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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1909)
REGULAR PORTLAND LETTER Railroads Estimate Travel Of Colonist COOS BAY BONDED TO IMPROVE HARBOR Portland's Peninsula Packing House Opening Large Attendance Portland, Ore,, Sept, 21. The Portland Fair and Live stock Show is the big event of of the week in this city. Bigger and better than ever, the annual event is attracting wide atten tion all over the Northwest The attendance is outdoing that of last year and the attractions of fered are far ahead of last season. The exhibition of livestock is valued at more than $1,000,000 and is 25 per cent larger than last year. The State Fair at Sa lem exhibits of livestock were brought to Portland and numer ous attractions have been added that will make the week's show a notable one. Stock entries have been made from the Cen tral and Eastern states that have never been shown west of Chi cago and Denver. Nearly 500 harness horses will contend for the $25,000 in race purses this week. Livestock entries will bring close to 3,000 head of horses, cattle, sheep, swine and goats here. Railroads serving this territory are preparing estimates of travel during the Colonist period, Sep tember 15 to October 15. They expect no less than 60,000 new settlers for the Pacific Northwest during the 30 days the low one way rates are in effect Extra equipment is being assembled by the various lines to handle ; the heavy traffic expected and the passenger agents believe they will have all they can do to care for the flood of new-comers. Inquiry at Eastern ticket offices is reported to be wide and the west-bound trains bearing the vanguard of this great colonist movement are heavily loaded. During this week the travel is expected to be at its height and will undoubtedly be heavy. Coos Bay is going to deepen its own harbor channel without waiting for government aid. The Port of Coos Bay is preparing for the sale of bonds amounting to $500,000. The proceeds will be used in digging out the chan nel, making the -docks at the Coos Bay ports accessible at all times for vessels of deep draught Proposals for the bonds have been asked and will be received at the First National Bank, North Bend, up to November 9. Portland's union stock yards in the Peninsula packing house district were opened during the past week and now this city, which is to be the livestock cen ter of the Northwest offers the most modern and complete stock yards in the country. Hundreds of business men of the city at tended the opening, and all were forced to admire the pefect ar rangements for handling live stock that have been provided. The big union yards will have a strong influence in developing the livestock industry through out this territory. According to the records of the Government Forestry Service and the State Board of Forestry, Oregon has been remarkably fortunate this Summer in escap ing the usual heavy toll taken by fls. The season has been nursed by less destruction of timber than any in the past de cade. Fires this year have been few and widely separated while losses have been small. This is thought to be partly due to an aroused public interest in pre venting forest fires and a large ly increased force of fire wardens throughout the forests this season. ALBANY'S STYLE OCCASION Grand Opening and Display. At the big Cloak and Suit Store of Chambers & McCune, Albany. An endless array of new, gor geous apparel for Warn 311 and Misses. The beautiful Coats, Suits, Capes and Hats on exhibition were selected from the best mak ers of New York, Chicago and Paris. The assortment is great er than ever shown by any store between Portland and San Fran cisco. Over 700 new fall suits to select from. Prices $10.00 to $50.00. Over 2000 Coats in stock including Ladies. Misses, and Childrens. In the big Millinery department we can show you more hats and save you more money than any other store in this valley. Come to Albany, visit the big Daylight Style Store you will find anything you want at what ever price you wish to pay. Chambers & McCune, Albany's Big Daylight Store. Shoes Shoes Shoes Shoes Shoes Shoes Ifl D O 0 o to Shoes Shoes Shoes Shoes Falls City Mr. H. Tucker and family left for the coast this week. Miss Frances Fugitt has re turned from her visit in Gervais. The hop pickers from this part of the country have all returned to their homes. Rev. Blais and wife went to Linn county last week to visit their daughter. - - Mr. Southwell and wife re turned the last of the week from a visit to Portland. Jeff Perrin is home after spend ing the summer in Benton coun ty. He will spend the winter at Falls City. Mrs. Richard Paull went to Dallas Sunday to be present at the baptism of her sister, Mrs. Burt Dowell. Our town has been almost va cated this week on account of the fair at Salem. The three coach es have been loaded each trip. Rev. Sharp will hold quarterly meeting at the Free Methodist church, beginning Friday the 24th, and continuing over, Sun day. Miss Hammond is in Portland working in the interest of the W. C. T. U. She will return the latter part of this month to take up work here again. Rev. LaDow and wife will move into Mr. Fred Sealey's house in the east side of town, where they will be at home to their friends by October 1st Mr. Charles Hopkins and fam ily, who moved to Dallas over a year ago, have returned to their home on the south side, where they will reside in the future. Mr. Powell, who lives out of town, has seven acres of as fine corn as he ever saw growing in the Mississippi valley. There are as many as three ears on a stalk. He says he can find a ready market at a good price. Dr. Scott has pulled down his shingle and hied away to Port land to, reside in future. Dr. Scott had built up a good prac tice here and we are sorry to lose him. He made many friends, while here who wish him success j in his new field. I Shoes Shoes Shoes Don't forget the fact that We Sell the Best Lindsay & Company Noted For Bargains. Monmouth, Oregon. Rev. Gregg, state evangelist of the Christian church, preached two excellent sermons last Sun day, one in the morning and the other at night. Mrs. Russell, who recently moved here from near Sheridan, was taken very ill Saturday. Rev. LaDow and Rev, Gregg walked to her home Sunday to call on her. She lives a mile out of town. For Sale Vetch and Oats Seeds , Vetch, and Oats seed for sale 2 and 1-2 cents per lb. Baled, Clover hay, $12.50 per ton. P. L. Ward, Luckiamute, Ore. Abstracts promptly furnished at reasonable rates, by L. D. Brown, Dallas, Oregon. Mr. Curren and G. F. Rackleff of Corvallis, were in town Mon day in the interest of the Round Valley Electric Co. W. S. Hurd and wife, of Still way Valley, 111., were in town Friday night, being on their way to visit friends at Airlie. They had been to the fair at Seattle. Rotary Pump for Sale. A $20 rotary pump for sale cheap. Almost new. One and one-fourth inch suction and one inch discharge. Phone Main 98. Baled Hay for Sale. Baled oat and vetch hay for sale at my farm north of Mon mouth. , 1 Wm. Fugate. 52-tf A Towel Story. In a certaiu New Unttlund town they nnnufaeture h well knowu kind of .owel, inost etllcietit for dryiiiK pur oscs. Uow tbut towel first Imppeued 0 be made In tlie form wlil I) Iium iroved so protM.-ihle to 1 1 milkers Id he subject of au amusing legend. It mvurs Htrongly of belonging to tbe 'too good to be true'' genu of auec lotes aud Is as follows: Once tbe luacbluery Id the towel fac tory, busily eugaged Id turning out a 'ery conventional braud of towel, sud lenly weut wrong and begau practl :ally to go backward. Tbere was nucb excitenieut. Eveutually tbe ma chinery was chastised aud set to rtghU lgain. But It was discovered tbat tbe tow tlx turned out during that luterval of mechanical anarchy were of a texture luite unrivaled for use an bath tow els. At once the machinery was set going backward again aud has been traveling lu that direction ever since, to tbe great delight of tbe stockholders Id tbe towel company. New xork rimes. Summer Rates East During the Season 1909 via the Southern Pacific Co. 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. On Sale June 2, 3; July 2, 3; August U, 12 To DENVER and Return -$59.10 On Sale July 1, August 1 1 Going transit limit 10 days from date of sale, final return limit October 31st. These tickets present some very attractive features in way of stopover privilege, and choice of routes; thereby enabling passengers 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 reservations and tickets will be furnished by any Southern Pacific local agent, or WM. McMURRAY, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon. Polk County Reality Company Transacts a general Real Estate business 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 Oregon Hotel Hampton D. M. Hampton, Proprietor 15 years in Monmouth Under Same Old Management Everything strictly firstclass J