THE POLK COUNTY OBSERVER, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1916
:outh
(far i.i and around Mon
fcre I. v cutting their corn,
leavy we had have dom
ic com c op and killed the po
fVines of all kinds have been
fa! picking is in full blast and
t. tl to get pickers enough. The
ft p j heavy in the valley. '
k J..d and hiB helpers, A. L.
I and Dan Portwood, have
.p.OOO gquarej feet of concrete
jtfks in Monmouth this season
e still at ll, iney nave me
:l for building the curbing on
ets which are being paved.
paving the street in Mon-
egan, it is a daily occurrence
one to get lost as the streets
ely passable.
ft number from Monmouth at-
the, Jersey, sale nt Indepen
'""tuesday. ipdiotr of the Monmouth Her
nli bought the building two doors
where he was and has moved
tea and fixtures into the same.
a paving the building fixed for n
' has office. : j ;
cy Newma; is painting his
Tollman and wife were visit
diuth of Independence Sunday.
-and Mrs. Elmer Hull of Cot
" rove were the guests of Mr. and
N, Ilalleck Monday nnd Tkcs-
"re was no district school the
"art of the week on account of
titute at Dallas.
iCleland and Fred Smith re
J home from their hunting trip
d no success, so there are no
nlgf stone ' : : ;
II ph Barber has moved to Inde-
j Ice. V
L Marks has moved to his new
jc Clackamas county. He tradtfd
l-acre farm six miles south of
hlpouth and (some cash to Mr.
ton for his 80-acre farm near
' ' . . .
miy silos are going up in this vi-
"i E. B. Ostrom has finished the
,,1 foundation for his silo, and is
fg the material for same,
"n is drying out very fast and
b, farmers will water the ensilage
is cut ,
JilmS Nelson sustained' a bad in-
jto one of, his hands recently
Wacing a can of oil in his wagon
ill not' 1m able, to use that mem
"or some .tinl8.i.! ' ."" '
"jrk Hembreatbas finished hulling
wf Thursday', having hulled for
Jlf, E. B.,'Ostrom and T. J. Ed
i this week. The yield was very
on an 'average and the seed un
Wy clean.
Iba pheasants- are very scarce
year owing to the severe fold
st winter and Jthe ipitokmtred
season last spring.
porrow is tho regular monthly
BJ' tfaie" of Monmouth grange
Jlgood attendance is desired.
t-:
GUTHRIE
I
"J. Larkins drove up from (Irand
d Tuesday and returned -home
iesday with a wagon load of V.
IIillim.ro, 'a Angora goats.
Ida K 'nnich will hold a pub
tie at her farm just souh of the
ie school house, Tuesday, Octo
JZ. Mrs. Siinnich has rented her
i : T.,.l.;..n
'f telegraph linemen returned to
fOilliam switch Tuesday from
k Rock.
Je Yeater clover huller was in the
iborhood Saturday and hulled
for W. D. Gilliam. He receiv
,'nice lot of solid clover seed,
'ail Fern is hauling cord wood to
,is. E. O. Bradley is helping him.
rs. Ida Minnich came from Salem
ilay for a visit with relatives and
lids.
iter spending several weeks in
prune orchards near Salem, J. C.
ten and family returned to their
e hire last week.
I ) ritlDGE DOPE
I Tooze. Jr., and fieorjre
. ' Dallas were over to Salem
' of the week, boosting for
i :
?n '
ron
ie
Hns and wife were Salem
first of the week,
form and Albert Thomas,
n workine in eastern Ore"
nraer, returned home to
a few days ago.
r is night clerk in the
rie Salem offiee.
Salem school is doinir
Mrs. Frank Gibson a
and i iiz are sure shoot
5 these days as the China
n.
&i and Dud Gilnon are
the boys that tried to haul all the
gravel oft of the bar in one day.
H. L. Fitchard and wife, Miss El
la Robinson and H. Hirschberg of
Independence passed over the bridge
Sunday evening.
Several of the West Salem women
are working in the fruit ' packing
plants in Salem.
Watchman McAdams says that the
dog business is picking up. He has
sold seven Airdale puppies.
There will be lots of venison down
our way as Dave Pugh and James
Emlah are off for the big mountains.
Those boys are some hunters.
Uncle Wash Gibson attended the
Democratic speaking last week and
says it was good.
Mr. Morris of Dallas was over to
Salem Sunday with a carload of
friends.
Deputy Sheriff Fuller from Hills
boro was in Salem on business last
Saturday.
Miss Thelma Williams of Indepen
dence spent Saturday with Mrs. Bil
lings in West Salem and returned
home in the eyening.
A. D. Davidson and wife of Inde
pendence spent Sunday with relatives
in Salem.
W. S. Kurre and wife oP Indepen
dence were over to Salem Saturday
evening.
OAK GROVE
Floyd Meyer of Smith field t hreshed
grain for Mr. Huffman Friday.
Mr. Neufeld finished picking and
drying his 1300 bushels of prunes last
week.
Mr. Trueblood baled straw Friday
for C. II. Farmer.
Art Newton of Salem is working
for Seth White.
Several from here attended the fu
neral of Mr. Hillman Hodges in Dal
las Friday.
Miss Jamie Farmer came home
from Dallas Friday evening to stay
over Sunday.
Miss Stella Smith was a Dallas
caller Saturday.
Most every one from this neighbor
hood attended the round-up at Mc
Minnville bust week.
Mr. and Mis. J. j. flay of Corrallis
were Sunday callers at F. M. Edgar's.
Mr. and Mrs. Uoyd Mallicoat am
children of Molalla were visitors at
the Fanner home Saturday and Sun
day. R. -J. Williamson and family and
John Braden Forded- to Falls City
and Black Rock Sunday and spent the
day.
Miss Ada Farmer attended teach
ers' institute in Dallas this week.
fiROWIEY
Wilson Allen hauled grain to Crow
ley last week.
Several from this vicinity went to
the McMinnville round-up last week.
The Ladies' Aid met at the Lewis
home on Thursday of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Linn Gay of Corval
lis were Sunday visitors at J.. W. Edi
gar's home.
Sunday school was well attended
here Sunday.
Seth White was a Salem visitor
Friday.
Mrs. Gardner was a caller at Mrs.
R. J. Williamson's Monday..
Mrs. Warren visited her sister, Mrs.
M. F. White, Monday.
Frank" Farmer was digging potatoes
on the Baskctt place this week.
Miss Winowa Roland went to Dal
las the first of the week to attend
teachers' institute.
MT. VIEW-POPCORN
Mrs. O. E. Fry's prime dryer hurn
ed down Monday morning between 5
and 6 o'clock. He lost about seven
tons of prunes.
Mrs. Ixm of eastern Oi-egun has
been visiting Mrs. G. R. Adams.
Prune drying is just about complet
ed, but the farmers are now busy
picking their apples.
Mountain View school started Oc
tober 2 with Mrs. Seymour as prin
cipal and Miss Deal as primary
teacher. Popcorn school also started
with Miss Rose Bodayla as teacher.
RirKREALI
INDEPENDENCE
The many friends of Carl Percival
are pleased to learn that he is get
ting along nicely now. after being
hurt in an auto accident recently in
Salem.
Mrs. Sarah Irvine is visiting in
San Franciseo.
Miss Bertha Collins has accepted a
position as an operator in the tele
phone office.
Ira Ellson ha returned to his home
in Dallas, after spending the- sum-
BTJENA VISTA
Mis. E. J. Anderson has returned
from a week's visit in MeMinnville,
Portland and Salem.
Ernest Chown has returned from
MeMinnville where he has been visit
ing friends for a week.
Rev. Orin Wall and family left
Monday for Sheridan, where he will
be pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
church. Mr. Wlall has been pastor
here for the past two years.
Mr. and Mrs. Nels Anderson of
MoMinnville and Mrs. Anderson of
Portland visited the latter part of the
week. ,
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Kraetz and chil
dren of Suver, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Anderson. Mr. Kruetz ex
pects to move his family to Indepen
dence this week. -
Quite a number from here attended
the show, "The little girl next door, ' '
in Independence Sunday.
G. A. Wells was a Dallas business
caller Tuesday.
Ed. Prather was a Portland busi
ness caller this week.
Quite a number from here attended
the cattle sale in Independence Tues
day. R. Peterson left Monday for Me
Minnville and Portland to visit for a
few days.
Rev. Atkins, the new ' Methodist
Episcopal pastor, arrived1 this week
and will preach his first sermon Sun
day. '
N. C. Anderson and J. R. Loy took
their cattle to Independence to be
sold at the Jersey cattle sale Tues
day. Mr. and Mrs. N. C Anderson, Ras
tus Peterson, Nels Anderson of Me
Minnville and Geneva Cryderman
were Albany and Corvallis visitors
Sunday.
Glen Hannian of Elkins has been
visiting with relatives here recently.
Prof Buell' attended institute in
Dallas this week.
Mr. anil Mrs. Jim Prather and
daughter of Corvallis visited relatives
here Sunday.
on Monday afternoon caused some ex
citement here, as it soon spread
through the stubble and St. John's
weed and was rushing on toward the
hills back of the Phillips and Purvine
places. However, vigilant fighting
with wet sacks was rewarded, so that
by 10 o'clock the flames were sub
dued. It is not known how the fire
started but it may have been from
sparks from a steam engine which
passed along the road that morning.
L. Dickman has been appointed
road supervisor to fill the vacancy
caused by Claude Ashby moving,
away. ;
Mr. Doris is very ill at the Salem
Ihosiital with blood poison in his
hand.
Mr. Wheeler has rented the J. B.
Asliby farm.
Mrs. Jim Budlong of Portland was
a recent visitor with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Dickman.
. Claude Ashby and family have
moved to their farm near Lake La
bish. Chester Horner has a fine crop of
Hubbard squashes.
Mrs. J. Fanstock of Omaha left
Wednesday for her home. She has
been a guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. Lowery, the past three
months.
SPRING VALLEY
Spring Valley fi
Mis. Beydler and children of Bea
verton have been guests for the past
week at the home of Mis. C. A. Tay
lor. They were friends in Kansas.
Among those from here who attend"
ed the round-up at MeMinnville were
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Barker, Mr. and
Mrs. WL D. Henry, Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Crawford, Mrs. L. M. Pervine,
Mm. Frank Matthews, Miss Genie
Smith and her father, James Smith.
Fred and Jesse Simkins.
Oscar Cat ton of Salem is siendiiig
the week with his father, W, S. Cat-ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Worth Henry of Sa
lem were Sunday guests of Mr. Hen
ry's parents here.
' Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Mann of Port
land and Mr. and Mrs. Hampton of
Pendleton spent Monday at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Clarke. Mr.
Hampton crossed the plains with Mr.
Clarke's party in the early days.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Crawford and
son, Aubrey, of Salem, were over
Sundav visitors with tiw parents, Mi.
and Mrs. G. H. Crawford:
Miss Elsie Taylor was attending
the teachers' institute at Dallas oa
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mrs. Win. Davis is home from Dal
las, where she has been caring for
her daughter. Bliss. t the borne of
Mrs. Fred Surer. Miss Bliss Davis
is now about recovered from the ef
fects of her recent operation for ap
pendicitis. Toe Mioses Phoebe and Mary Wy
att, Mr. Booth and Mr. Osborne of
Amity were Sunday euests of Mr. and
Mrs. S. D. Crawford.
Mr. and Mrs. Worth Henry of Sa
lem were Sunday gwts of Mr. Hen
ry's parents here.
A fire stsrtini in the Bailey hill
OAK DALE
Alvin Kimball of Gold Hill is here
visiting with his mother, Mrs. Malin
da Kimball and his sisters, Mrs. Ben
Thompson and Mrs. John Robinson.
Besides he has a host of friends who
are glad to welcome him home.
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. ' Rodgers at
tended preaehing at the Methodist
church at Falls City Sunday even
ing. Mr. Rodgers gave a good lecture
at the Oak Dale school ihous Sun
day afternoon.
Vivian Webster and Jamie Ross
and Joe Dennis are home this week
while the teachers' institute is be
ing held in Dallas.
Mrs, Dennis and little Ruth visited
Mrs. W. D. Cary in Dallas Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. F. Y. Patton of McPherson,
Kansas, has been visiting her old
time friends, Mrs. Elvira Shirk and
the family of L. G. Miller.
PERRYDALE
J. E. Yoakum, Mr. E. Jennings,
Mrs. Jones and Mrs. J. T. Friar at
tended the funeral and burial of D. T.
Hodges in Dallas Friday.
Professor Barnes, Carl Morrison,
Miss Winters and Miss Bryant at
tended the teachers' institute in Dal
las this week.
Joe Jennings was a Dallas caller
Tuesday.
Miss Bessie Morrison is taking mu-,
sic lessons of William Caldwell in
Dallas.
Mrs.. J. P. Caldwell and dhildreii,
who have been visiting in Salem, re
turned home Wednesday.
Mr. and Mis. I. F. Yoakum and Mr.
and Mrs. John Foster visited at the
home of Mi. and Mrs. J. T. Friar
Sunday.
J. E. Yoakum left here Friday for
a few weeks' visit in the east.
Ross Jennings of Portland spent
Saturday and Sunday here with his
parents.
Max Flannery, C. L. Bratcher, J.
T. Friar, John Jolly and W. C. Den
nis attended the political speaking
in Dallas Monday.
H. J. Elliott and Frank Morrison
attended the Republican rally in
Dallas Monday evening.
PUTNAM HILL
R. W. New drove over to Fort Rock
to look after business there.
Mis. Fred Kubin has been quite
sick the past two weeks, but is some
better now.
' Lee Edwards of Fort Rock spent a
few weeks with his brother, A. Ed
wards, returning 'home last week. He
says it seems nice to get back where
vegetables and fruits grow.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hedden had as
their guests recently, Mr. and Mrs. C.
T. Hoover of Salem, T. G. Hoover
of Drain, Mr. and Mrs. William Sneed
from east of Salem, and Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Sneed of Dlrain.
Fred Kubin and W. E. St. Pierre
have finished drying their prunes.
Both report a large yield.
The Hook and Thimble club met at
the home of Mrs. Martha Riser
Thursday afternoon. Tse following
officers were elected: President, Min
nie Schwartz; vice-president, Mrs.
Marie Kubin; secretary, Mrs. Grotte;
treasurer, Mrs. Mary Beaver; librar
ian, Mrs. Martha Riser. Mrs. Riser
served a delicious lunch.
Frank Pennington, wife and little
daughter, started for their home at
Fort Rock Thursday. They will drive
over the mountains.
F. N. Woodry
The Live Stock Auctioneer
Farm stock tales specUJty. If
yon want what your chattels are
worth I can get it for yon. Give
ma a trial and bo convinced, I
fnarante satisfaction. No sale
too large or too snail I work
for the man that employs me..
Address 1140 South 15th St
Salem, Oregon.
Phone 511.
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.418 MILL STREET
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Why Should Oregon Vote
Pendleton $125,000
and one-twenty-fifth of a mill for a normal school
only 21 miles from where 'the state owns a good
pliant at Weston which requires but one-fortieth of
of a mill annual maintenance to put it in success
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309 X NO
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Phone Stands: Webster's Confectionery 511 Ellis' Confectionery 1062
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Ask for
Polk County Products
Pngh's loyanberry Juice has ft flavor yon win not, for
get It is sold at all leading confectionery and grecerr
stores.
Manufactured by
C. J. PUGH, Falls City, Oregon
There is too much "rut on soiur
of the straw rotes to make them eood '
indicators of the .November election
J I returns.
Golden West Coffee
is "Just Kitnr
ot'
inier here.