Independence.
Miss Mabel Collins has return,
ed from Dallas.
Gus Sperling and family were
visiting relatives here last week.
Mrs. Charley Williams spent
one day in the Capital City last
week!
Asa Robertson, was a north
bound passenger the last of the
week.
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Taylor
have returned from their farm
near Corvallis.
Twelve dollars a ton for oat
hay in the shock is the price of
fered here this week.
J. W. Richardson Jr. went to
Corvallis Monday where he will
work at the carpenter trade.
Saturday night the orchestra
went to Falls City to play for a
dance. All report a good time
Clarence Wagner, a former
newspaper man of our city, is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Dr. Allin.
.Miss Lora Shank left last Fri
day to visit Portland and Seattle,
where she will attend the A. Y
P.
Mr. Fitchard returned the last
of the week from Los Angeles,
where he has been visiting his
son. :
Will Whiteaker was in town
the last of the week. He is very
much interested in the oil well
near Monmouth.
A large store room has been
added to the flour mill, and the
entire building is being treated
to a coat of white paint
Last Saturday Mr. Cockel baled
forty tons of hay for . his days
work on the farm known as the
Dr. Davidson place, south of
town. "
' Charley Calbreth has bought
the Tillery property near the flour
mills. Mr. Calbreth will take
possession of his new home in a
few days.
Mr . C. A. Moore, her two
children, and mother, Mrs. Clod
felter, left last Wednesday for
Seaside, where they expect to
remain for a month.
Miss May Webster, a former
resident ef this city, is visiting
relatives and friends here. Miss
Webster's home at present is in
Everett Washington.'
Mrs. Ada Taylor, of Portland,
spent several days last week vis
iting her mother in Monmouth,
returning to Portland Friday with
her little daughter.
Frank Whiteaker, his two sis
ters, Vivian and Ethel, and R.
H. Knox, left Monday for Belk
nap Springs, where they will
spend several weeks.
F. L Hooper, Deputy District
Grand Master, went to Buena
Vista last Wednesday evening
and installed the officers of the
I. 0. 0. F. Lodge there.
Fire broke out last Friday
night on W. 0. Morrows farm,
north of town. The building con
tained the engine, boiler and a
ninety dollar separator, was com
pletely destroyed. It was by
hard work that the barn and silo
were saved. It is not known how
the building caught fire.
Lewisville.
Mrs. Kemp, of Salem, is stay
ing with Mrs. Elinor Williams.
Claud Lewis has finished bal
ing his hay on the old Wing
place,. .sri'. ' :
Josie Brinkley, of Portland, is
visiting relatives in this neigh
borhood. ,. , J .-'.
J. J. Leveck, with his binder,
has been helping Phy Ward cut
his grain.
,JobMcLeodhas been visiting
at the home of F. M. Lewis the
past week.
Mrs. Elinor Williams who has
jeen very ill is reported as quiu
a bit better.
Leda Lewis is at Buena Vista
helping Mrs. DeArmond with her
summer work.
J. W. White and family have
gone on a summer excursion to
the mountains. 1 '
Harry Madison, of Salem, has
been visiting relatives in this lo
cality the past week.
J. H. Lewis and family have
just returned from a weeks out
ing in the mountains.
W. W. Smith and daughter,
Zora, made a business trip to In
dependence last Tuesday.
W. W. Smith will soon begin
hauling lumber for a new resi
dence which he will erect soon.
Ralph Fuqua, of this place,
made a flying trip to Salem last
Sunday. He went over on his
bicycle.
Emmet Staats has his hay
bailer running with full force.
They are now bailing on the H.
D. Staats farm.
Fern Johnson, of Sunnyslope,
who has been visiting in this
neighborhood, returned to her
home Tuesday evening.
Dr. V. C. Staats has been hav
ing many patients in this vicinity
among them are: Mrs. I. M.
Simpson, Mrs. Manly Bevens,
D. N. Turner and Leovilla Smith.
W. C. Williams and wife, H.
D. Staats and wife, Mrs. Leveck
and Zora Smith of this place at
tended the funeral of the late
Mr. Withrow at Independence
Tuesday.
Kings Valley
George Dodels went to Wells,
Friday.
Will Smith and family visited
H. T. Maxfield, Sunday.
Anna Maxfield and Roy Taylor
are visiting in the Valley.
Dick Rodgers is giving his res
idence a new coat of paint.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Rodgers
were in Corvallis on business Sat
urday. Wallace Frantz and family vis
ited with Arthur Price and fam
ily Sunday.
The George and Will Dodels
place was sold at auction in Cor
vallis Saturday to Willard Price.
The ice cream social given by
the United Evangelical Church
Saturday evening was well at
tended and several dollars taken
in to get shingles to recover the
church.
Died: Dillard Price atSodaville
July 20, 1909, after a lingering
illness of stomach trouble. He
spent the greater part of his life
in Kings Valley. He leaves a
wife and eight children, his
father. Larkin Price, four sisters
and a host of friends to mourn
his loss.
Crowley.
Hay harvest is over and bind
ers are running.
J. L Gay has finished hauling
for Jessie Williamson.
Miss Alice Riggs has returned
home, after a short visit in Port
land with relatives and friends.
We were all greatly surprised
when M. F. White announced his
intention of taking Mrs. Edna
Harding, of Salem, for his wife.
We got over our surprise in time
to give them a serenade with tin
cans and cow bells.
Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Crowley,
of Oak Grove, and H. D. Fawk
and wife, of Portland, and his
mother and sister Grace, of Sa
lem, left last Friday for Siletz
Basin where they expect to spend
a month camping- near where
Fred Crowley and Zion Hinshaw
ire huikling a new house for ?
'ortland company.
Teacher's Examinations.
Notice is hereby given that the
County Superintendent of Polk
County will hold the regular ex
amination of applicants for state
and county papers at Dallas, as
follows: '
FOR STATE PAPERS
Commencing Wednesday, Aug.
11th, at 9 o'clock a. m., and con
tinuing until Saturday, Aug. 14,
at 4 p.m.
Wednesday Penmanship, His
tory, Spelling, Physical Geogra
phy, Reading, Psychology.
Thursday Written Arithmetic
Theory of Teaching, Grammar,
Bookkeeping, Physics, 'Civil Gov
ernment Friday Physiology, Geogra
phy, Composition, Algebra, Eng
lish Literature, School Law.
Botany, Plane Geometry, Gen
eral History.
FOR COUNTY PAPERS.
Wednesday Penmanship, His
tory, Spelling, Reading, Physical
Geography.
Thursday--Written Arithmetic,
Theory of Teaching, Grammar,
Physiology.
Friday Geography, School
Law, Civil Government, English
Literature.
H. C. Seymour,
School Supt, Polk County.
(Independence continued)
Cooper and family for several
weeks, returned to his home the
last of the week.
C. Crider and wife, of Dallas,
J. Cryder and wife, of California
and J. Campbell and wife, of
Dallas, were the guests of J. H.
Morrison and family over Sun
day.
Miss Kate Dunsmore, a book
keeper of the Deschutes Irriga
tion & Power Co., of Prineville,
Oregon came the last of the week
to visit her father Dr. Dunsmore,
pastor of the Presbyterian church
J. S. Bohannon had a painful
accident Tuesday. W ile sawing
some boards in his sash and door
factory, a small strip about three
inches wide and a foot long, hit
him in the face making a very
bad cut on his nose. A physician
was called immediately, and the
result will not be serious.
(continued from first page)
this fall. He will come in Octo
ber and will make stops at Port
land and other cities of the state
that his itinerary will permit The
President has accepted the invi
tation of Senator Bourne to be
his guest while in Portland.
New record prices were reach
ed in the hog market at Portland
during the past week. Last
Thursday hogs advanced to $9
per 100 pounds, this being the
highest value ever recorded with
in the memory of trade. A ship
ment of 77 hogs from the Will
amette Valley received this at
tractive figure. The hogs aver
aged 184 pounds each and brot
the unusual price of better than
$16.55 each.
Card of Thanks
To our friends and neighbors
who so kindly aided us during
the last illness of our daughter,
we desire to offer our heartfelt
thanks. Should they be over
come by adversity may they ever
find such to give them aid and
consolation in time of need.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Smith
and Family
For Sale
Small saddle mare weight 900.
Will work s'ngle or double. One
set heavy work harness, new.
Inquire of Allen Clark, Mon
mouth, Oregon. 45tf
Summer Rates East
During the Season 1909
via
Southern
from
Monmouth
To OMAHA and Return . $62.10
To KANSAS CITY and return - $62.10
To ST. LOUIS and Return - $69.60
To CHICAGO and Return- - - $74.60
and to other principal cities in the East Middle west and South
Correspondingly low fares. V
On Sale June 2, 3; July 2, 3; August 11,12
To DENVER and Return - - - $59.10
On Sale July 1 , August 11
Going transit limit 10 days from date of sale, final return limit
October 31st.
Thpsp tickets nresent some very attractive features in way of
stopover privilege, and choice of
to make side trips to many interesting points enroute.
Routing on the return trip through California may be had at a
slight advance over the rates quoted.
Full particulars, sleeping car
furnished by any Southern Pacific local agent, or
WM. McMURRAY, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon.
Polk County Realty Company
Transacts a general
and attends to collecting rent for out of town
owners.
We have buyers
If you have any land for sale list it
with us.
Monmouth
Hotel Hampton
D. M. Hampton, Proprietor
15 years in Monmouth
Under Same Old Management
Everything strictly Rrstclass
A Snap .
160 acre farm. 50 under cultiva
tion, 70 pasture, 40 timber, 7
in hops, all under good fence,
6 springs on place, 7 room
dwelling, 4 room tenant house,
good hop house, two good
barns, fine for fruit or dairy,
three miles to railroad, one
half mile to school. Price $30
per acre. Polk County Realty
Co., at Herald office, Mo -mouth,
Oregon.
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.
Jersey Cow for Sale.
Full blood Jersey cow; test3 6
per cent; about three years old.
Inquire of V. D. Butler.
Cow for Sale
Choice milk cow for sale,
quire at Herald office.
In-
Jersey Cow for Sale
Good Jersey cow for sale cheap
if taken soon. Inquire at
Monmouth Real Estate Office.
For Sale
A new $55 steel range at a
bargain.
L. R. Traver, Monmouth, Ore.
the
Pacific Co-
routes; thereby enabling passengers
reservations and tickets will De
Real Estate business
Oregon
Church Directory.
Evangelical Church -'
L. C. Hoover, Pastor
Morning service at 11:00 o'clock
Evening service at 7:00 o'clock
Sunday School at 10 .-00 a. m.
Y. P. A. Meeting at 6.30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
W. A. Wood, Pastor.
Morning Service at 11. a. m.
Evening Service at 7:00 p. m.
Sunday School 9:45 a. m.
Y. P. S. 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.
W. C.T. U.
Local Union meets every sec
ond and fourth Friday in the E
vangelical church at 2:30 p. m.
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
A well located lot 50x100. In
quire at the Herald office.