was in Turner, Marion ty, a few days this week, attend to business connected with the 3 of his father, lately deceased. The Star Bakery's cookies can't be beaten. F. A. Stiles was a Portland visitor this week. Mrs. J.M. Pollock is visiting friends in Albany. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Coad were Port land visitors, Tuesday. F. J. Chapman transacted business in Portland last Friday. Bring your produce to D. C. Crider, at the White Front Grocery. Hon. Ueorge u. Hawkins was a business visitor in Portland, Friday Harry Giltner, of Forest Grove, visited friends in Dallas during the holidays. The Star Bakery's ginger snaps are the finest on the market. Ask your grocer for them. Side-wall, border and ceiling at the same price per bolt at L. D. Daniel's wall paper store. Notice the bargains L. D. Daniel is offerinar in his ad this week. He means what he says. Mrs. W. W. Percival and daughter Pearl, of Independence, visited rela tives in Dallas, Wednesday. Mayor and Mrs. H. W. Bancroft, of Falls City, have been visiting her brother, L. J. Smith, at Mt. Tabor. The two little sons of Prof. C. T. Whittlesey are rapidly recovering from their recent attack of pneumonia. The many friends of Ed Biddle will be pleased to learn that he is once more able to be out, after a hard fight with pneumonia. The largest and the best assortment of Smoking Jackets and Fancy Vests ever shown In the town are to be found at the Hub Clothing Store, and they go, at sale prices too. Local physicians say that the epi demic of pneumonia is gradually. dying out in Dallas. Very few cases have developed lately, but if the cold, frosty weather continues it may appear again. I. P. Reese, a former commissioner of Polk county, has purchased a livery stable in McMinnville, and will move his family from Monmouth to that city in the near future. Mr. Eeese is an enterprising business man ana a good citizen and his departure from' Polk county will be a matterof general regret. The Observer office wants the print ing you are particular about. Mrs. W. W. Rowell came down from Albany, Sunday, for a visit with her daughter, Mrs. T. A. Biggs. Charles Muhlig, of Portland, spent the New Year holiday at the home of Mrs. Hester Ellis in this city. J. A. Withrow, a prominent farmer and goat breeder of Suver, was a county seat visitor, Wednesday. W. O. Cook, a former merchant of Independence, was in Dallas this week. His present home is in Eugene, David Hedges, E. M. Young and S. D. Walker, of Independence, were business visitors in Dallas, Tuesday Stet Cook's little daughter, who sus tained severe injuries from a falling timber about ten days ago, is slowly improving. Communion services will be held in the Presbyterian church next Sunday morning. Sermon appropriate to the occasion. W. T. Wardle, Pastor. Dr. H. L. Toney, dentist; graduate of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Office up stairs Uglow building. Hours 8 to 12 and 1 to 5. Examinations free. Phone 45. - Phy Ward, of Burns' Mill, who has been suffering from a complication of brain and spinal trouble, is much better, and his physician, Dr. B. H. Gallon, says that he will soon be able to be out again. Professor and Mrs. C. W. Kantner, of Newberg, visited relatives in Polk county this week. They intend to go to Europe next Summer, where Pro fessor Kantner will complete his course in music. The Johnson Lumber Company's sawmill has completed an order for 250,000 hop poles for growers in the Sacramento valley. This demand for poles indicates that the acreage of hops in California will be greatly in creased this year. During the dull Winter months we will re-finish furniture and paint buggies at prices for which the work could not possibly be done at any other time. There are many pieces of furniture in which the wood-work is as good as ever ; it is only the finish that has become old and worn. If you have any work of this kind, drop in and see us about it. Heath & CORNES. Hon. W. L. WpIIs. of Halspy, trans acted business in Dallas this week. Hon. D. L. Keyt, of Perrydale, attended county court, Wednesday The LaCreole river has been very high for the past two weeks, owing to the heavy rains. Mrs. Hadaway, of Dayton, is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs O. L. Carter this week. W. A. Plankington's little daughter Leta, is very sick with a combination of typhoid fever and. pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. John Courter have re turned from Salt Lake City, where Mrs. Courter has been visiting since last Summer. The Oregon Legislature will con vene Monday. The Polk county mem bers have already hied themselves Salemward, via Portland. The farmers living between Dallas and the Greenwood farm are building a telephone line into Dallas to connect with the ceutral office at Belt & Cherrington's drugstore. The line will accommodate six families. The Dallas College Y. M. C. A. will hold a missionary meeting Sunday afternoon. A letter from Mrs. A. I, Ferch, of Hunan, China, will be read, and the program will contain other interesting features. Virgil Averill and J. O. Chamber lain have leased the Falls City Argus, the former publisher having decided to go to Eastern Oregon and engage in teaching school. The ntw pub lishers are worthy young men, and deserve to succeed in their venture. Desiring to close out my entire line of Ladies' and Children's Underwear, I have decided to offer the same at specially reduced prices. I am also going to give a handsome paper doll with every Child's garment sold. Do not fail to inspect my stock before looking elsewhere. Mrs. Ella J. Metzger. In a hurried preparation of copy for last week's paper, an item was written to the effect that money orders to the amount of $4036 were issued by the Dallas postoffice during the year 1904. The item should have read that 4036 money orders were issued during the year. Postmaster Coad informs us that the total amount of money represented by these orders was about $52,000. oee Sale ur Store will be closed day Monday, Jan. 2 l order to get ready for our REAT ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE clearance Sale i all Men's Clothing. Re lations from 20 to 50 per nt. Scaraiicc Sale i Men's Overcoats. We offer e best Overcoats in town at liolesale prices. 'learn: ice Sale i all Children's Suits and ver coats the best chance hi ever had to buy good odsatsuch great reductions. Jfcaraficc Sale i all Gents' Furnishing ods, shirts, suspenders, ties, 3ves, hosiery, underwear, Tuesday Morning, January 3, we commence Our 6th Annual Clearance Sale. This will be the greatest of all great sales in-as-much as it includes every article in the store with a few exceptions where the price is con trolled by the manufacturers. Our new Spring stock will commence its journey from the East ern markets within a short time and we must have room to display the lines. During the month of January we will sell you goods for less money than any Store in Oregon and we can prove it by comparison. Our Entire StocK at a Reduction. Store will close all day Monday, January 2, to get ready for this great sale. The Bee Hive Store Our Store will be closed Monday, January 2nd. Come Tuesday and see what we are doing at our Great ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE Our entire stock of Ladies' Coats and Capes; also Tailor made suits at from 25 to 50 per cent reduction. Clearance Sale on all Ladies' Skirts, and Waists all new Fall styles at a heavy reduction. Men's Shoes in high cuts, working shoes ess anoes d heavy nc-ots )Ie:uni!ce Sale all Ladies' and Childrens' 00; Clearance Sale on Blankets, Comforters, Bed Spreads, Table Linen, Towels, Curtains and other Housefurnish ing Goods. Clearance Sale on Muslin Sheetings, Sheets and Pillow Cases, Gingham, Calicoes and all other Cotton Fabrics. Clearance Sale on Ladies' underwear, hosiery, neckwear, belts, and other furnishing goods. Clearance Sale on "Sorosis" Underskirts and all Silk Skirts. Clearance Sale on all Wool Dress Goods, Silks, Suitings and Waistings. Clearance Sale on Laces, Embroideries and all kinds of Trimmings. Clearance Sale on Umbrellas, Gloves, Rib bons and Notions. 2gins Jan. 3, and continues during all of January. Take Notice ) red'. .o 0 She i3 on Buttericks Patterns, W. L. Douglas md "Gordon" $3.00 Hats. As per Contract no reductions can be given on Butterick Patterns, W. L. Douglas Shoes, and Gordon Hats. to to to It to to to ' to its to to V fc. . ; CORRECT ATTIRE FOR. MEN Almost every man has read the ''fairy tales" of the Clothiers, in the'newspapers and magazines. Almost every man has been disappointed anddesgusted on looking at the Clothes they pretend to discribe. We invite these men to call at our store to be most agreeably surprised. It's easy to draw a picture of Men's Clothes, as they should be, but it's not so easy to make the Clothes look like the picture. We publish no misleading illustrations but we do know how to provide our patrons with the right kind of Clothes. If you have had Clothes troubles, Sir, we invite you to "" come to this store for relief. We'll surprise you with the excellence of our Clothing, and please you with our reasonable prices. 0 r ..:V7 ' '? t j i V TV;' Ik Reduction on Boys Overcoats 0.75 5.00 4.50 Coats reduced to $5.40 $5.75 Coats reduced to $3.75 3.50 3.50 " " " 2.50 3.00 3.00 " " " 2.00 Every Man's Hosiery Wants Can Be Filled Here. Numbered among man's few wants is his desire for good Sox. He'll get them, if he comes here foi his Hosiery. The Swagger YoUng Fellow will find the kind of Hose he likes to wear. The Conservative, Hard Headed, Business Man will find his Hose here. The Klderly Gentleman will find the soft, warm, comfortable Hose he so delights in. Men's good, serviceable Hose at or up to 75c, if you think so much of your feet. 15c and 25c fa UGLOW CIO THING HOUSE MILL STREET DALLAS, OREGON (, & to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to- to to to to ft to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to HE B E HIV STORE Legal blanks for sale here. Dr. and Mrs. Tyler Smith, of Sheri dan, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Craven on New Year's day. J. Li. Brown, a prosperous farmer of Stayton, Marion county, was greet ing old-time friends In Dallas yester day. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Dick, of Salem, are receiving the congratulations of their friends upon the arrival of a new daughter at their home on Mon day, January 2. Ex-County Assessor F. E. Myer has secured a position as engineer at the Hardwood Handle Factory. Mr. Myer was not Idle a day after retiring from his office. The county commissioners court convened Wednesday with all of the members in attendance, Commissioner Riggs having arrived home from the East last week. As usual at the Jan u ary term, the court finds a large amount of business on hand, and the session will probably last until to morrow. The road supervisors will be appointed today. Oarl S. Graves, elected County As sessor in June. 1904. for a term of four years, assumed the duties of his office Tuesday, succeeding Frank E. Myer, who has served two terms of two years each as Assessor. Mr. Graves has not as yet announced the selection of an office deputy, and may decide not to make the appointment before next Fall. H. E. Lounsbury, traveling pas senger agent of the Southern Pacific Company, was in Dallas on a busi ness visit yesterday. He says that the new colonist rates offered by the Harriman lines are attracting much attention in the Middle States, and a large immigration to Oregon is ex pected as a result of the reduction in fare to Coast points. A half-rate has also been granted on household goods. The new rates will take effect Febru ary 15. Voting Contest Is Closed. As a result of the World's Fair con test, which closed December 31, Miss Nora Robertson has $170 to her credit in the Dallas City Bank. At the be ginning of the contest it was the in tention of the merchants to send the young lady receiving the highest nnmber of votes to the St. Louis Fair, paying her transportation and travel ing expenses, but the voting was be gun so lato in the Summer that it was impossible to close the contest before December 1. The merchants then de cided to present the winner with the cash instead. Miss Robertson re ceived 30,533 votes out of a total of 51,883. No Trace of Mrs. Saylor. Yesterday's Oregon ian says that a diver was sent from Astoria last night to search the Columbia River for the body of Mrs. N. P. Saylor, missing since Saturday evening, when she attended a dance at Skamo kawa, a near-by village, returned un successful. Those familiar with the situation think the Portland woman was either murdered for her diamonds or walked off the wharf near the hall in which she danced three times and whore she was last soon. She was tie wife of N. P. Saylor, of Portland, and was formerly Miss Mary Harris, of Dallas. Sawmill Is Busy. The Johnson Lumber Company's big sawmill in Dallas is being operated to its full capacity of 50,000 feet per day. Manager John sod In forms us that the company has a con tract with the Southern Pacific railroad for 32,000 sawed ties, 12,000 of which have been delivered. They also have an order from Sacramento, California, for two carloads of mining timbers ranging in size from 4x4 to 21x24. Seventy men are given steady employ ment in the company's mill and log ging camp. . J. A. Cornes has returned home from Portland, where ho reeently finished a six week's contract of house painting. FOIEYSHOIIEFTM top ttxm coutf h tad hallungl Multnomah Loses Game. The Dallas College second basket ball team defeated the Multnomah second team by a score of 15 to 8 at the College gymnasium Saturday night. The Portland boys fought hard to win, but were deficient both in team work and basket throwiug. Castle, Simonton and Myer did gilt-edged work for the home team, and Arnold and Butler gave a good account ot themselves. A return game between the two teams will be played in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Woods and son, Laird, left yesterday for Southern California, where they will spend the remainder of the winter. Mr. Woods is the obliging station agent of the Southern Pacific Company iu Dallas, and this is his first vacation in eight- eon years, no win return io wanas and tako up his offleo work about February 1. Vaughn & Weaver TINNERS AND PLUMBERS now cany a complete and first-class line of. Heavy and Shelf Hardware Including the celebrated Universal Stoves and Ranges - Ml : i --j V ... , Our "TRILBY" Heaters give more heat and re quire less wood than any other warming stove made. WE WILL TREAT YOU RIGHT, AND ASK SHARE OF YOUR PATRONAGE. WISEMAN'S OLD STAND, DALLAS. OREGON Coras Coldsi Prevents Pnoamenls j Beautiful Frames and Mouldings You wish to beautify your homo. You will be very much disappointed if you do not avail yourself of seeing our complete stock of Pictures, Frames and Mouldings. We guarantoo you satisfaction and again ask you to come and see us. Pictures Framed HEATH Sh CORNES THE NEW WALL PAPER AND PAINT STORE Mill Street, Dallas, Oregon No Lengthy Argument is Necessary. The man who can do the best up-to-date Sign Painting and Decorating U the man you want to do your work. All this we claim and all we ask is a chance to prove what we say is true.