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Local and Personal, i Colo!;ado girl ,ikes our state very ' George Kurre spent Sunday with friends in Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. John Doughty visited in Dallas Sunday. L. W. Waller came down last week for a visit with relatives in Monmouth. Halsey Pearson, of Portland, visited over Sunday with friends in Monmouth. Mrs. Ada Taylor, of Portland, is visiting her mother Mrs. I. M. Dalton this week. Mrs. Gardner went Saturday to Dilley to be at the, bedside of her sick daughter. Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Halleck returned Wednesday from a three weeks outing at Newport. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. S. Moore returned the fore part of the week from the Seattle fair. Miss Letha Tupper, of Dilley, has been engaged to teach the Cochrane school for the coming year. F. W. Treanor, formerly of the Little Palace hotel in Indepen dence, has bought a grocery store in McMinville. Two years from now the elec tric roads in this county will be a sufficient refutation to the pre sent croakers, we hope. The many friends of Mrs. S. C. Sanford formerly of Talmage, will be glad to know that she is librarian at Forest Grove. Mrs. Corydon Lowe and "Mr. and Mrs. John Kemmington vis ited over Sunday wilh George Remmington, near Dallas. Mrs. Peter Springer returned Wednesday from Jefferson where she had spent three days visiting her daughter, Mrs. Klamppe. A brand new sidewalk has been laid in front of E. W. Strong's property on main street which adds considerably to its appear ance. Mrs. L. R. Burkhead left Sun nay for Tygh Valley, Wasco, Co. to visit her daughter, Mrs. Be atrice Crofoot. She will stay two months. Mrs. J. S. Edleman and daugh ter, DoLtie, are visiting with her brother, W. P. Fisher and also with relatives and friends in Inde pendence. C. E. Herren and family left the first of the week for a few weeks stay near Salem. Mr. Herren expects to work on the new railroad. P. J. Mulkey and wife left Mon day for Athena where they are to teach the coming year. They will visit with Mr. Mulkey's par ents at Bethel for a few days while enroute. The Herald and the Fruit Grower, of St. Joseph, Mo., $1.25 a year. The Fruit Grower is one of the best papers on fruit grow ing that is published and contains much that is valuable to this par ticular section. Mrs. W. II. Mack received a letter from grandpa and grand ma Wysong, of 111. They wrote that they expect to winter in Oregon as they like it just as well as in California, where they have staid before. Archie Parker wilhave his new residence done in about two weeks and it will be one of the nicest in the city. It is on the bungalow style, but has some ori ginal features which may be called Parkeronian. Mr. and Mrs. U. G. HefHey, of Talmage, and N. W. Heffley, of Monmouth Heights, spent Sun day with their cousins Mr. and Mrs. Will Goode, who are recent ly irom Denver, loio., but are Hood Craven was a recent vis itor in Monmouth. J. W. Howell started for the Cascade mountains for an outing. Riddel's thresher is threshing grain out east of Monmouth this week. Miss Ethel Lucas returned Sat urday from the examination at Dallas. Grandma Overall, who has been seriously ill, is reported slowly improving. Mrs. A 0. Green, of Chicago, came Saturday for a visit with her brother, H. Best. Riddles big threshing machine passed through town Tuesday afternoon bound eastward. Mrs. W. H. Lucas returned Wednesday from a two weeks pleasant outing at Newport. Mrs. Worth has sold her resid ence in South Monmouth and will go to California to reside with her son. H. S. Chase is having a lot of improvements made to his cot tage which will add materially (o its looks. D. S. Martin has just finished painting his residence, which greatly improves the appearance of his home. A. F. Campbell, of Eugene, came down the latter part of last week for a brief visit with rela tives and friends here. G. T. Boothby shipped a lot of goats to Washington this week. He belives the market will be better in the near future. Mrs. Frank Coquillet who has been seriously ill is now so far improved that she was able to join her husband in Falls City. Mrs. W. A. Tucker and family have gone to Salem for a few days visit with relatives and friends. Another bachelor in town. Miss Mildred Force left Sunday for South Bend, Washington where she has a position in the clerical department of the county offices. W. E. Bridwell, of Portland, a former busines man of this place is spending his vacation visiting his sister, Mrs. J. II. Ellis, north of town. Little Eleanor Calbreath, of In dependence, has been staying with her grandmother Mrs. Dad man, of Talmage, a few days while her mother was at Port land. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Phillips were in town Saturday. Mr. Phillips has sold his farm near Airlie and has bought a home in Monmouth. They will move in about the first of October. The Fraternal Union had a fine time Tuesday night. After amuse ments for sometime, refresh ments were served and there was nearly a gallon of the best ice cream made in Oregon left. Letters received from D. C. Henry indicate that he is having the time of his life at the expo sition and in the mountains of western Washington. He will start on his return to Oregon in about a week. It was said by many that when the Normal went Monmouth would die. More buildings and repairs to dwellings, more new sidewalks and other improve ments are being made now than at any time in the past two years. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hampton departed Tuesday for their home in Pendleton where he is princi pal of the city schools. They made a pleasant visit of a month now ijvjng on the Emmett farm in town. Mrs. H. who was a out on the Luckiamute. Trunks and Suitcases YOU are wondering whether that old Trunk or Suitcase will stand an other trip. You need not take the risk, for you can buy a New One, well made and strong and at a Reasonable Price. We have an especially good assort ment at this time for you to choose from in anticipation of your vacation leaving. V. F. DANIEL Monmouth, Oregon as PACIFIC MONTHLY and Monmouth Herald One Year The hum of the thresher is heard in the land shelling out dollars in the shape of wheat, oats, vetch and kindred grains. There would have been a b,-g harvest of dollars around Mon mouth if more vetch had been sown, but the price last year did not furnish a great deal of en couragement to sow great areas. Mrs. Melissa Kitchen, of Stay ton and Mrs. Ellen Morgan, of Albany, drove down from Albany Friday for a visit w'th Mrs. Kitchen's daughter, Mrs. Dr. Bowersox. The ladies are cousins of the Herald editor whom he had not seen for over twenty years. Mrs. Kitchen had the pleasure of wielding the birch over us in our youthful days and, needless to say, we deserved sev eral lickings, but were able by persuasive arguments, to escape with nothing more severe than a reprimand. Li; TV ;' :; W. W. Newman General Blacksmith and Horse shoer Cold Process tire setting a specialty Wood work and Wagon Repairing MONMOUTH BAKERY C. C. MULKEY, Prop. Bread and Fancy Pastry, Confectionery, Stationery, Soda and Ice Cream. Cigars and Tobacco. Agency for Victor and Columbia Phono graphs and Records. Ice Cream delivered to any part of the town. Monmouth Livery and Feed Barn Graham & Son, Proprietors. General Transfer and Delivery Business. Horses Boarded by the Day, Week or month. W. 0. W. Monmouth Camp No. 49 Meets every Wednesday night. Visiting Neighbors cordially welcomed. Allkn Johnson, C. C. O. A. Wolvkkton, Clerk Normal Lodge, No. 204 Meets every Monday night at 7:30 o'clock. W. R. Graham, N. G. Ed. Rogers, Sec.