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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1908)
Local and Personal. J. C. McClaire was in town, Sunday. j Douglas Pierson was seen on our streets Monday. Miss Opal Boothby was a Dal las visitor Wednesday. Mrs. Brewster's Home Bakery was started Tuesday. H. Hirschberg was looking after business matters in this city Tuesday. Dr. Crowley was a passenger on the 1:30 motor for Indepen dence Tuesday, W. M. Fishback, of Monmouth Heights, was transacting busi ness in this city Tuesday. J. DeWitt who is employed in the Forest Service at Grants Pass, is visiting his mother here. Bring in your subscription or that of some one else and secure a ballot for some one in the Prize Contest Miss Edna Strong is making a specialty of music under the training of Mrs. May Bowden Babbitt. We have noticed several young people buying furniture of Bogert & Son, that means more wedding bells for Monmouth. Mrs. T. J. Pettit and Mrs. A. F. Puber and daughter drove out to Oak Grove Satuday for a visit with Mrs. Clay Taylor. We hear that David Campbell, who is taking a course of music at Walla Walla, is very much "in love" with the place, the school, and everything pretaining to his work. i W. H. Irela d was in town Sat urday and reports his son, Ellis, as very much improved in health and that he is now at Dayton, where he will remain for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Murray and daughter Audrey, of Spo kane Washington, are here visit ing with Mrs. Murray's parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. McReynolds. Mr. Murray is editor of the Spokane Chronicle. Mrs. Nellie Eoche presented the editors wife with a bucket of fine cider Monday. We were allowed to sample it and pro nounce it good. Mrs. We says it makes her think of her child hood days on the farm near Lewisville, when bright October days had changed the verdant woods to gold. Fred Iluber states that the roads are muddier now than at any time last winter. The cause is that there was a lot of dust on account of the long dry spell and when the rain came it wet clear through and there has been no dry weather since to give the roads a chance to pack. The following schools of Polk county have received an average of attendance of 95 per cent or more for the month ending Oct 2 and have been granted certifi cates of honor: District 2, Dal las; District 13, Monmouth; Dis trict 21, Cochrane; (100 per cent) District 29, Independence; Dis trict 33, Buena Vista; District 38, Upper Salt Creek. -Observer. President P. L Campbell, who has been connected with the Polk County Bank since its organiza tion twenty years ago, has dis posed of his interest to the other stockholders and retired as Vice President and director. This action was voluntarily on his part, and on account of his re moval to Eugene. J. B. V. Butler has been elected Vice President of the bank in his place. Charles O'Brien was a business visitor here Monday. H. S. Chase spent last week with his son near Salem. V. 0. Boots transacted business in Independence Tuesday. Mrs. Janet Waller is over from the Seletz visiting friends in the city. Arch Poole, the carpenter is building an addition to H. E. Guthrie's house. Mrs. Mumpers, who visited here for a while has returned to her home? near Salem. Mrs. Singleton, wife of the depot agent at Falls City, is visit ing relatives in town. Judge Butler, of Dallas, was a passenger on the 1:30 motor Tuesday going to Independence, As all the farmers are burning their straw stacks there surely won't be any strawberries next spring. Joe Kadek & Lo. are going right along with the work on the new brick, despite the rainy weather. Hugh M. Guthrie has returned to his position in Grants Pass after a, visit with his parents and friends in Polk County. Mrs. Arthur Treadway fell from a step ladder at her home north of town last Sunday and fractured her arm near the wrist, An Autumnal Ball was given at the O. S. N. S Gymnasium last Saturday night. Those at tendiifg enjoyed its festivities very n uch. o George Gilbert Bancroft's lec ture "When, Vvhom and How to Love" will be the first of the Entertainment Course and will be given at Normal Hall October 29.o J. M. Staats, proprietor of the Staate telephone lines, was a business visitor in Monmouth Monday. Ie reports everybSdy prosperous in his part of tlfe county. Smith B. Holt, who iaprincipal of the Buena Vista school, was in the city Saturday and reports his school getting along nicely. Miss Ada Belshe is assistant teacher. Mrs. I. G. Singleton, of Falls City, Miss Edna "Guthrie and Hugh Gutfirie, of Monmouth, J. P. Dewitt, of Grants Pass, and Mr. Ricard, of Corvallis, formed a merry automobile party to Dal las, Sunday evening. Observer. The executive committee of the Entertainment Course met in the Presidents office Friday night and discussed plans and .t was decided to go ahead with plans as outlined at the previous meeting. There will be three concerts and two lectures, further announcements will be made from time to time as they are secured. Milton B. Smith left his home in Pennsylvania 23 years ago and his relatives had never seen him since and nine years ago all trace of him was lost and he was given up as dead. Last week he paid a visit to his sister, Mrs. L. S. Fuller and set at rest any question as to his being alive. He has been living in the west for the past several years. Saturday, October 10, the ruins of the bakery were still hot from Friday n'ghts fire arfti on Satur day the 17th the foundations for the new brick were nearly com pleted and if the weather is at all propitious it will not be more than thirty days until the walls of the new structrre will be com pleted and work will be under headway on the finishing. John Howell has the contract for Our tape i:'lJ: ((( .t "f VrV" W. W. Newrtian General Blacsmithina and Wagon Repairing. . Horse Shoeing a Specialty e All wotk done with Neatness and dispatch. Cornwall's Old Stand Normal Lodge, No. 204 Meets -every Monday night at 7:30 o'clock. LChas. Newman, N. G. Joseph Radek, Sec. erecting the building. Miss Nellie Olden received Tuesday, four fine White Wyan dotte roosters from C. L. Haw ley, of McCoy. They are certain ly beauties. While rebuilding a portion of the Bogert dwelling this week, G. T. McKinney discovered a copy of the Oregon City Argus of April 1860, which contained a part of Lincoln's inaugural ad dress. The building is one of the oldest in Monmouth and had been remodeled some years ago and the paper was covered up, it having been used as wall paper and had been pasted on, so was somewhat torn in removing it. A deer, .appearing suddenly on the riile range west of Dallas, Wednesday, attracted for a moment the fire of the boys who were out at rifle practice. In the excitement of the moment the young men forgot to lower their sights from the 1000 yard mark. 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