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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1916)
tbs polk ootnmr obse&ybb, fbidat, December s, ins kr y i i bt, A a d ai ITY oi the high in Selig's hall o of the senors .1 had a jolly good a justice to a boun s, 8 i old-time resident of if i in the Dallas hospital 'ere operation last week, ras brought here and was he Odd Fellows cemetery irnoon. f . ercy, brother of William i over from Scotts Mills liily and made a Thanks- with his brother's lam liting with. Mr. and Mrs. 10 are Mrs. Percy's par- i the teachers of Falls s teaching outside schools to spend Thanksgivng. l was in Portland during ( business matters. .ton was a visitor to New the past week. md has been confined to some time with a severe thma, ;,! dickalsori, who is teach 'inunond's valley school, Wednesday evening to :sgiving at home. She re. ir school Sunday. Brown of Baker City has hat is known as the Rho- sea in the east part of 111 move his family there mvenient. dson Realty company re e of two of the city prop ing to a Mr. Lanning of ring thd week. several ties have been rented. y of Independence has with his brother and is city for the last week 1 to his home Sunday, i, who has been in Wash he last six months, has ae for a short time. He h work in the state of and good wages. Lin view Irs. i lank irs. . Urs. ip Mrs. E. F. Aebi from ipent Thanksgiving with er, Mrs. G. leischnian ms Lehman and children aer to spend a few days ents, L r, and Mrs. Shir- foedte -ier from Slier- one t ternoon at the and I i. A. Aebi. wleigh from Sa ving at the home ward Lehman. .pscott and their unday with their s. LUard Ijchman. s. J. Jr. Aebi were ( s with Mr. and Mrs. I. man left for Wash i e mded visit with her J... on. n and Edwin Rutschmar visitors with Mrs. JacV :tt of Dallas preached at st Sunday. shipped them to Portland this week. Miss Mamie Peterson has gone to Portland to spend the winter. Mrs. J. D. Anderson spent last week in Cottage Grove visiting with her daughter, Mrs. England, and baby. Earl Mangis visited a few days with his sister, Mrs. B. B. Bradley, lost week. Mrs. S. E. Guthrie and baby re turned home from Dallas last week, where She had the baby in the doe- tor's care. She also visited with her mother, Mi's. Gilson. Grace Irish, Leota Smallman and the little Kimsey girl are all ill with pneumonia. Harley Bradley's eye is slowly im proving but is still under the doctor's care. The bandage has been removed, but he has to wear dark glasses when near a bright light. RICKREALL )f the cloudy weather re were 55 people at the and all enjoyed the day. had arranged a nice pro- on the table was spread utul lunch. The after nt by re-electing officers ig year for the Parent The officers elected nt, J. C. M linkers; vice 's. J. C. Guthrie; secre- pper; treasurer, Mrs. B. rograra committee, Mrs. ft, Mrs. B. B. Bradley Munkers; refreshment re. G. G. Irish, Mrs. G. s. L. N. Belieu; press iss Merlie Gilliam. The out the district were it and Mrs. W. I. Rey 1 ?"rs. Phillips and two s Johnson of Dal . pipy of Monmouth i. The subject of 'ionola for the dis u p during the meet baen fully decided is suffering with built a garage on T. of Perrydale spent r mother, Mrs. E. ' of Dallas spent her parents, Mr. ster. t family and Mr. - of Dallas spent we with the for- ';. Palmer and fam- The bazaar held by the Ladies' Aid society was well attended and a snug sum of money was realized. A basketball game between Rickrc- all and Indeendence was played Fri day night, after which there was a dance. The game was won by Rick reall by a score of 16 to 3. Misses Mabel Craven, varsena Lu cas and Glen Brown, who are attend ing the normal school at Monmouth, spent their Thanksgiving vacation at home. N. S. Burch of Springfield is visit ing relatives here for a few days. The walk from here to Nesbit sta tion is being repaired this week. F. S. Crowley has moved to Dallas, where he will take the office of school superintendent, to which he was elect ed last month. F. A. Kascr is in Portland this week with a carload of sheep which he will exhibit at the stock show. Frank Burch shipped his crop of potatoes last week. Quite a few young people from Dal las and Independence attended the dance Saturday night. W. 0. Hill and family spent Thanksgiving at Mill City. Mrs. B. F. Lucas returned to her home Tuesday having spent ten days isiting friends and relatives in Al bany, Turner and Salem. School closed Wednesday afternoon with a short program and re-opened on Monday, December 4. H. II. Smith of West Salem visited his sister, Mrs. Warren Burch, Satur day. Miss Porter spent the week-end with friends in Dallas. Satisfy that's a new thing for a cigarette to do It's nothing for a cigarette to just taste good lots of cigarettes may do that. But Chesterfields do more they satisfy! Just like a thick, juicy steak satisfies when you're hungry. Yet, with all that, Chesterfields are MILD t No other cigarette can give you this new enjoyment (satisfy, yet mild), for the good reason that no cigarette . maker can copy the Chesterfield blend an entirely new combination of tobaccos and the most important develop ment in cigarette blending in 20 years. ?Giie me a package of those cigarettes that SA TISFY"! ZCttorlU lag - -JwSlv, Visa, uui.i..i.i.jn.U'-"""1" OAK DALE Fred Hughes is in McMinnville at tending the seventh annual state con vention of the Oregon and Southern Idaho Farmers' union as a delegate from this neighborhood. Albert and Mildred Sellers are both confined to their beds with a severe attack of measles. Jim Hubbard is grubbing up (his bopyard and will sow it to grain and perhaps put in a few acres of pep permint. He is also preparing to put in six acres of prunes on his hill land. 0. E. Dennis raised about 360 pounds of sugar beets in a row forty feet long. Will Dennis and Erich Deierling are cutting wood for Fred Hughes. Mrs. Dennis has been having quite a sick spell but has almost recovered. Ha Mason is quite sick at this writ ing. Curtis Hubbard of Dallas ate Thanksgiving dinner with his neph ew, Jim Hubbard. . Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Rodgers, Miss Gill and Abe Bartholomew spent Thanksgiving with Mrs. Rhoda Green. Don Miller and his family have all been down with a siege of grip. Mr. and Mrs. White from the Pio neer neighborhood, have moved onto the Floyd Smith place. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Robinson and George D. Robinson spent Thanksgiv ing with the family of Chas. Bird in Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. C. Nelson and family of Mistletoe spent Thanksgiving with the family of George Robinson. SPRTTJfl VAT.I.EY lots in Seattle to Bud Sears for ten acres in the Oak Knoll tract. The Bird Walling family motored to Portland on Thanksgiving day. , The first parent-teacher meeting of the year was held Wednesday at the school house, a large number attend ing. The children gave an excellent program, which was much enjoyed, after which sandwiches and cake were served. Russell Taylor and Wayne Henry were business callers in Portland Saturday. Mr. Cook, a former resident here, and now living at Lakeview, is visit ing friends at Shaw, and expects to visit in this neighborhood next week. While he is here,. Ben and Willis, are running the farm, John is holding down a homestead of 320 acres and expects to get 320 more when the new law passes. AIRLIE daughter, Mrs. Levi Burbank of Pe dee. Mrs. T. F. Ulrich is nursing the grip the last few days. J. E. French and family spent Thanksgiving in Salem with the moth er of Mr. French. Mrs. French and children remained for a few days' vis it, expecting to stav over Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Scott are spending several days at Fairview, near Portland, where Mr. Scott serv ed as pastor for 38 years. Mrs. W. Harvey Crawford visited Monday with Mm. J. I. Miller in West Salem. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Crawford of Sa- em entertained the several Crawford families firm Spring Valley on Thanksgiving day. lered five hogs and I Nile Holland has traded several Uncle John Lewis, our veteran wood cutter, is 72 years old and puts up his cord each day. The school gave a basket social in the hall Tuesday evening, November 28. The baskets brought $52. Vern Williams is preparing ten acres of land for potatoes the coming year. Elige Caughey is visiting in Port land this week. Mrs. C. V. Johnson and mother, Mrs. H. Runlett and daughter, Miss Hattie Runlet, of Medford are visit ing here. Will Todamere has traded with Fred Abi for a gasoline woodsaw out fit. Ira Williams is running a lunch counter. Jule Hannum spent Thanksgiving with his sister, Mrs. Will Jones in Monmouth. Mrs. Charley Seaman spent Thanks giving with her parents at Turner, Marion county. Chester Cooper has returned from a visit to his Uncle, John Cosper, at Goldendale, Wash. Mrs. C. M. Shewey returned from Brooks, Marion county where she has been nursing Frank Sturgis family through the measles. Mr. inn and family of Salem are visiting J. F. Ulrich. W. P. Williams is well pleased with his new tractor engine. F. Simpson and Ben Canghey went coon hunting Thursday. Gordon Munkers and wife of Brownsville are visiting their cousin. Mrs. C. V. Johnson. Elder Plowman will preach in the school bouse Sunday. Jesse Yonst of Coos Bay, who used to live on the Pedee, is visiting his GREENWOOD . Mm. Scth Fawk, a former resident of this place but now of Oak Grove, was an Independence passenger from here last Monday. Twenty-seven pupils are now en rolled in our school. Miss Gladys Mitchell of Glenada is our teacher. The Southern Pacific Company has a large force of men taking up the old ties and replacing same with new ones. They have six cars here on the siding in which they live. Chas. Huntley and wife and Miss Mabel Stevens, a teacher in the In-do-iendence high school, spent last Sunday with the J. T. Huntley fam ily. Mr. and Mrs. Wooden and two chil drcn of Black Rock have moved here on the Hallberg farm. Roy Bigelow and family, who lived on the Hallberg farm, have moved on what is known as the M. W. Mix farm near Monmouth. Gordon Huntley has been on the grip list. Billy Simons received news of the serious illness of his father in Min nesota last Monday. Billy left for the east the next day. Mrs. Hildebrand has had several new buildings built on the farm which she recently purchased. Mrs. R. V. Lindsay has sold her farm to a gentleman from the east. Mrs. Lindsay has gone back to her former house in Vancouver, British Columbia. Miss Abbie Walker of Dallas was an over Sunday visitor with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Walker. E. F. Brown and J. T. Huntley made a business trip to Independence and Monmouth last Monday. Mrs. Lettie Huntley was a recent visitor at Mrs. E. F. Brown home. Miss Mitchell, our teacher, is pre paring her scholars for a Christmas entertainment. Mr. Backer was a business visitor in Salem last week. Mrs. J. T. Huntley, our school clerk. has finished taking the school census. There are 48 pupils drawing school money. After several months oat of the ring Greenwood's grizzled old writer has once more taken np the quill and will write for tie family stand by. The Observer. The Misses Florence and Ruth Walker of the Normal, spent Thanks" giving with their parents, Mr. an1 Mrs. John Walker. CROWLEY Mr. and Mrs. Seth White and R. J. Williamson and family spent Thanks giving with Mrs. N. A. Williamson of West Salem. Frank Muno came over from Dallas and spent Sunday with his parents here. Cecil Riggs was a Sunday visitor in Oak Grove. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Edgar spent Saturday with Mrs. J. C. White. J. P. Hamilton was a Dallas visitor Monday. Mrs. Smith and Miss Stella Smith spent Thanksgiving with relatives in Smithfield. Kaner Trent and family spent Thanksgiving with his parents in Rickreull. R. J. Williamson and family and Miss Mildred Edgar were Sunday visitors at J. W. Edgar's Oak Grove place. Cass Riggs was a Dallas visitor Monday. F. M. Edgar was a business visitor in Newberg Monday. Malcolm Pewtberer was an Inde pendence visitor Friday. H. M. Edgar and family of Dallas spent Thanksgiving with Finlcy Ed gar. Several from here attended the Thanksgiving dance at McCoy. Jim Bradeu and Ben Carrol of Greenwood hauled grain to Crowley last week to be shipped. Elmer Hamilton went to McCoy the middle of last week for a load of feed as they are fattening about 40 hogs. Mrs. Ben Carrol and baby of Green wood spent the latter part of last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Valliere. C. H. Farmer and family spent Thanksgiving with their daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Mallicoat and family of Molalla. C. M. Warren was a business caller in Salem the middle of last week. BUENA VISTA Mise Ruby Elk ins has returned to her home near Dallas, after visiting with her sister, Mrs. W. R. Bevens. Mr, and Mrs. Elkins and son of Dallas spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Bevens. Miss Gladys Reynolds, who is at tending O. A. C, spent Thanksgivtmr with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. . A. Re-molds. i V. J. Krnetx and fiunilv nf Indp- I pendenee spent Thanksgiving with T' ! recent heavy storms have sua-1 Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Anderson. pende ! farming for a time at least Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Roy of east Buena Vista, spent Sunday with Mir. and Mrs. Amos Holman. The "Loyal Daughters" of tha Methodist Episcopal church entertain ed the "Knights of Honor" olaaa with a party Wednesday evening in the gymnasium. The evening was spent playing games. A Thanksgiv ing luncheon was served by the girls. Those present were: Misses Elsie and Edna Schrunk, Bernice Weill, Ruby Elkins, Alma Wells, Louise Leonards, Geneva Cryderman and Is abella Peterson, Mrs. Buell and Mes srs. Marven and Perry Wells, Ray Grounds, Alfred and Gilbert Loy, Verd Schrunk, Clifford and OrvUle Wells, Arthur Black and Ernest Chown. G. A. Wells is attending court in Dallas this week. Cleve Pratber was' a Portland visit or this week. Mrs. Cleve Prather has been visit ing with relatives in Salem this week. Perry Wells, who is attending bus iness college in Salem, spent the lat ter part of the week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Wells. The women of the Methodist Epis copal church have re-organized the aid society. The program committee for the Christmas program met at Rev. At kinson's to make further arrarure- ments Monday evening. The program will be given in the Methodist Episco pal church. Rev. Burns of Rickreall preached in the Evangelical church Sunday. Rev. Atkinson preached at Moun tain View Sunday. W. R. Bevens is in Portland tend ing to some business. Mrs. W. R. Bevens is in Dallas vis iting with relatives. OAK GROVE Rev. Vint preached here Sunday. Seth Fawk hauled wheat to Derry last week and loaded a ear to ship. Mrs. Fuller and son, Joe, of Port land visited Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ed gar one day last week. Clyde Vincent attended the dsnc in McCoy Thanksgiving night. R. J. Williamson and family spent Sunday at J. W. Edgar's borne. Seth Fawk and family spent Thanksgiving with Frank Fawk and family of Salt Creek. Cecil Riggs was a Snnday visitor here. (Continued on last page) Twlc-a-Wk Ohwtrvr 11. fS a Tear. Golden West Coffee is -just K!?hr