0 Local and Personal. . ' Wm. Gilson was in town Mon day. Get Westfall to do your paper' hanging. ( Mrs. J. Dornsife visited this berg Tuesday evening. Miss Leto Wolverton visited, over Sunday in Corvallis Wm. Boots spent a few days in his home town last week. Everybody boost for the Citi . zens Entertainment Course. Mrs. H. E. Guthrie was a pas senger to Forest Grove, Tuesday. Mrs. W. W. Newman 'p'aid a businees visit to Independence Saturday, Miss Lillie Springer attended the school fair at Dallas last Thursday. P. B. Arant left Sunday to take charge of his school at Greenwood. M. M. Long and wife, of Cor vallis. were the guests of Mrs. Burkhead, Sunday. H. L. Crider is head clerk at T. A. Riggs' grocery during Mr. Riggs' absence to the metropolis. The Social Hour Club met at Mrs. L. A. Robinson's Wednes day and organized for the years work. A. J. Tupper ani wife are up from St. John, visiting with Mrs. Tupper's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Griffa. K. H. Sickafoose has moved from the Stump house to the house formerly occupied by Mrs. Pennell, in the northeast part of town. Miss Hilda J. Olsen, of Silver ton, who attended the summer school, has returned to Monmouth for the winter and will take a regular course in the Normal. MisS Hopkins, assistant State Secretary of the Y. W. C. A., was here from Saturday to Wed nesday and secured 15 new mem bers for the local organization. Work was begun Wednesday on the new Electric Theater and we may rest assured that there will be some good place to go this winter where we can get rid of our surplussage of silver. Prin. Traver went to The Dalles Monday to attend the session of the joint Teachers Institute for Wasco, Hood River and Sherman counties held at that place Tues day, Wednesday and Thursday of this wf ek. C. G. GrifFa has been going around the past week looking as if he had come in contact with a barbed wire fence, but it was only an innocent looking bush of0 poison oak. However it got in its work and he could scarcely see for a couple of days, but is getting all right now. Edgar Munson, June '08 writesj that he itOnow a "country peda gogue"" near Hebo, Tillamook county. He reports having spent a very pleasant vacation as Forest Ranger, and not feels equal to the work hsoioH him. In re membering th oW Wormsl, he expresses his app'ittion for the beneficial training h rcid while here. A pleasant shower party wis1 given Miss Maude " Ilawley last Friday night in honor of her marriage with H. A. Beauchamp. The evening was deligh&fuRy spent, and Miss Maude's friends knew just what was needed in house keeping, for the presents were very appropriate. Everf one voted the evening a delight ful one and the entertainment perfect. Zook the Painter, will hang your paper. T. A. Riggs returned Tuesday from Portland. Miss Nejlie Link is the guest o$ Lillian Bogert Artie Burkhead returned f3-om Corvallis, Sundaya 0 Mrs. C. V. Teats, of Dallas, is visiting relative here. Mrs. D. M. Hatttwes'ft visitor in IndepadsEtfe Wadnafcy. fMrs. Hatti Whitney was an Independence visitor Tuesday. Willis- Butler and Cletus Butler will spjend the winter in Portland. D. W. Gilliam, of Bridgeport, was a bi$iness visitor in town recently. We want canvassers for the Herald. Liberal cash commis sion given. Miss Bessie Butler, of Indepen dence, was visiting in Monmouth Wednesday. P. E. Chase and wife spent Sunday at the F. H. Mulkey home north of town. Arthur Burns was down from hisefarm Monday looking after business matters. Harold Bogert returned Sun day evening from a trip to Sher idan and other small country towns. Mrs. B. F. Mulkey, of Medford, came Monday, to be present at the wedding of her sister, Miss Maude Hawley. Frank Angel arid wife will soon takV up their residence here, where Mr. Angel has a position as clerk in a store. Correspondents will please get their copy in early in the week, as we will hereafter go to press Thursday evening in order to get the paper to our rural route sub scribers on Friday. Saturday was the 64th anniver sary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Westfhll, but owing to the family being scattered jver a large part of the United States no reunion was held this year. Bogert & Son have inaugurated a novelty in the way of special Saturday sales. It is common in cities, but small towns have not taken the matter up to any extent. It ought to be a good thing for both buyer and seller. Rev. L. C. Hoover and Presid ing Elder Hornschuch, of the Evangelical church, returned Friday from Big Bottom, in the Santiam country, where they have been having a hunt. Deer were very scarce on account of no rains to drive them from the high rrountains. However Rev. Hoover secured one, his first, and reports that his nerves were all right, the dreaded "buck ague" not affecting him in the slightest degree. 839 JNouce the uanK statement in anotner column, it. snows our bank to be in a fine condition. All State banks must make out statements the same as National banks, under the new banking law. July 15, the first statement was mad by the Polk Coun y BVik undr the nw lw and Sine thtt time the dptits have incriwd nearly $15,f!D. A pretty sniaJ -shoving for small town. For publkhing tha firt notice a Dallas papr charge th bank $5, as there wa no impw here at the time. Our price for tRe work i $2.50 and there is about the same difference o in prices on all our work, whether advertising or job work and our work will compare favorably with any put out in this 'county, or anywhere else. in Star o Brand Shoes are Better m o e o o o e e gauvotf ST Aid BRAND We have the enappy Nasr Styles c&tf) $ styles fODEvery Day Hard Weaf. Our line of High Cut Winter Sh&o io the) BEST we have ever shown. as o V. F. DANIEL Star Brand Shoes are Better W. W. Newman General Blacksmithing and Wagon Repairing. Horse Shoeing sP Sp?ialty All work done with nearness and dispatch. Cornwall's Old Stand Norrhal Lodge, No. 204 Meets every Monday night at 7:30 o'clock. Chas. Newman, N. G. JOSERfl RAj5EcEC. Zook, the paper hanger will do your painting. Sam Davis, formerly of Luck iamute, has moved to the George Whiteaker Sr. place north of In dependence. Joseph Ingalls has returned to his home in Centralia, Wash ington, after a few weeks visit with friends and relatives in Monmouth and vicinity. Miss Lara Mallory, of Alma, Mich., who has been visiting at the home of E. Bogert for tfie past two weeks, has been elected principal of the Airlie school for the ensuing year. Miss Mallory comes highly recommended and the patrons of the Airlie school are to be congratulated on their good luck in securing com petent a toachtr. Ssturtky Mrs. E! &L Smit?h Had narvow facaps fiomvl&fe at the hand of a carelsnujitw. A ball tvom a Winchester rifle paessd p co to her head as to stun'her and it was some time before she recovered from the shock. If a little Thofe care is net used in firing rifles arounds town, some one is going to get into trouble. The Davidson Studio Successor to C. C. Lewis Artistic Photography Firslclass Equipment in Ery EJepartment Guaranteed Work at Right Prices College Street - Monmouth Monday and Tuesday October 12 and 13G ONLY 00 MiSs Mclnnes will sell ALL TRIMMED HATS at cost. Remember! AT COST!! SPECIALS: New Olives in 0 New Dill iclS o COFF03S? Ctetf? ft ftaEam&gssffi& E & ft &S&fiSS Folgefs Baking Powder, Extracts and Spices. i