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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1906)
Traoy8taatsba8aU kinds of fruits in season. If Its cigars and tobacco you want, .,mn Tracy Staats. Senator V. S. Loughary and family are ai Newport oeacu. Miss Pearl Walker is visitling rela. .I. in Linn county. a fresh line of Aldon's cand los Just received by Tracy Tbe Odsebveb office wants the print ing you are particular about. jlr and Mrs. P. H. Muscott visited relatives in Portland this week. Order your hop tickets and wheat receipts at the Observer office. Try those ices and sherbets at Kersey's, Saturday and Sunday. All kinds of soft drinks kept on ice at Tracy Staats' confectionery store. Saturday aud all day Sunday, pine apple and loraon sherbets at Kersey's. Ask your grocer for Bluestem Blend the famous hard-wheat flour. A. M. Stump, of Salem, visited his father, W. E. Stump, In Dallas, Sun day. Mrs. N. L.- Butler and daughter, Ella, are enjoying an outing at New port. Interesting items from Independence arrived too late for publication this week. Try a dish of the famous Wash lugton Ice Cream at Staats' Ice Cream parlor. Every wife should try Bluestem Blend flour, made by the Eickreall Milling Co. Mrs. Sarah Eichmond is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Frank Lynn, at Perrydale. Use Bluestem Blend flour once, and you will use no other. For sale at your grocers.' Frank Kersey will serve vanilla cream, ices and sherbets on Saturday and Sunday. J. T. Ford, ex-sheriff of Polk county, was visiting in Ashland.Friday. Ash land Tidings. Mrs. J. G. VanOrsdel and family aud Miss Emroy McDevltt will go to Newport today. Money of private parties to loan at 6 per cent on well-improved farms. Sibley & Eakin. Nut Frappe and crushed fruits served with ice cream at Tracy Staats' confectionery store. John Eakin left Wednesday for his home in Cairo, Illinois, by way of Southern California. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Uglow and Mrs. Warren Cressy were visitors in Mc Mlnnville, Sunday. Ralph Carter, agent for Portland Journal. Leave orders at Belt & Cherrington's drug store. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Brown have moved into Dr. Hayter's cottage at the south end of Levens street. Max Crandall has completed his work of experting the county books. He says Polk county has highly com petent officials. No errors of any consequence were found. Miss Isabel Cirnvar .-. -nr. is visiting her sister, Mrs. Dr H L Toney. u- Miss Hallie Reynolds of Portland is v siting at the home of her parent; Prof, and Mrs. W. I. BevnoM. ' Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gilliam, of "d kubbi8 tne home of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Fenton, Monday Mrs. E. N. Hall and daughter Merle, eft Wednesday for a two wes' visit with relatives in Woodburn Mrs Charles McDevitt left this morning for San Francisco to visit her daughter, Mrs. T. A. Wagner J-a"d Mrs. C. W. Campbell, of Portland, visited at the home of Mr and Mrs.C.L. Hubbard over Sunday Miss Maggie Pomeroy, of Inde pendence, visited at t.liA hm and Mrs. J. G. VanOrsdel this week. I Will COntinilfi tn hnn,11 a..n. . & Son s Ice Cream. If you want , best call for Swetland's. W. R. Ems. Georee GarM Willamette Valley Lumber Company was an over-Sunrfav van i t,... Iand. For as good a linn of n as can be had for the money, call at . mil uoaiectionery and cigar store. Miss Hazel Hollister land yesterday, where she will pre- roiv uoioBu tor tne profession of a nurse. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Pniiir ha turned from a pleasant vacation in iaujma, oeauie, and other Sound cities. Prof. I. M. Glenn ami fnmii,, Eugene, are visiting at the home of Rf n "I 1 I . uiio. wtjuu s motner, Mrs. H. L. Veazie. Have Lott Brown An graphical work. Offi nn TVTil I of - giiijcu, opposite Uglow building. Telephone, f nt rt 1 fit Editor V. P. Fiske. Mrs. Fiske and daughter, Miss Vivian, enjoyed the ocean breezes at Newport, ouLuuy. E. J. Glosser. foreman -f the rw gonian mailing room in Portland, is spending his vacation in Dallas and Falls City. Deputy Clerk A. N. Holman, ac companied by his family, is enjoying a well-earned vacation in camp at the Hallock mill. Mrs. George Johnson, Miss May Austin and Miss Jessie Wiseman are occupying a cottage at Newport for the summer. J. L. Castle and family, of Dayton, Oregon, are spending the summer at the beach. They arrived Saturday. Newport News. Wednesday's Itemizer says the County Court has appointed Dave Hall, of Falls City, a fire lawyer. What's a fire lawyer? W. R. Ellis, agent for the Oregonian and Telegram. Leave your order and have it delivered to your door by the day, week or month. I have just received a fresh line of "Lowney's" famous chocolates and bon bons in pound and half pound packages. W. R. Ellis. Mrs. Martha Cosper and grand daughter, Miss Vera Cosper, attended the annual reunion of the Linville family at Parker. Monday. Q. A. Griswniri Callus visitor e d y?Ywaas inent business man of Kansas City. Ed Plaster has purchased a uew ex- r-v- ag0Q ana lg prepared tQ move Pianos, organs and baggage on short notice, lour patronage is solicited. H'L,' Tney aentlsti graduate of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Office up stairs Uglow building". Hours 8 to 12 and 1 to 5. Examinations free. Phone 15. J. J. Wiseman and George E. John son returned h Wednesday. They declare that the weather at the beach is too cool for comfort. Now Is tho time for school groups and single pictures; better than ever hfifom a 11 - -w, u-tuuu with my new Dallmeyer lens. T. J. Chermngton. W. 0. Morrow, of Derrv station, was attacked and seriously injured by an Infuriated bull Tuesday ' morning. Three ribs were fractured and he was otnerwise hurt. Ira Mehrling, of Falls City, received a telegram from Caldwell, Idaho, yesterday, informing him that his brother-in-law, F. C. Raymond, was ill and not expected to recover. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Shriver returned Sunday from a visit to Centralia, Wash. They were accompanied by Mrs. Shriver's brother, S. T. Mills, who may decide to locate in Dallas. Miss Hazel Hollister did not take part in the girls' minstrel show last Thursday night. The young lady assisted in the early rehearsals, but afterwards decided not to appear in the performance. Mrs. T. L. Carroll left for her home in Gothenburg, Nebraska, Tuesday, after a week's visit at the home of Dr. and Mrs. W. S. Cary. She will visit Seaside and Long Beach for a few days on her way home. C. H. Chapman is building a neat eight-room house on the lot between his home and th9 M. E. parsonage. With its completion Mr. Chapman will have four handsome dwelling houses on his quarter block. Such enterprise is to be commended. Jeff Byerly, of Newport, visited his brother, Absalom Byerly, in Dallas last week. While here he had the misfortune to lose a purse containing $40 in gold. His advertisement offer ing a liberal reward to the finder ap pears in another column of this paper. John Olin has sold his sightly residence property in South Dallas to Julius Essig, of Nebraska, and may decide to move nis iamuy to Van couver, Wash., this Fall. Mr. Essig, whose family consists of a wife and two sons, is a wealthy retired farmer. Lott D. Brown, who recently returned home from Baker City, has decided to remain in Dallas permanently, and has opened a law office in the building next door to City Auditor Stouffer's office on Mill street. Mr. Brown is an experienced shorthand reporter, and while establishing himself in a law practice will do court reporting, public typewriting and abstracting. He is an industrious and reliable young man and deserves to succeedin his chosen profession, i 1 SJ Conmrhl 1906 bt iDavniAdlertSoqi wnuiei It's as bad to Swelter with Heat as to Shiver with Cold Therefore a cool, light outing suit is as necessary in summer as an over coat in winter. YOUNG MEM'S OUTING SUITS Handsome designs made discriminate in matters of dress and inclines to affect 2n. Single or donbled-breasted, plain and fancy patterns, s!,ape , .a. . reduced prices, as S .50 suits at $ ?0 -a n gi finite ill 11.50 suits at 12.00 suits at 13.50 suits at 0.45 9.5 11.45 the bee hive store . 1 Trade. A Rename OREGON Dallas Grange, No. 359, P. of H., held its regular session in the I. O. O. F. Hall, Saturday afternoon. Two new, members were balloted for and ad mitted, and one received the second and third degrees. The next regular meeting will be held Saturday, August 18. Albert Williams will leave today or tomorrow for Baker City, where he has secured a position as room clerk in the Geiser Grand Hotfd. The young man has been employed in a similar capacity at the Cottage Hotel in Dallas for several months and has served his employer faithfully and well. Deputy County Surveyor Frank Butler, J. D. Smith and J. D. Slagle went to Perrydale, Wednesday, to view the proposed G. S. Nelson county road. This road, if established, will begin a short distance west of Perry dale and run across country to a con nection with the Sheridan and Amity county Toad. Grover White, an Indian, became enraged at Jake, another Indian, at Falls City, Monday night, and stabbed him in the back with a pocket-knife. Both Indians were intoxicated at the time. White was arrested and taken before Police Judge Averill, who fined mm $50. Indian Jake s wounds are not serious. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Bryan, who were residents of Dallas for many years and afterwards moved to Falls City, where Mr. Bryan was engaged in the sawmill business, left for their new home in Portland, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan were popular mem bers of Dallas' social circle, and their departure is greatly regretted. All those who do not attend Young People's Prayer Meeting are cordially invited to come to the Christian church Sunday evening at 7 :00 p. m. and enjoy an hour's service of praise and prayer. The lesson is found in II Cor. 11 :'23-30 and it will pay you to come and discuss it with us. Pkael Owings, President; William Caldwell, Leader. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Ellis and Mies Mabel Guy (and Bover) loft Monday for Newport, where they will enjoy a six weeks' vacation in their cozy cottage. The management of the big store and prune orchard and other property interests proves strenuous work for Mr. Ellis, and he looks forward with pleasant anticipations to his well-earned vacation. The case of A. J. Hembree, charged with having burned his house to cover the murder of his wife and daughter, is on trial in Tillamook county this week. At the request of Judges Burnett and Galloway, both of whom were former neighbors of the Hembree family in Yamhill county, the trial is being conducted by Judge McBride, of the Oregon City district. "Ben Hur," the first prize kid at the Oregon Angora Goat Show, and winner of the third prize at the Lewis and Clark Fair against two South African goats that had not been sheared for 18 months, was sold by his . owner, U. S. Grant, to the Gila County Angora Goat Company, of Globe, Arizona, last week. He was shipped Wednesday morning. L. S. Ehoades, an old resident of Wasco county, died near Hood River last Thursday. Conductor Joseph Crocker informs us that Mr. Rhoades was for many years the bridge fore man on the old Narrow Guage rail road, now the Yamhill division of the Southern Pacific road. He also worked in the railroad shops at Dundee, and afterwards moved to a farm in the Hood River valley. Martin Taylor, a pioneer stock buyer of Polk county, and for many years a heavy property owner in San Francisco, writes to Isaac Mossman, who is visiting in Dallas, that he has received the insurance on his build ings without any reduction. He says money is plentiful In the stricken city and new buildings are going up everywhere. Mr. Taylor 6ends his regards to J. M. Campbell, Dr. Em bree and other Indian War veterans of Polk county. Little Laura Berg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Berg, of Dallas, had aj narrow escape from drowning while visiting her young friends among the campers at the Hallock mill, Satur day. The little girl was siezed with cramps while wading in the creek, and was struggling helplessly in the water when help arrived. She was rescued from her perilous situation by Mrs. Will Wagner and the efforts of a physician were required to resuscitate her. Charles C. Doughty, of Medford, visited at the home of his brother-in-law, Sheriff J. M. Grant, yesterday. He has been engaged in newspaper work in Southern Oregon since leaving Dallas seven years ago, tho greater part of the time at Jacksonville and Medford. Charley's many friends were glad to welcome him back to Dallas, and he greatly enjoyed the day's visit with his old-time friends and acquaintances. Isaac Mossman, a veteran of the Yakima Indian War, is visiting his old comrades In Dallas. His home has been in the Santa Clara valley in California for tho la6t 15 years, but since the earthquake he has been stay ing with relatives in Portland. Sir. Mossman Is one of Oregon's early pioneers, and for many years before the advent of the railroad was mail carrier between LaFayette and Cor vallls. He was also a partner with Joaquin Miller in an express route to the Oro Fino mines. Mr. Mossman enlisted in the Polk county compacy when the Yakima Indian War broke out and served through the campaign. He is greatly enjoying his visit with his old comrades and acquaintances in Dallas. i ft ft i 1 I it if 1 3 I I4 If it's the Best clothes - We have 'em There was a young man from the country, Came to UGLOW'S to maKe himself pretty; For the money he spent, He's extremely content, Now he look's liKe he came from the city. UNDERWEAR. UNDERWEAR. o o X X c5 to We Are the CENTER for Men's Goods X X NECKWEAR NECKWEAR '5 rt g u n j if u 8 8 U a ti H 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8- 8 8 8 the UgSow Clothing fioisse MILL STREET, LEADERS IN MEN'S CLOTHING AND FURNISHING GOODS j. jt jt jt j . j DALLAS, OREGON STILL ANOTHER SAWMILL Oberer-Mver Company Will Build 1 Fine Mill In Mountains Near Falls City. IB A new sawmill with a capacity of 20,000 feet of lumber a day is the latest addition to Polk county's rapidly growing list of manufacturing in dustries. The new firm is known as the Oberer-Myer Lumber Company, and the mill will be located in tho timber three miles west of Falls City. The proprietors are both experienced sawmill men. E. A. Myers is a resi dent of Portland, and F. J. Oberer formerly owned and operated the Charter Oak sawmill in the hills south of Monmouth. The site selected for the new mill is in township 7 south, range 8 west, and is within 300 yards of the Dallas and Falls City railroad track. The claim on which the mill will stand was formerly owned by Mrs. A. M. Hurley, of Independence, and is in the heart of a fine body of yellow and red iir timber. The timber within easy reach of the mill is estimated at 7,000,000 feet. The entire product of the mill will be shipped to eastern and southern markets, and the company already has orders on hand to covor the output for a year. Work on the mill buildings will be commenced in a few days, aud all the machinery has been purchased. Mr. Oberer Is buying a complete logging outfit and expects to begin work in the woods as soon as he can secure a log ging crew. Births. Born, Saturday, July 21, 190C, to Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Mock, a son. Born, Saturday, July 21. 190G, to Mr. and Mrs. William Hayes, a sou. Bom, in Dallas, July 21, 190C, to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hayes, of Wald port, a son. Men Wanted. Men wanted to work on pole line construction. Apply to - Willamette Valley Co., C. B. Ehodes, Mgr., Dallas, Oregon, j Attorney at Law ! L.D.BROWN 1 Notary Public; Abstracts- Mill Street opposite Uglow Bldg. DALLAS, OKIXiON. L. F. SAVAGE The new music man in the small goods department in the Allen & Gilbert Ramaker Co's. Music Store has added many new features to his business and prides himself in carrying the very best line ofViolins Guitars, Banjos, etc., the market a floras. He is adding daily to his . sheet music department, which he hopes soon to have complete. Our repair department is now complete. Bring your repairs iu. SATISFACTION IS GUARANTEED L. F SAVAGE, Proprietor. 247 Commercial St., Salem, Oregon O SPICES, o COFFEE, TEA. BAKING POWDER. FLAVORING EXTRACTS AbiolutiPwrilv. finest FUw. Qrat9tStnn$tk.RMMiPrKal CL0SSET&DEVEB3 f. A. Lynch's Barber Shop on flain Street Will give you Tir$t-0la$$ Work and nice gkan Datb$ COLD STORAGE MEAT MARKET all kinds of FRESH AND SMOKED MEATS. POULTRY A SPECIALTY. FISH AND GAME IN SEASON. Bell 'Phone 360, Mutual 105 FOUR CHOICE CORNER LOTS In Hayter's First Addition to Dallas, for Sale. For prices and terms, enquire of OSCAR HAYTER, Dallas, - - Oregon Neat Line of FURNITURE added to my StocKof HARDWARE GEORGE W. HAYNES Dallston - - - Oregon For Cou;h, Colds and Croup CLEARANCE SALE The time has come to clear the decks to make room for Fall stock, which will soon he roll ing in. The sultry months of July and Aug ust makes one feel a trifle sluggish, hut the smart buyer has found that is the season when the rich juicy plums are within easy reach. Profits cut in two and then some. We want to Close Out Every Yard of Summer Goods Have made a big whirl on Laces and Embroideries this year, hut still have some bargain offerings. Another reduction on Lace Curtains, which eliminates our profits, but they must go. Yours for a rousing July business, oclfs Cash WILSOIf BLOCK Dallas, - - Oregon Store - v. yj, r DUllUUlfci