Disc Cultivators
Are a necessity now as much so as a
drag harrow was in the early days of farm
ing in this valley.
We handle the DEERE the best on the
market.
Walking Plows
Are the kind you want on a small
place and you want The Best. We
have them, THE DEERE.
We have Gang and Sulkey plows
fcr large farms. Get our Prices.
J. E. WINEGAR & CO.
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Falls City
Charley Palmer is quite sick
with heart trouble. ,
Dr. Atwood's wife is visiting
friends in Falls City.
Mr. and Mrs. Vassal spent
New Years with friends in Dallas.
Miss Irene Dodd came home
to spend the holidays with her
folks.
Dr. Pfandhoefer made a pro
fessional visit to Portland this
week.
D. J. Grant has sold his hard
ware store to Wm. Muscott and
Ed. Rich.
The Methodists have their
church building wired for elec
tric lights.
Milo Graham has bought a
home on Hilyard street from
Charles Darling.
Mr. McGuire, our genial butch
er, has sold his shop to A. R.
Lewis, of Airlie.'
Miss Ethel Tooze received a
nice piano for a Christmas pres
ent from her parents.
Married December 24, by Rev.
B. B. Paul, Miss Myrtle Rey
nolds to C. C. Reynolds.
E. J. Reynolds and family, of
Westford, were in town this
week visiting with friends.
Miss Bertha Frink, who has
been attending a business college
in Portland, is, home for a few
days.
The Endeavorers of the Chris
tian church will give an enter
tainment in the church Saturday,
January 9.
There will be a Sunday School
Institute held at the Christian
church January 6 and 7, conduct
ed by Rev. Charles Phipps.
There was a jolly crowd met
at the home of Richard Paul
Thursday evening to watch the
old year out and the new one in.
Miss Marguerite Flowers is
home for the holidays with her
parents. She has been attending
the school for the blind in Salem.
Mrs. F. K. Hurlburt and Mrs.
W. B. McKaven, of Falls City,
were called to Dayton on account
of the -death of their father, Mr.
Alderman.
Clarence Powell, of Falls City,
and Miss Ora Linn ton, of Oregon
City, were married at the home
of the brides parents December
28. They will reside at Falls
City.
Mr. Garren, an old time res
ident of Falls City, died at the
hospital at Spokane, December
29. The remains were brought
here for interment in the family
cemetery. The funeral was
preached by Rev. E. A. LaDow
in the Christian church.
Monmouth Heights.
David Olin was over from the
Riverside district Sunday.
Mrs. Eva Barnes and daughter
returned to Corvallis Friday.
Will Fishback made a special
trip to the county seat Saturday.
Walter Tuttle and wife return
ed to Black Rock last Saturday.
Geo. Sullivan, of Monmouth,
transacted business in this vi
cinity Monday.
Goodman and Sullivan have
been sawing wood in this part of
hemisphere the past week.
David Dove, of Independence,
bought the R. M. Smith place
instead of Mr. Wunder as stated
in last weeks issue.
William Mack, after spending
the holidays with his daughter
Mrs. Alice Bennett, at Creswell,
came home Wednesday.
Misses Anna Kurtz and Ida
Duignan, of Perrydale, resumed
their work at the Mistletoe and
Sunnyslope schools Monday.
Mrs. Martha Addism, of Day
ton, after spending several weeks
with her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
Fishback, boarded the skipper
Independence Friday for the cap
ital city.
Misses Ethel and Anna Bing
man and their two cousins, Kate
and Ethel Bi gman, of the Her
ald city, visited Mrs. Wunder
and daughter Minnie two days
of last week.
Wm. Bingman and Samuel
Moore, recently from Idaho, but
now of Monmouth, were out over
the Heights the first of he week
looking for homes and will pro
bably locate here.
Telephone Improvement.
Arrangements are being com
pleted whereby the Pacific Tele
phone Co., will have a modern
home in this city in a short time.
A suitable building will be rent
ed if one can be had, or if not,
then a lot will be purchased and
a building erected and equipped
in modern style for the handling
of the business in an up-to-date
manner. A waiting room and
booth will be installed and an op
erators room fitted up for ease
of operation and comfort of the
operator. The manager and op
erator will be placed on a flat
salary, These and other minor
points in the business are to be
made as modern as any on the
line between Portland and San
Francisco. This indicates that
the business done here by the
company has been satisfactory
and is due largely to the good
work of the local manager, P. E.
Chase. The Pacific people are to
be commended for their business
sagacity in maintaining a central
here in Monmouth, for it gives
them the first place in obtaining
business. It is only a question
of a few years when Monmouth
NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that the annual meet
ing of the Stockholders of the Pilot Knob Gold
Milling; A Mining Co., will be held at Monmouth,
Oregon, on Tuesday, January 12, 1909, for the pur
pose of electing five directors for the ensuing year
and such other business as mav come before said
meeting.
Dated at Monmouth, Ore., this 8th day Dec. 19(18.
H. R. NEHRBAS, President
0. A. W0LVERT0N, Secretary.
L L Hewitt, M. D. .
Independence, -Oregon
Office in Cooper Building
Office hours: 9 to 12 a. m. and
2 to 6 p. m. Both Phones.
will be a city of considerable
size and then the telephone bus
iness will be much greater than
it now is. Undoubtebly the coir -pany
will receive a larger patron
age than if it had cast our little
city aside in the beginning and
forced us to use the Independence
central.
Sunday School Institute.
The Sunday Schools, of the
district including Monmouth, Bue
na Vista and Independence, will
hold an Institute at the Evangel
ical church, beginning Friday
evening the 8th and continuing
over Sunday. The sessions will
beheld as follows, Friday, at
7:30 p. m. Saturday, 10:00 a. m.,
2:00 p. m., and 7:30 p. m., Sun
day, 10:00 a. m., and 2:00 p. m.,
at the Evangelical church, and
at 7 :30 p. m. in assembly hall at
the Normal.
Rev. C. A. Phipps, Field sec
retary of the Oregon Sunday
School Association, will conduct
the Institute, and will speak each
evening.
Mr. Phipps is a specialist in
Sunday School work, and poss
esses rare qualities as a platform
orator. An intellectual treat is
promised to all who attend these
meetings.
For Sale
At the Monmouth Nurseries.
Choice and Extra Choice, high
grade English Wallnuts from
one to four years old. Place
your orders early and secure the
Choicest of Stock.
W. II. Pareish.
Lamps and fixtures, electric
irons, chafing dishes, broilers,
heaters and electric motors of
all kinds. Wireing scientifically
done in all its branches. Elec
tric lights installed. Estimates
furnished on short notice.
Phone Main 98. '
V. D. Butler.
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Woven Wire Fencing
J. W. White & Son, Agents
Phone Short Line 52
Monmouth Oregon
CITY MEAT MARKET
H. C. Chamberlin, Prop.
Dealer in
All kinds of Fresh and Cured
Meats. Fish and Game in Season
Lard a Specialty
Cash Paid for Poultry
Oysters