Polk County observer., June 05, 1908, Image 1

Observer
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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY
VOL. XX
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, J UNE 5, 1908.
NO. 15
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NEWS OF COUNTY TOWNS
LEWIS YILLE.
W, W. Smith was a business visitor
at the Ladd Farm, Tuesday.
Bufus Dodge was a business visitor
In iDdependonce, Tuesday.
Percy Lewis is hauling axehandle
timber for the Armstrong mill.
J. J. Leveck took several fine hogs
to the Dallas market Wednesday.
OFFICIAL
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Congressman :
W C Hawley, Rep....
W 8 Richards. 800. .
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Daniel Staver, Prohi
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J J Whitney, Dem
Supreme Judge: .
11 S Bean, Rep. ...
C J Bright, Prohi..
C C Brix, Soc
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Food Commissioner:
J W Bailey. Rep..
E N Emery, Dem
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C E Hoskins, lJroDl
U.S. Senator:
I H Amos, Prohi.. .
H M Cake. Rep
G E Chamberlain, D
J O Cooper, aoc . . .
R. R. Commissioner:
T K Campbell, Rep. .
R Robertson, Dem . . .
Dist. Attorney :
J H McNary, Rep
Joint Representative:
B F Jones, Rep
G F Luckey, Soc
Representative :'
0 P Cornwall, Soc. . .
0 L Hawley, Rep....
W D Henry, Dem....
County Judge:
Ed F Coad, Rep
H F March, Soc
J E Sibley, Dem
Sheriff:
J M Grant, Dem
G W Hinahaw, Soc..
F H Muscott, Rep. . .
County Clerk:
F S Crowley, Dem...
J P Hears, 800
E M Smith, Rep
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Treasurer:
Ed Dunn, Dem
W F Muscott, Soo...
D P Stouffer, Rep...
Assessor :
C S Graves, Rep. ...
F E Meyer, Dem ....
A J Syron, Soo
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School Superintendent:
w 1 Reynolds, Dem.
H C Seymour, Rep...
Surveyor:
B F Beezley, Rep....
Luther Ground, Dem
Coroner:
R L Chapman, Rep. .
Commissioner:
J J Finn. Soo
A M Holmes, Dem...
Wm Rlddell, Rep....
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ONE OF THE FEATURES THAT WILL BE HERE DURING THE
OLD PIONEERS', NATIVE SONS' and DAUGHTERS' PICNIC
B C02WUKCTI0H WITH ABHOLDU AjnTSKMEHT CO, IH A BIO CARNIVAL AHD FREE STEEET PAIS
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Dont forget to come out to the pic
nic at Shady Lane next Saturday.
Griffin McKinney is visiting at the
homeof bis uncle, Thomas McKinney,
of Albany.
Mrs. H. S. Portwood will soon have
a new residence built on her farm
near Lewisvllle.
0. G. Fuqua is In Newberg helping
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his brother-in-law, Mr. Burgess, build
a new residence.
Miss Leota Lewis is in Portland
with her father this week attending
the rose festival.
Miss Emma McEinnev. of Alhanv.
is visiting at the home of her cousin,
iuancne Mo&inney. .
The Deoole of this district will vote
on a new schoolhouse and site at the
annual school election.
George Conn and J. Bagley went to
lianas, Tuesday witn tne election
returns of this precinct.
The Rev. M. B. Young, of Dallas,
will preach at Lewisvllle, Sunday
morning and evening.
Sidney Trask and family have
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moved from Falls City to Airlie, where
he is to have charge of the Miller &
Alcorn store.
J. D. Grant was thrown from his
horse while driving cattle to the mar
ket last week, and narrowly escaped
serious injury.
Many new monuments have been
erected in the cemetery at this place,
and on Decoration Day, a large crowd
gathered and paid fitting tribute to
the dead.
Mrs. Plunkett, who died at Falls
City, Thursday morning, was buried
in the Smith cemetery near Lewis
vllle. She had been in Oregon only
three years, her former home having
been in Oklahoma. She was a sister
of the late Charles McKinney, of this
place. .
MONMOUTH. .
T. J. Fettit is' attending the rose fes
tival in Portland this week.
O. T. Cornwell went to Vancouver,
Washington, Monday, on business.
John Howell returned Sunday from
an extended business trip in Idaho.
The Monmouth Creamery received
over 1000 pounds of cream Tuesday.
T. A. Riggs has been quite ill with
the mumps, but is able to be around
again.
Mr. McNeal is able to be about his
work once more after a long illness
with the smallpox.
Walter Griffin and family, of Dallas,
visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Huber, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Barnett, of
Independence, visited at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Poole, Sunday.
The election day passed quietly in
Monmouth, and everyone seems to be
quite well satisfied with the results.
David Hampton and family returned
to their home in Monmouth, Monday,
after an extended visit in Eastern Ore
gon.
C. T. Cornwell' has sold his black
smith shop to Mr. Newman, who has
recently come to this city from Cali
fornia.
The crops in the vicinity of Mon
mouth promise to be heavy this sea
son, although the prunes and cherries
have been considerably damaged by
the late frosts.
POLK.
A. G. Rempel has been making bay
this week.
The hay crop is not coming out so
well in this neighborhood as the
farmers had hoped.
The strawberries are. from two to
three weeks later in ripening this year
than they were last.
The annual school election for this
district will be held on Monday, June
15, at 7 o'clock p. tn.
The work of improving the roads in
this vicinity has been begun by the
road supervisor, and considerable
gravel has been hauled.
Miss Elizabeth Enns has purchased
40 acres of land from the J. G. Rempel
property, 11 acres of which is planted
in prune trees ready to bear.
The District Conference of the Men
nonite Church will be held at this place
June 14 to 18 Inclusive. A good pro
gram has been prepared and many
visitors for all parts of the Pacific
states are expected to be present
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BALLST0N.
E. H. Sloan has been quite ill.
Clinton Arthur was a Dallas visitor
Sunday.
Mrs. R. C. Clark was a visitor In
North Yamhill, Saturday.
Alfred Campbell has returned from
a visit to Southern California.
A number of people from Ballston
attended the memorial services in
Sheridan, Sunday.
Thomas Woodley was stricken with
paralysis Tuesday, and is in a criti
cal condition.
Mr. and Mrs. William" Fudge went
to Seattle last week and witnessed the
arrival of the battleship fleet at that
point.
Budlera & Poindexter Have sold their
store In this place to a business man
from Reedvllle, who will take posses
sion on the first of J uly.
PEDEE.
Bex Womer has been in Falls City
on business.
A. R. Lewis was in the hills last
week looking for some beef cattle.
T. P. Bevens, of Buena Vista, was a
business visitor In this vicinity last
week.
John Edwards, of Philomath, has
been visiting at the home of his father,
Joe Edwards.
Many of the young people of this
neighborhood attended the picnic at
Bidders Grove last week.
The house of Jasper Willot was
burned to the ground last Tuesday,
and nearly evetythlng in it was lost.
The Pedee baseball team defeated
the team from Airlie last week by a
score of 9 to 10. The same teams will
piny at Airlie again next Sunday.
ENDS HIS OWN LIFE
Former Clerk of Polk County Com
mits Suicide at His Home in '
Salem.
James I. Thompson died by his
own hand at his home in Salem, Wed
nesday morning, shooting blmseli In
the mouth with a 22-callbre rifle.
Mr. Thompson was well known in
Polk County having made his resi
dence here for nearly 20 years. He
was born in Surry County, North
Carolina in 1826, and crossed the
plains to California in 1852, settling
at Eureka. From that that place he
moved to Dallas in 1860 and in 1862 he
married Miss Elizabeth Dyer. To this
union were born six children.
After serving two successful terms
as Clerk of Polk County, he moved to
Rickreall and afterward to Eola,
where he resided until 1877.
In the Spring of that year an epi-
deralo of dlptherla swept the country,
and five of his children succumbed to
the dread disease. Feeling that he
oould not bear to live In a place where
fie had suffered so much sorrow, he
moved to Salem.
The death of his wife In 1838,
followed by the death of his son, Dr.
Hugh Thompson in 1899, left him
almost alone in the world, and it Is
thought that brooding over this fact,
coupled with long sickness, resulted
In a fit of despondency in which he
ended bis own life.
Short funeral services were held at
his borne Wednesday evening, and the
body was taken to Portland yesterday
and cremated.
More Cement Walk.
The cltv council has ordered a
oement sidewalk laid on Court street
between the Wilson corner and the
Hotel Gall, and has Instructed the
ordinance committee to bring in ao
ordinance changing the width of
oement sidewalks in the resldenoe
districts, from S feet to S feet 4 inches.
The new Are alarm system has not
yet been perfected, and was reierrea
to the committee on Fire and Water
at the council meeting Wednesday
night. The Mutual Telephone Corn
Dan v has offered to make the necessary
connection with the Willamette Valley
Electric plant from wblcb tne general
alarms will be given, for 135.
Woodmca Elect Officers.
At the regular business meeting of
the Dallas Camp of Woodmen, the
following officers were elected to serve
urios tbeensulng six months: W.I.
Soohren, C C ; H. C 8eymour, A. L. ;
A. Griffith, escort ;C. A. Smith, watch
roan ; J. R. Coovert, sentry and R. E.
Reed, manager.
County Clerk tssued license to wed
to two Indians from the Grand Roode
tMrmUoo Wednesday morning,
Peter McCoy and Ctnpqaa Ana. The
ages of the contracting partie ars
somewhat nnwruio, but It U claimed
that be Is over 100 years old, while his
bride is at least 84 years of age. Peter
McCoy is well known to tba majority
of the older citlseos of Polk county i
and la Identified with several of the j
noteworthy eveata of the early history '
of pioneer days.
Joe Rbeode, of Carlton, Is aMlstiog
la the freight department at the depot.
daring the absence of E Jacobaoa.
who to staying at bis frvtt ranch near
Dallas temporarily.
Fred JobnsolT, of Airlie, was la
BIG REDUCTION
On our Entire Stock
See our
Campbell
Coy Brothers
CONTRACTORS
and BUILDERS
Reference : I. C. School of Archi
tecture. Scranton, Pa.
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Dallas Truck & Dray Company
Hubbard I Drown, Proprietors
Phone and stand at Belt & Cher-
rlngton's drug store. Bell and Mutual
Phones. All kinds of hauling Wood
for sale.
HOW COULD IT
BE OTHERWISE
After years of honest endeavor
to please our customers, is it
any wonder that trade comes
our way? . ,
We call your especial attention
to our stock of
BUILDERS'
HARDWARE
VARIETY
Greater
Than
Ever
Wm. FAULL
The largest, most complete, up-to-date Hardware
in the Valley.
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of
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Window
& Hollister
The Best Meats
Are found In our tender
and juicy beef, mutton
and pork. We do our
own killing, and can .
guarantee all meats to
lie wholesome and fresh.
Give us a trial.
Barphartft Grant
Dallas,
Oregon
Lumber For Sale
Rough and dressed lumber for
sale at your own price. Let me
figure on your bill. -Mutual
phone.
N. G. HARRIS.
DALLAS, OREGON
PRICES
Never
More
Favorable
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