Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, January 11, 1907, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Text- ,.tefc-atteife .-. . . ' half mile east of the watering trough on the Salem-Dallas road. Spraying will SOon be tho order of tHeclay, and it is hoped by all those interested in fruit culture that the laws will be rigidly enforced. tn tl.o auy in the future. NEWS OF COUNTY TOWNS. BUENA VISTA. I jiiss Ethel Knighten has gone to Portland. fra T M. Prather returned from Portland. Monday. i Miss Minnie Knighten Is visiting jlftr Bister In Salem. Mrs Ir Rowe ,s vl9ltln8 ner Wter, Mrs. Phelps, at Dallas. J Senate work Is being carried on In bool as a supplement w ivn uov SjCI eminent. I jlany new sidewalks are being con- "atructed in tne viuago. uui uiu goou ivork go on. i q . Wells has been in serious rouble. The high water shut him off from his well. i During the recent rains, the river at his place reached the highest stage jor the winter. s Newt Prather has gone to Salem to ittend the legislature. He Is a mem ixjr of the Third House. Mrs. Ralph Hall and baby have returned from Portland, where she has been visiting relatives. I Mrs. Melvln Baldwin and daughter lave returned to their home in Win lock, after visiting relatives here. jjorse buyers occasionally call at he home of Andrew Jackson Hall, who has a large number of young horses lor sale. I Revival services will begin January conducted by Rev. Mrs. Phelps, of Portland. Her daughter will assist with the singing. A series of night sessions of school las been started by Mr. Butler for the benefit of his history and civil gov ernment pupils. I W. R. Hall, local agent for the tewls automatic gate, has been doing jome very successful canvassing. The gates are considered the most success ful in operation. J BRIDGEPORT. I News Is a little scarce this week. The water was higher last week than since 1890. ! The protracted meeting at Bridge port has closed. I Wilber Lewis is moving from Falls City to this place. The A did con cur roads and recent hicrh U ... "tlW emerauie damage to culverts. Mr. Linelmck will run the Gillian, hPP yard and Mr. lleimer will cultl vate the Pern yard the coming year Walhe Brown and Homer Link have purchased a new sawmill and "HI set it up on tho Link or Ford places. Mrs. May Whiteside, of Corvallis, has been visiting her father, D. M Uuthrie. She has about recovered from her recent illness. BUTLER. Ira Yocom was a Sheridan visitor last week. William Ray was appointed Road Supervisor. Fred McKinley passed through here recently with a large bunch of beef cattle. The Yamhill river was higher here this week than It had been for seven or eight years. Frank Muller spent Sunday with his brother, Chris, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Butler. Miss Abble Ray entertained the young people of this neighborhood last Friday evening. The Butler Telephone Company met Saturday for the purpose of establish ing another lino to Sheridan. EOLA. Water, water- everywhere ! Mrs. T. W. Brunk has received a fine Barred Rock cockerel from Port land. O. G. Savage is enlarging his Royal Ann cherry orchard by adding 200 more trees. Rev. Mason, of Salem, preached a very interesting sermon to a large crowd here Sunday evening. Archie Brown, who lives on the John Simons place, had 40 head of sheep drowned by the high water. The heavy rains washed out the fill east of T. W. Brunk's place. Traffic was stopped until a. temporary struc ture could be put in. Judge I. N. Maxwell, of Salera, is preparing to set. out several acres of Royal Ann cherries on his place, one- FALLS CITY. Stove wood is scarce in Falls City. Richard and John Paul are paper ing the Falls City Bank. N. A. Emmitt is finishing the iuterior of Richard Pnnl'a limiciA In south Falls City. The flumes of the Company were damaged l.v fnllinfr timber last week. Ray Klmes markets chniee nrmloa and potatoes, raised on the fern hills north of Falls City. A. N. Robinson had of heart trouble Sunday morning. ue is improving. The Freeland show in Wagner's Hall on Saturday evening gave satis faction to a large audience. M. Barber is clearing his lots, dig ging a cellar, and getting ready to build a house east of the Park. J. M. Inman moved into his new house Tuesday. His son, Frank, will move into-the house he vacated. OREGON. Just a little sunshine, Just a little rain, Then a little snow, Then sunshine again. LEWISVILLE. F. M. Lewis has been aili.ng, Mrs. Fry, of Nebraska, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. George Conn Mrs. Bess Lewis ' is visiting her mother-in-law, Mrs. Susan Lewis. Ben Wing has been up from Port land, visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Wing. Mrs. Tracy Staats, of your city, has been visiting at the homes of H. D. and E. W. Staats. Quite a number of our citizens con template visiting the Goat Show at Dallas this week, Dr. O. D. Butler, of Independence, passed through here enroute for Kings Valley, Monday. John Arnold is helping Marion Smith grub apple trees, and H. D. Staats is pruning his orchard. Miss Freeman, our teacher, visited her parents during the holidays, but was back to begin work, Monday. F. M. Smith, H. D. Staats, J. J. Ijeveck and W. W. Smith have been shipping Plymouth Rocks. F. M. Smith sent 41 fine roosters to Portland. Frank Loughary is milking 14 cows and W. W. Smith 9 cows this winter. Help Is very scarce and creates a hardship on the dairymen. Rev. R. A. Reagan will preach here next Sunday. Rev. McCaustland, the Presiding Elder, will be here and hold the first quarterly meeting January 20. Grandma Staats still lingers, some days better and some wol-se. She has not walked a step for two months, and is gradually growing weaker. Her children are by her bedside constantly. Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Burgess and son, Harland, came in Sunday from Newberg and are visiting relatives and friends. The little bey seems fully recovered from his recent illness. Mr. Burgess is a brother of Mrs. Cyrus Fuqua. Miss Mattie Swann, who used to teach in this county, but now has a position in the Albany public school, visited her parents at Crawfordsvillo on Christmas and then went on and took up a timber claim 35 miles from Eugene. Our mail carrier could not reach us for two days on account of high water and we were all frightened for fear the bridge across the Big Luckiamute might not bear the pressure ; but it stood splendidly, although the creek was jammed full of floating logs. The high water made a grand sight. We know of no one who suffered any loss except Emmett Staats. An uprooted tree caught his suspension bridge and demolished it. It caught on some projection farther down and can be partially replaced. Installation of officers in Mono Grange took place at the Hall, Satur day, B. G. Leedy, past state master being present to Install. Following are the officers : M., F. M. Smith ; O., I. M. Simpson; L., Nora Staats ; S., Gordon Treat : A. S., Percy Hadley ; Chap., B. F. Smith ; Treas., Tabitha Simpson ; Sec, Bonnie Smith ; G. K., W. H. Robertson ; C, Lizzie Treat ; P., Eliza Loughary; F., Sarah Staats; L. A. S., Maude Loughary; Org., Blanche McKinney; Chor., Elias Robertson ; Lib., W. W. Smith. visited her sister, Mrs. C. L. nawley, this week. There has been some talk of a cream condensing factory being established at McCoy. Mr. and Mrs. Duffleld have located In Portland and their son has charge of the store here. The coming of the frosty weather presents a good opportunity for the pruning and spraying of orchards. From hearing discussions and making some inquiries, your corres pondent thinks it a fair statement to say that the people of this part of the county are opposed to any appropri ation of money to the Jamestown Exposition. McCOY. Cecil Graves was In Portland the first of the week. Mrs. Austin Sims, of Portland, Preaching next Sunday afternoon, at 3 o'clock by Rev. N. W. Sager. Misses Ada and Anna Longnecker, of Dallas, have been visiting their aunt, Mrs. Koennaman. C. E. Freeland's moving picture show was well attended Monday night and was a success In every respect. The Masons and United Artisans will give another one of their enter taining card parties Saturday night. The railroad bridge at Derry was somewhat damaged by the high water and numerous sawlogs that came down the LaCreole. OAK GROVE. , J. C. White and J. W. Allen have put In new telephones. The cold weather has stopped farm ing in the neighborhood. Rev. Adams is holding revival meetings at the Oak Grove church. Next Saturday evening, Dr. Rollen, of Portland, will preach at 6 :30 o'clock. At 8 o'clock our basketball team will play the strong Business College team of Salem. It will probably be the last game of the season at Oak Grove. PERRYDALE. Bill Davis is nursing a lame foot at the home of his brother on Red Prairie. Mrs. Henry Keyt and little daughters Francis and Luclle, are visiting rela tives In Portland. Mr. Watts will probably go to McMlnnville, his section crew having been replaced by Italians. The main span of the bridge at Ballston and the Hart Hobinson bridge were carried out by the recent high water. Mr. and Mrs. John Foster Btarted last Thursday for a two months' visit amid old home scenes In Tennessee, During their absence, Mr. and Mrs. Bert HastinKs will reside with the family. RICKREALL. M. A. Burch visited in Portland over Sunday Miss Pauline Nesmith visited friends In Salem this week. DeLoss Fritz spent Sunday and Monday at Albany. J. E. Yoakum lost 350 hop poles by the high water last week ' Miss Aurolia Burch has returned to her school work at Eugene. ZENA AND SPRING VALLEY. The Zena school reopened Monday after a two weeks' holiday. Most of the farmers of this com munity butchered hogs last week. Mrs. W. B. Duncan spent Sun day with her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Durby, In Salem. E. C. Crawford is quite sick at his home in Salem. His brother, W'llliam, from this place Is filling his position. For the past three days, we have had such weather as to cause us to "hustle" about, in order to keep from getting our fingers frost-bitten. Miss Alice Shepard and brother, Robert, have gone to Salem to attend Willamette University the remainder of the scholastic year. Quite a number have been sick with colds and lagrippe, but we are glad to note among those improving Mr. ana Mrs. G. H. Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Henry and Mrs. P. F. Clark. We are glad to note the appearance of Lawrence Marsh among us again. v He was very low with typhoid fever for eicrht weeks, and is out from Salem, spending a tew days with his valley friends. The Zena literary and debating society Is doing good work. They have excellent programs and are helping the new beginners to become familiar with the rules of order for debate or business purposes. W. D. Henry Is president and Donald uraw ford, secretary. Among the returns "safe home" this week, we mention Mrs. J. E. Phillips, who spent Christmas and New Year with her son In Portland; Mrs. O. O. Walker, who visited relatives In Port land, and Miss Alice Peebles, our teacher, who spent two weeks in the Waldo Hills. THI ORIGINAL LAXATIVE COUGH $YUP KENNEDY'S LAXATIVE H0NEYTAR lei Clow BloiMia ind Boa? ft M Every ftottte. BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB gSSasegSagagSagaSSSSSSHg Tlx t-wl . .. - L J L 0 S . N (i 0 I) . "S A --d l i yl M 31 to & to I so i About a year ago we purchased the store of Chas. Knecht at Albany and have been running two stores We find at the beginning of the new year that we have not sufficent capital to run both stores on as large a scale as we had planned and have decided to CLOSE OUT THE DALLAS STORE and concen trate our efforts upon the Albany store. Our lease here expires Feb. 1st and by that time we wish to dis pose of our China Tinware, Stationery, Dolls, Toys, Notions, in fact our whole stock. -This means every thing must go at 20 per cent, to 50 per cent, discount, we menuuu a iw v. v.-... 1 m 10c Toilette Soap, glycerine, rose or violet, . going rapidly at - - 30c Jardinieres, assorted colors, green, etc. 23c 40c Mirror, imitation oak frame, 10x14 32c Common Shelf Paper, green, blue or yellow i 2 for OC regular 5c goods, " Pillow tops, large assortment of painted or stamped goods,, regular 25c, oU, 20c Shelf Paper, decorated crepe, a genuine bargain at Ac Lamp Chimneys, for No. 1 or 2 burner, 4c 20c Handkerchiefs, fancy corners and edge 10c 5-pint Nickel Plated Coffee Pots, best goods on the market for wear, 85c goods, 68c 25c Drip Pans, good size, at 18c 20c Work Baskets, best German make, 11c 1V Medallions, new sauare background WV Vi- .,.-,.- j- J, your choice at -. - 42 piece Dinner Sets, decorated with pink or blue flowers, Knowls best Q goods, a bargain at - $o.DD $3.00 Jardiniers, handsome new brown ware, your choice while they last, $1.95 12c Cups and Saucers, Decorated China, taste fully decorated, sale price - 8c . ff All Dolls and Cabs 33 off. All Games 25 off. All Handkerchiefs 50 per cent. off. All Toys 33 per cent. off. All Dolls anu Sale Closes Friday, February 1, IvU MEISER & MEISER oregon DALLAS asssasssssa rvoTBBBBBBBBBHEBB a -HSHSHS !0. HSHSHSH-HESSHS