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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1908)
Additional Local. Get Westfall to do your paint Report ot Antioch School. &WJ)MV'nev1Air?mixMilQ. 30, A. J. Shipley, itorirt to'MoMa'"" ' 't teacher. than Iwo-tliiriU un lari'n us imtiul. Oregon AjjfriculturiHt James Holt, formerly of this place, was drowned near Oak Harbor, Waidiington, recently. P. 0. Powell will represent the ML Tabor nurseries inthisvicin i y and states that he can save the people money on their orders for fruit trees. Crosby Dulton was over from Independence attending the lect ure at the Assembly Hall, en titled "How. When and Whom to Love." Judging from the ex pression on his countenance dur ing the lecture one would nat urally infer that he believed he knew already. Tuesday morning opened up as fine as a day in May. If we could transimrt Bomcof the people from the inter-mountain states out here on such a day at this time of the year, we would have no trouble in populating this country with a family on every twenty acre tract in the county. Miss Catherine Campbell who is teaching the Cochrane school three miles north of here is be coming quite a pedestrian as she walks the distance morning and evening and says she enjoys it very much. Now say that Eng.: lish women can beat American wemen in the art of walking. If we receive encouragement enough the Herald will get out a special edition of 1000 copies in time to send east before the col onist rates take effect in the spring. We are getting views together and will have something nice to show of Monmouth and surrounding country. If you are interested in getting immigra tion to this .part of theBtate come in and talk it over with us and give us an order for a few extra copies. 1 Dr. George Gilbert Bancroft, assisted by D. Lillian Lewis(Ban croft) gave a very entertaining lecture at the Normal Assembly Hall Thursday night of lust week. He handled his subject nicely a-d told the people some potent truths, which if followed would make the world much happier. He suggested putting an occupa tion tax of $75 per year on all old bachelors, but said that he admired old maids. He said, a couple he advised to get married over in Coos county, named their first child George Gilbert Ban craft Rogers. At last accounts it was still living. 1 A. Koser, of Rickrcull, proprietor of Meadow Lane Kami, writes us that he has fin ished threshing his clover seed and that lie obtained from one tract of 15 acres 7!) bushels and 20 pounds, and from another of 40 acres '24S bushels and five pounds, or 1!,)4" pounds from the entire fio acres. While this is a profitable yield at the price offered, from 8 to fH..r0 , per bushel for lirstelass seed, yet the yield is only -a little, more 52 .. . teacher, No. days taught 17 " " attendance 273 " " absence 13 " times late 0 Average number belonging 17 Average daily attendance 16 Per cent of attendance 94 No. visits by parents 2 No. visits by members of school board 3 The following pupils were present the entire 17 day Clara Tice and Floyd Crowley. The following were present each day after entering school but did not enter the first day. Jennie Swearingen, Hazel Johnson, Daisy Johnson, Wilma Yeater, John Ground, Edward Cameron and Ernest Tice. ' Church Directory. EVANOKLICAL ClIUKCH L. C. Hoovrtt Piwlor Morning ao'rvlce at 11 :00 o'cWk Evening aervicaat 7.00 o'clock Sunday School at 10:00 a. m. Y. P. A. Meeting at 6.30 p. hi. Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening. CHRISTIAN CHUKCH. W. A. Wool), I'aator. Morning Service at 11. . m. Evening Service at 70 p. m. Sunday School - 9:40 a. m. Y. P. 8. C. E. 6:30 p. m, Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:30 p. m, Baptist Church. Sunday School 10 a. m, Preaching 2:30 p. m. For Sale Farm Lands, Mouses and Lots Five, Ten and Twenty acre Trads J. H. Moran Monmouth and Independence Opened To-day A beautiful assortment of it t '. .'!,' Wool Shawls and Scarfs Just the wanted things ; ' "... ' ..... ' For Evenings LINDSAY & CO. Noted for Bargains Watch Our New Brick GROW The Monmouth Bakery Radek & Smith, Props. J. W. HOWELL Contractor and Builder Carpenter shop and General Repair Work. Moulding and Finishing Material Cor. Knox and Jackson Sts. HOTEL MONMOUTH is NOT a FIRST-CLASS Hotel ' BUT ..... Wo have the LARGEST ROOMS, i '. MOST COMFORTABLE BEDS ' ' and SET the BEST TABLE of any Hotel in the Town , Subtcribe for the Monmouth Herald. $1 per Year The . '.SCrjr ' ' " OLIVER y . ifefc' The Worlds Best Chilled and Steel PLOWS GET OUR PRICES R. M. Wade & Co. W. E. Craven, Mgr. INDEPENDENCE OREGON 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 Acorn Store Wm. Evans, Prop. Books, Periodicals, Ice Cream, Soda and Soft ' brinks. ": ' Polk County Bank Established 1889 Monmouth, Oregon. Paid Capital Surplus and Undivided Profits $30,000 $7,000 Transacts a General Banking Business : OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS . J. H.'Ha'wley, President J. B. V. Butler, Vice President, Ira C. Powell, Cashier . F. S. Powell, . " : J. B. V. Butler, J. B. Stump, ; , . I. M. Simpson.