OF OUR TELEPHONE SERVICE. Reaches Out to Many Parts of the County and Is Great Benefit In conversation with P. E. Chase, manager of the Pacific Telephone Company s local branch we learn that there are at least 160 homes served from his office, about half of them being n the town and the other being lines reaching out into the country and serving the farmers of this sec tion. When Mr. Chase took charge of the office a year ago there were but 136 phones served from the office which shows that there has been a healthy increase in the past pear, with a gain of 24 phones. The rate to farmers at that time was $5 per year for switching service and for phone rental, now the farmer can buy his own phone and the charge is but $3 per year for switching. This is as cheap a rate as there is anywhere in the state so far as we know and it certainly is worth twentyfive cents a monttf of any farmers money to have a phone in the house, for there are many times that quick communi cation with town is very desirable, especially is this the case should a doctor have to be called. There is no need of running a horse to town and taking perhaps two to four hours to get a physician when in a few minutes one can be summoned by phone. Then when one has a phone in the house he can call up a neighbor on a rainy day and talk a few minutes, or the limit of time allowed for a conversation, and thus find out what is going on besides helping to pass away the time. The business done by the local office brings in considerable rev enue and gives employment to two operators. The tariff from switching which is paid to this office amounts to $62 a month and is steadily increasing. This is not a munificent sum, yet it helps to swell the coffers of at least three persons and if there was no central here it would be missed very much. There are two lines to Suver which supply 27 farmers and two lines to Air lie that supply 30 farmers. Even tually these will be increased and we will have several more, be sides there are a number of short s lines that reach out only a short distance. There is free service to all patrons of this office with all the phones in Independence, Dallas and Rickreall, which gives one a large number of people with which he can communicate at almost a moments notice, be sides we have long distance con nection with Portland and all the valley towns. Besides the $62 payroll the company pays $9 a month rental, but the accommodation is more to the town than the amount of money coming in and we could not afford to lose the central , office. An effort was made last spring to have the office discon tinued, but without success and we have reason to believe that no further attempt will be made in that direction; on the contrary there is reason to believe that there will be an effort to establish another system in town, but for the present it would seem unnecessary. It is a pretty good index of the kind of farmer a fellow is if he wants to keep the manure pile at the smallest size possible and doesn't care a bit when it is spread on the land. Usually such fellows have a grouch against the fate that attends them and lambaste the existing polit ical and economic order. In the light of present day forestry agitation the title of the poem which we used to recite when children in school, "Wood man, Spare That Tree," has a good deal more meaning in it than at the time the author pen ned it. The total value of the olive crop for Greece in the year 1907 is reported to have been 112, 000,000. Those desirous of going into the poultry business often want to know just how much it costs to keep a hen a year and what profit may be reasonably ex pected from the sale of eggs. An experiment conducted by the West Virginia station gives a definite answer to the above query. Six hundred hens were kept through the year, and it was found that the cost of feed per head was 89 cents, while the total for feed and labor was $1.42 The average number of eggs was 113, valued at 12.43, which left a net profit of $1.01 for each hen, Or an income of $006 from the entire flock. Church Directory. Evangelical Church L. C. Hoover, Pastor Morning service at 11 :00 o'clock Evening service at 7:30 o'clock Sunday School at 10:00 a. m. Y. P. A. Meeting at 6.30 p. m. Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening. CHRISTIAN CHURCH. W. A. Wood, Pastor. Morning Service at 11. a. m. Evening Service at 7:30 p. m, Sunday School 9:45 a. m Y. P. S. C. E. 6:30 p. m. Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7 :30 p. m Notice to the Public. Having decided to discontinue the old credit system, and do a cash business in the future I request all who are indebted to me to call and settle at their earliest convenience. P. E. Chase. The bread that made Monmouth Famous. All Kinds of Pastry; also Con fectionery and Stationery, Soft Drinks and Ice Cream, at The Monmouth Bakery Radek & Smith, Props. V. O. Boots FIRE LIFE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID J. W. HOWELL Contractor and Builder Carpenter shop and General Repair Work. Moulding and Finishing Material Cor. Knox and Jackson Sts. Ladies Trimmed pi I The swellest goods The closest prices LINDSAY & CO. Monmouth Laundry Equipped with Up-to-date Ma chinery, We Can and Will, do your work as well as any Laun dry in the State. Work Called for and Delivered Main Street Monmouth W. W. Newman General Blacksmithing and Wagon Repairing. Horse Shoeing a Specialty All work done with neatness and dispatch. Cornwall's Old Stand Acorn Store Wm. Evans, Prop. Books, Periodicals, Ice Cream, Soda and Soft Drinks. For Sale Farm Lands, Houses and Lots Five, Ten and Twenty acre Tratfs J. H. Moran Monmouth and Independence fUl an Note the Difference Millinery price $8 Our price $6 ii if 1 1 ii 7 6 5 " 4.50 " ii i f ii ii J. E. Winegar & Co. Hardware, Stoves, Ranges John Deer Buggies Harness, Implements, Vehicles, Shingles, Moline Wagons, Deering and Champion Binders, Mowers and Rakes Chase the Cash Jeweler For Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Stationery and Post Cards, Call on Chase the Cash Jeweler His Prices are Reasonable his Goods are Up-to-date Chase the Cash Jeweler HOTEL MONMOUTH is NOT a FIRST-CLASS Hotel BUT We have the LARGEST ROOMS, MOST COMFORTABLE BEDS and SET the BEST TABLE of any Hotel Wedding Invitations Neatly Printed. 5 4 3.75 3.25 in the Town