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NEWS OF COUNTY TOWNS.
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Stand Table
Morris Chairs
Pictures
Sideboard
Buffet
Library Table
Office Chair
Desks
China Closet
Dressing Tables
Chiffonier
Silverware
Ingersol Watches
Match Safes
Pocket Knives
Razors
Table Cutlery
Toledo Ranges
Air Guns
22 cal. Rifles
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AIRLIE.
E. T. Evans reeentlv soM !ht hon
of hogs to I. M. Simpson.
D. N. Turner was in Independence
a iew days ago purchasing loggers'
supplies
E. and H. Tartar were hauliner the
uuyer hops to this place for shipment
a lew aays ago.
Bums Rose has moved his familv
to the Siletz basin where he has taken
up a homestead
Bosco Staats has passed the civil
service examination, and is now on
tne train as a mail clerk.
Mr. and Mrs. McDonald, of Wood
burn, are visiting their daughter.
airs, into Simpson, near here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Brown have tonn t.n
Newberg, where they will stav until
his axe-handle factory is started
again.
A new directory for the Indeoendent
telephone office at this place will be
ready for general distribution in a
lew days.
A. C. Guyer sold his hons to Tt V.
Williams last week for 7c. The Seb-
ring Brothers and J. C. Nendel sold
for the same figure.
George Grover. of Oregon Citv. was
a business visitor in Airlie this week,
in the Interest of the Independent
Telephone Company.
Dr. O. D. Butler, of Independence.
was called out this week to bra M.
Winterstein, who is suffering very
mucn irom poison oak.
.rercy Hadley took the school census
last week. It shows that there has
been a decrease of about a dozen nhli.
dren since the June census was taken.
V. Cecil Staats. son of Mr and Mm
C EStaats, of this place, is finishing
his fourth and last vear nt t.hA at.
Louis Medical University. He will
return home early in May.
Our teacher. Mrs. Winterstofn. nnt
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uoiug time to teaon tnis week on
account of sickness, caused by poison
oaK, secured a teacher from the O. 8.
N. S. to fill her place for a few days
Mr. and Mrs. E. Con
Nebraska, after spending a couple of
weeks with relatives at Kosehnri?.
returned to this place a few days ago
ana win spend the winter with their
son, George.
As soon as the A D telephone line in
completed to Airlie a cable will be put
in to connect several new instrnmnnts
that will be installed. The completion
of this new system will give us two
commercial lines to Dallas.
The H. S. and L. C. card club held
their first meeting for this winter at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. I. M
Simpson last Thursday night. There
were 16 present and light refresh
ments were served at midnight. The
next party will be at George Conns,
Friday evening.
Mrs. Joe Graham met with a serious
accident, Tuesday. While
the house sheslipped and fell, striking
the back of her head on the walk and
lay unconscious until seen bv CI vow
Turner an hour later. She was carried
into the house, her husband was
called from his work near by, and a
doctor sent for. She is reported but
little better at this writing.
BUTLER.
G. 0. Butler was in Dallas, Satur
day.
D. T. Hodges was a Sheridan visitor
last week.
. Mrs Charles Ganon was a Sheridan
visitor Saturday.
Sam Osborne visited in this neih
borhood last week.
Miss Beta Eowell is in Sheridan.
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m with the mumps.
Ueorge Elgin was out from his
claim on Salmon Eiver lastThursday.
John Hodges hnn returned to his
school work in McMinnville. after a
weeks' visit at home.
Leonard Shaw returned to his home
in Dallas, Saturday, after a two
weeks' visit at the home of Mr. anrl
Mrs. Glenn Butler.
EOLA.
Our Christmas tree programme is
progressing nicely.
Thomas Holman is prenarlner to
build more new wire fence.
Mrs.,H. B. Brophy has been auite
sick at ner home in Salem.
Mr. Forrest and family, of Turner,
have moved to the McNary farm.
John Brophy, of Salem, spent Sun
day at the farm home near Eola.
O. A. Kruse, of McMinnville, is
visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
O. Q. Savage.
A. O.' Brown butchered eisht ten-
months-old hogs which averaged 280
pounds apiece.
Davis Allen has gone to Marion
county where he will spend about two
months on his farm.
Grandma Eobertson spent Thanks
giving at the home of her son, T. W.
Eobertson, at Eickreall.
Mrs. T. H. Dunsmore is visiting for
a few days at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. P. B. Bobertson, of Turner.
The proceeds of the basket social at
Popcorn, Saturday night, amounted to
$18. 75, which will be used to add new
books to the library.
There were several hop sales In our
neighborhood last week. H. B. Brophv
sold for lie : Archie Brown. 71c : W. T.
Eobertson, 7c, and George Harris, 6.
Mrs. William Eublo. of Highland.
who has attained the ripe acre of 83
years, is still as spry as most women
or 50. Sne does her house-work.
milks her cow, and drives her horse
Mrs. Bubie claims the distinction of
taking the first cultivated berries to
saiem In 1855. They were the black
cap raspberries, her husband having
dug the original bush in the woods.
bhe received $1.50 a gallon for the
berries. Mrs. Ruble owns a fine farm
at Oak Grove, which is rented by Hon
Frank Fawk.
INDEPENDENCE.
J. McCready visited in Black Eock
during the week.
A. S. Locke is up from Portland for
a few days' visit.
G. W. Conkey was a Portland visitor
the first of the week.
Mrs. Lillian Eaton has returned
from a short stay in Portland.
Mr. Gus Sperling has sold his resi
dence property to Mr. Lindem.
Mr. and Mrs. P. HDrexler enter
tained the Crab Club, Friday evening.
Mrs. Florence Whiteaker is visiting
her sister and brother in Jacksonville"
Oregon.
J. S. Bohannon left Saturday for a
trip in the east, and will visit relatives
in Missouri.
Mrs. Hattie Town send, who has been
visiting relatives here the past two
weeks, returned to her home in Seattle,
Tuesday.
Mrs. A. J. Goodman visited here
the latter part of the week, on her
return from Eugene to her home in
Pendleton.
Mrs. N. O. Clodfelter returned to hr
home in Portland, Tuesday, after a
two weeks' visit with her daughter.
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Mrs. A. C. Moore.
The ladies of the Presbvterian
Church held their Annual Bazaar,
Saturday, a ladies minstrel show by
home talent, being the chief attraction
or tne evening.
pioneers are passing away, and only
about four are left in this vicinity to
tell of the early settlements.
Anson McGowan, a former resident
of Lower Spring Valley, has purchased
a farm near Newberg.
Miss Dora Walker, of Salem, is nt
her sister's, Mrs. D. G. Henry's, nurs
ing her nephew, Worth Henry.
Mrs. Eose McGrath and little
daughter, of Portland, visited in this
vicinity last Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Una Phillips has returned
from an extended visit with relatives
and friends in Portland and Independence.
Morton Mortenson ha3 left the Cald
well farm, near Lincoln, and is going
over into Tillamook county to work
for William Patrick.
Misses Marie and Joyce Crawford
went to Portland last Friday, to visit
their brother, P. L. Crawford and to do
Christmas shopping.
On last Monday morning the stork
called at the home of Ealph Shenard
and left a bouncing son. Mother and
son are doing nicely.
Mrs. W. L. Cook has gone to Ari
zona for the winter on account of noor
health. Mrs. Jessie Holland accom
panied her and will remain for a week
or two until Mrs. Cook is comfortably
located.
FALLS CITY.
Mr. Buys and family, who reside in
the Hicks' property, intend to move to
vituiuiuui, iu me near
future.
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Mr. Bolter went to Portland.
aay on business
W. J. Steele was in .TenVrsnn
business, Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Marlon Win n want tn
Albany, Wednesday.
A. K. and W. S. Hall were in Salm
on business Monday.
w. M. and J. D. Winn wer Tnda
pendence visitors, Saturday.
A. K. and W. S. Hall have iointiv
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purcuasea a iarm or w. J. Steele.
air. ana Mrs. A. s. Loneraere. of
Silverton, are visiting friends in this
neighborhood.
Mrs. B. F. Snyder and son. of Van-
couver, are visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Steele.
Mrs. Carrie Bickner has returned to
her home in Oswego, Oregon, after a
visit among relatives.
John Loy was found dead at Ms
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home Wednesday. The cause of his
death is unknown. He was burled
Friday.
Lady Maccabees Elect Officers.
lne Lady Maccabees met at th
home of Mrs. J. G. VanOrsdel. I HAS.
day afternoon, and elected thn fniiw.
ing officers for the ensuing year:
14. U Uizabeth VanOrsdel.
LL C.-Ella M. Thompson.
E. K. Eva Hayter.
F. A. -Blanche Eakin.
Chaplain Eliza Black.
Sergeant Rosa E. Fidler.
M. at A. Meda Holman.
Picket Hester Flake.
Finestllneof toilet cases at Stafrios.
C. D. Shepard has been awarded the
contract, by the County Com missioners
tor tilling in the approaches to the
new steel Dridge.
Frank Butler, who has been aoriousiv
ill for the past several months, is
Improving rapidly and will soon be
able to be up and around.
W. H. Becker, of Shedds, Oregon,
is the successor to Dr. Wolf and will
take up the latter's practice immedi
ately upon his arrival in this citv. He
comes well recommended. '
Dr. Osmar K. Wolf, the efficient
young doctor who has been practicing
medicine in our city for the past eight
montns, left Monday morning for hia
home in Salem. About the first of the
coming year he will go to John Day,
urant county, Oregon, where he will
resume nis practice.
Mrs. Sarah Miller died in Portland
December i, 1907. aged 71 years and ft
months. She was born in Indiana
and afterwards moved to Kansas
where she resided for several vears
leaving that state in 1890 she came to
Oregon and has since made this her
home. Mrs. Miller is survived by
seven daughters and two nna ,n
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residents of Oregon. Her remains
Drougnt to this city for burial. sprvWa
being held at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. W. E. Hinshaw, last Thursday.
MONMOUTH.
The school census shows that there
are 227 children In the district.
Mr. and Mrs. Clanton, of Portland,
visited friends and relatives in Mon
mouth last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kennedy, of
JJailas, visited at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Walker, Sunday.
The O. S. N. S. defeated the U. of O
In a game of basketball, Saturday
night, the score being 27 to 7. Hubert
Goode played the star game for Mon
mouth.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Chute, of South
Dakota, cousins of A. L. Chute,
arrived in Monmouth last week, and
will locate here.Mr.Chute brought with
him several head of fine Peroheron
horses, beside other stock, and many
farming implements, and intends to
purcnase a farm as soon as possible.
E. Eobeson, of the stock dealing
firm of Robeson & Son, Ilderston,
Ontario, brought two car loads of fine
sneep rrom Canada this week, one for
J. B. Stump, of this city, and one for j
M. S. Woodcock, of Corvallis. Mr.
Eobeson is highly pleased with the
Willamette Valley, and says that it is
an excellent stock country.
0AKDALE.
You know as well as anv one when
you need something to regulate your
system. If your bowels are sluara-ish.
your food distresses you. vourkidnevs
pain, take Hollister's Eocky Mountain
Tea. It always relieves. 35 cents, Tea
or Tablets. Belt & Cherrington.
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Stylish
Overcoats
and Cravenettes
$75 tO $20
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Hart bchaffher is Mar
We are closing out our
Furs and
Ladies' Coats
and have some good
styles to show you at
way down prices.
Campbell & Hollister
Cash Store
Dallas, - . - Oregon
Mr. Peterson has been very ill but
is Improving.
There has been considerable rain
lately and the roads are very muddy
Cephas Nelson and John Eobinson
and father have bought the Stapleton
place.
Mr. Dickinson lias purchased the
Siefarth property, and has moved his
residence to that place.
John Macomber has built himself a
house near his father's residence, and
Is now employed in cutting wood.
An epidemic of measles has been
causing so many absences from the
public school, that it was found neces
eary to close It for a short time.
Vick Brothers, of Falls City, will
erect a sawmill on the John Farley
property In the coming Spring. Thev
have already cut considerable timber
in this locality.
Bissol
SALE
NOW ON
SALE
NOW ON
R. Jacobson, the Pioneer Merchant of Yamhill County,, after a successful career
ot 40 years in the mercantile business, -of which nearly 30 years has been spent in
this county, has fully decided to retire and spend his remaining years with his
family Whether 'the business is to be continued by the junior member of the
hrm or Sold Out to outside parties, the entire stock has to be reduced to a lim
ited amount. The merchandise, former treatment and prices have installed a
confidence m the people which cannot be shaken. To this end we offer prices
which cannot be duplicated and which it is your duty to investigate.
$65,000 Worth of First Class Merchandise
Is now offered to the public at prices unheard pf before on the West Side. Don't
wait until the last minute and expect to find a full assortment as the stock will
move out very rapidly. Checks on Banks and Clearing House Certificates taken
same as cash. .
R. JACOBSON &
Mcflinnviile, Oregon
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When winds shriek hteh in fiendish
glee.
And enters winter with his key
Protect yourself, from disease be free;
Take Hollister's Eocky Mountain
Tea. Belt & Cherrington.
Legal blanks at this office.
Latest Christmas Books at Stafrins.
Skating races at the Colosseum
Bink, Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day Eight this week. Open to all
gentlemen skaters who desire to enter.
SOUTH RICKREALL.
Cass Gibson is laying cement walks
around his house.
John Orris grading his lawn, and
will build cement walks.
M. M. Jones and son, of Monmouth,
are shipping their cream to the
Dallas creamery.
Mr. and Mrs. William Jones, of
Monmouth, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Miller, Sunday,
Mr. McDonald, who bought the
Calkins farm is well pleased with his
new home. He praises Polk County
aa the garden spot of Oregon.
ZENA AND SPRING VALLEY.
Colds are prevalent throughout this
section of the country.
Mrs. Ben Windsor is seriously ill at
her home near Lincoln. .
Clyde Henry is home again after a
two years' sojourn in Los Angeles.
W. L Crawford went to Portland.
Thursday to attend the Dairy Conven
tion.
G. F." Crawford is having a seige of
malaria and Is scarcely able to be
about -
Worth Henry is quite 111 with
typhoid fever at the home of his
parents.
The Gilbert and Patterson farm at
Lincoln was sold last week to a Mr.
Morgan, of Portland.
The funeral of the late Mrs. B. F.
McLench was held from the Zena
church last Saturday. Slowly the!
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RING OUT THE OLD,
RING IN THE NEW!" f
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Our New Line of Goods for the
Holidays is Now Ready for n
spection. Come in and see it.
A Few Happy Suggestions for Christmas
A Tea Set
A Coffee or Tea Pot
A Set of Carvers
A Set of Silver Knives and Forks
A Set of Tea, Table or Dessert Spoons
A Set of Nut Picks and Cracks
A Manicure Set
An Embroidery Set
A Pair of Scissors or Shears
A Pocket Knife
A Cigar Clip
Other article too numerous to mention
DALLAS,
. FAULL
THE LEADING HARDWARE DEALER
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