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
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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.