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Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, Nov. 12, 1909
No. 12
NEWS FROM COUNTY SEAT
Court House Notes.
Lilt of Claim Allowed by County Com
missioner' Court at October Term.
The Couftty Commissioners'
Court held its regular November
session Wednesday. Only two
members of the court, Judge
Coad and Commissioner Teal,
were in attendance, Commission
er Riddell being absent on a busi
ness trip to San Antonio, Texas.
In addition to auditing and al
lowing bills against the county,
orders were made as follows:
In the matter of settlement
with the County Treasurer or
dered that he be credited with
cancelled warrants as follows:
Road warrants $1144.71
Gen, Fund Road war'nts 19.50
Special School vouchers 24.73
County School orders 5118.70
Total $6307:64
Ordered that the sum of
$412.70 be transferred from Gen
eral Fund to School Library
Fund.
COURTHOUSE ACCOUNT.
M V Woods
Dallas Water Company
M D Coulter
Simonton & Scott
H Morrison
Willamette Valley Co
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
SB Hill $
B L Smith
E Rutledge
Ed Keyt
Spaulding Logging Co
Fred Gillespie
Conrad Stafrin
Kahle Mercantile Co
Salt Creek Lumber Co
E E Getchel
H J Ellis
Falls City Hardware Co
J H Robertson
Gosser & Barhite
J D McGready
Pedee Lumber Co
SHPetre
Ira Mehrling
A Sampson.
James Goodman
W E Goodell
A B Taylor
L R Adams
PAUPER ACCOUNT.
C A Robinson
Williams Drug Co
West Salem Supply Co
C E Huntley
C L Crider
D G Meador .
Simonton & Scott
M D Ellis
Dallas Hotel
CURRENT EXPENSE.
Glass & Prudhomme
Polk County Itemizer
Independence Enterprise
Monmouth Herald
J B Nunn
Harris & Stump
J M Grant
D H Lewis
Polk County Observer
Pacific Telephone Co
J B Nunn
Stow & Son
FERRIES.
John Fluke
O L Roberts
Spaulding Lumber Co
A Wilson
Campbell & Boydston
$60.00
9.60
3.00
.75
2.00
29.75
12.00
5.00
1.00
4.00
31.05
39.00
43.10
3.25
21.92
2.00
6.00
4.50
11.04
5.00
5.00
30.01
137.00
960.00
172.50
86.25
40.00
3.00
26.22
12.00
6.50
10.00
183.00
6.05
, 11.50
12.95
13.50
1.00
54.75
15.50
4.65
8.00
3.00
.50
48.54
25.00
150.83
13.15
3.00
4.50
16.00
6.00
12.37
53.25
11.75
SALARY AND FEES.
Ed F Coad 100.00
C S Graves 100.40
Ruth Graves 12.50
E C Seymour 112.10
M L Thompson 2.00
R L Chapman 17.50
H E Mitchell 30.25
J M Grant 151.51
J E Richter 70.00
H Morrison 20.00
Willis Simonton 35.00
E N Smith 136.77
A F Toner 75.00
EC Dunn 62.50
J. B. Teal 53.20
PROBATE.
Estate of S R Withrow, de
ceased; inventory and appraise
ment filed and approved.
Estate of Sarah McQuerry, de
ceasedinheritance tax fixed and
determinded at $14.79.
Estate of Filet E Smith, de
ceased: final account allowed and
administrator discharged.
Estate of Isaac Connett, de
ceased; final account set for hear
ing Saturday, december 11, at 10
a. m.
Estate of Eliza Allen, deceased;
petition for letters filed; Andrew
Kershaw appointed administra
tor; bond filed and approved.
Estate of Nancy Johnston
Brouse, deceased; will admitted
to probate; B Wilson appointed
executor; bond fixed at $8500.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
William L Murphy and Mabel
F Wilson; Frank B Riggs and
Hattie M Cook.
Job McLeod and Nellie Harris;
H T Miller and Ethel Berry.
REAL ESTATE
John Cornforth to A H Gehlar,
ot in West Side Fruit Farms,
$100.
A G Rempel et ux to D G Rem-
pel, one-half int. in 42,85 acres,
7 s, r 5 w. $1.
William Wright to W D Wright
53.67 acres, 1 8 s. r 4 w, $400.
W L Gilson et ux to C J Moyer,
xts in Falls City, $60.
C J Moyer to Mary C Moyer,
ots in Falls City, $1.
A F Courter et ux to R A Hast-
mgs, lots in fans uiy, iou.
George Boyer et ux to August
and Anna Reetz, 3 acres, t 6 s,
5 w, $300.
Robort Allen et ux to Thomas,
Williams, 40 acres, t b s, r w,
$300,
F M Stow et ux to John Neu-
feldt, 18.87 acres, 1 7 s, r 5 w,
$2000.
C W Matthews to Ida E Bow-
en lots in Falls City, $280.
Paul Fundman to R D Powell,
20 acres, 1 6 s, r 8 w, $500.
Henry Heine et ux to Phillip
Hess et ux, 40 acres, t s, r 8 w,
$600.
W T Pearce to C L Pearce et al,
one-eighth int in 256 acre, t 7 s,
r 4 w, $3000.
W L Garber et ux to H A
Duggan, 40 acres, 1 6 s, r 6 w,
$1250.
E W Strong et ux to Hiram
Hoots et ux, lots in Strong Fruit
Tracts, $2735.
Moses Manston to W H F Man-
ston, one-half int lots in Dallas,
$1.
Sheriff J M Grant to H. G.
f!amnhell. lots in Dallas, tax
deed, $289.
J L Van Loan et ux to Dennis
Cook. 27.70 acres, 1 8 s, r 4 w,
$3000.
REGULAR PORTLAND LETTER
Oregon Cities Working To
Advertise
S1LVERT0N PEOPLE RAISE OVER $2000
Thousands of New Settlers Have
Come to Oregon and
Washington
Portland, Or., Nov. 9: Under
the banner of the Oregon Devel
opment League, the state has
never taken a more decided for
ward movement in community
publicity than now. With the
various cities thoroughly aroused
and actively at work to advance
their interests, the outlook, is
very bright Never has there
been a stronger advertising pulse
throughout the state. There is
a determination to set forth to
the world the manifold advant
ages Oregon has to offer to the
home-seeker.
During the past week, under
the direction of the Oregon De
velopment League, remarkable
meetings have been held in var
ious parts of the state. Tre
mendous interest has been shown
everywhere.
Lebanon raised a publicity fund
of $2500 at an enthusiastic meet
ing. The people pi the city are
united in the . determination to
exploit the resources of that see
tion and are doing splendid work,
Corvallis has just organized i
woman's auxiliary that will make
itself felt in many ways in fur
thering the efforts of the local
commercial club in advertising
Corvallis. A warm welcome is
given newcomers.
Silverton people, at a meeting
during the last week, raised
fund of over $2000 that will be
still further increased. A strong
commercial club has been organ
lzed with over 40 members and
it is promised this number wil
be raised to 100 soon.
Scio and Jefferson are in line
for their share of publicity, hav
ing each raised $600 for devel
opment work in their section
All are alive to the benefits of
working together as a state
league.
Laidlaw is active. The devel
opment league of that place is on
the alert to advertise that part
of Oregon and it is going ahead
as never before.
Glendale, at a meeting Friday,
showed a splendid get-together
spirit and the people of that place
are thoroughly wide awake and
enterprising.
The centenary of the first
American settlement on the Pa
cific Coast will be clebrated by
Astoria in 1911, and plans for the
affair are already being discuss
ed. Descendants of John Jacob
Astor will be asked to join in the
commemoration of the planting
of the first American city on the
Pacific Coast by the founder of
that famous family. The story
of the founding of Astoria is told
in Washington Irving's book of
that name.
Establishment of a direct
steamship line between Portland
and Antwerp was announced this
week and this new channel for
commerce is important to the
whole Northwest Coast con
sumers will be able to take ad
vantage of commodities brought
directly here from the old world
and the vessels will have large
oading space available for carry
ing Coast products back to Eu
ropean markets.
Thousands of new settlers have
come to Oregon and Washington
during the period that the low
one-way colonist rates were in
effect and are now building per
manent homes here. On the O.
R. & N. Lines alone, 7164 home-
seekers came to the Northwest
between September 15 and Oc
tober 15. This is a very satis-
actory increase over the travel
of this kind during a similar per
iod of last fall, and shows that
the tide of immigration is steadi-
y growing stronger to this fa
vored section of the country.
Facts About Advertising
At a publicity meeting at Leb
anon a few nights ago, under the
auspices of the Business Men's
League of Lebanon, Mr. Richard
son, manager of the Portland
Commercial club gave out some
facts that astonished many of his
hearers, says the Lebanon Ex
press. 'Speaking of theJPortland
Commercial Club spending money
in advertising the resources of
Oregon, he said that one lot
50x100 in the City of Portland
increased in value since the club's
organi zation sufficient to pay for
all the advertising done by every
Commercial Club in every city in
the state. This is worthy the
attention of citizens of this local
ity."
"Mr. Richardson also pointed
out the fact that several cities in
Oregon, including Eugene, Med
ford, The Dalls and others had
increased more in population in
the past two years than they had
in the 50 years preceding this
period."
"The speaker dwelt upon the
opportunities offered in this state
as being far in advance of any
other section in the United States
at this time especially as to
climatic conditions and as to the
cultivating and raising of various
crops, including fruit of all kinds,
other than tropical."
"Mr. Richardson also gave some
friendly advice to the audience on
the subject of dissension and bick
erings, which is liable and almost
impossible to keep out of a com
munity, however small. These
personal antipathies, he said,
should be cast aside when it came
to the upbilding of a city or com
munity. All should come toget
her and co-operate to the end that
it shall be as one family on this
particular question. After this
is accomplished, let the personal
differences, discord and dissen
sions have the center of the
stage."
v Basket Ball
A game of basket ball has been
arranged between the Town Team
and. the Monmouth High School
to take place in the gymnasium on
Saturday Evening, Nov. 13, '09,
at 8:30 o'clock.
Following is the line up of the
town:
1 Chancey Mulkey, - Baker.
2 Teddie A. Riggs, - Grocer.
3 Cletus R. Butler, - Farmer.
4 Darrel B. Stump, - Dairyman.
INDEPENDENCE NEWS BUDGET
From Our Regular Corres
pondent DAILY HAPPENINGS IN OUR SISTER CITY.
Scan This Column For News on
Importance From the
Riverside.
J. S. Cooper was a passenger
to Portland one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hooper
were Salem visitors Monday.
Mrs. Charley Williams and
children are visiting in Salem
this week.
A revival meeting is being held
in the Christian church by Rev.
B. C. Black of Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Shenefield visited
their grand son, Charley Shene
field, last week.
Miss Grace Wallace came down
from Corvallis Saturday, to spend
Sun day with her mother, Mrs.
Wallace.
Joe Pickens has sold his resi
dence near the school house and
is moving out near the brick
yard,
Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox returned
Sunday from California. They
have been away about a month.
Rev. Mulkey returned to his
home Wednesday morning, after
spending several days here.
Mrs. Parks, who has been ail
ing for some time, died Tuesday
morning. The funeral was held
in the Baptist church Wednesday
at one o'clock.
The house owned by Reaves,
but occupied by Earnest Johnson,
caught fire last Saturday morn-,
ing. The fire company was
called out but the flames were
extinguished before the companj
arrived.
Local talent presented a three
act comedy in the opera house,
"The Deacon's Courtship", last
Friday night. The orchestra
furnished music between acts
and the play was well attended.
The proceeds will go to the Ladies
Aid Society of the Presbyterian
church.
5 Ed Huber, Mailcarrer.
The Monmouth High School
players are.
E. V. Springer, - Center.
Fred Smith, - Guard.
Floyd Springer, - Guard.
Ranie Burkhead, - Guard.
Ray Chute, - Forward.
Floyd Walker, - Forward.
A second game is scheduled be
tween the Fats and the Leans,
but is subject to change as a
game by girl teams may be put
on instead.
Admission will be 15 and 10 cts.
This game is given for a double
purpose, one being to help the
boys out in bearing the expenses
which so far they have borne a
lone, and the other is to infuse a
little recreation into every day
life, so go and see Young America
show the older boys how they
play basket ball now and enjoy
a plesant evening.
Nome, Alaska, had a two day's
storm that drove the breakers in
to the city. Two schooners were
driven ashore, one being carried
into the center of the town.