Monmouth Vol. II Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, July 1, 1910 No. 45 REGULAR PORTLAND LETTER Development News Shows Oregon's Progress UNCLE SAM TAKING NOTE OF TIMBER Lumbermen are Planning a Logging Congress Next Month for Portland, Or., June 28-The Dalles military wagon road grant is about to be placed on the mar ket and this land, together with the Willamette Valley and Cas cade Mountain road grant that is to be sold in small tracks, will mean a great colonization move ment for Oregon during the com ing few years. The Dalles grant comprises 430,000 acres and is very largely valuable agricultural land. Its settlement will mean a great increase in the state's pop ulation and wealth. The Pacific Power & Light company, organized by Eastern capitalists with a capitalization of $7,500,000, plans to develop a great electrical generating and distributing system throughout the Yakima, Columbia and Walla Walla valleys. Other concerns have been taken over by the big corporation, which will give spe cial attention to furnishing power for irrigation work throughout the territory covered. It is promised that by concentrating the water power development in the Northwest, a more satisfac tory service will be developed than can be rendered by private companies. Uncle Sam is counting his tim ber wealth on the slopes of thfe Cascade Mountains. Expert tim ber cruisers in the employ of the Government are at work making the estimate and it is expected it will take all this Summer and next to complete the cruise of the water shed of the Willamette River and its tributaries in the Cascade Reserve. The land will be classified and the timber seg regated into logging units. This is the first attempt, so far as known, of the Government to take an inventory of it's timber resources. Lumber manufacturers of the Oregon & Washington association are perfecting plans for the log ging congress to be held in Port land late next month. The vis itors will spend three days in the city and local loggers and lumber men will be hosts. The sawmill men and timber cutters of the Northwest will become better acquainted as a result of the gathering and the benefits fol lowing the meeting will be mu tual. Portland will be host to thous ands of delegates to the national convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, which comes to this city July 19 to 24. It is pre dicted that 15,000 visitors will be here at that time, delegates com ing from every section of the country, and many tourists will arrive during the same time, at tracted by the special rates. Entire trains have been arranged for from many Eastern cities. Local members of the order are arranging a great reception ' for their guests. A state convention of Esperan tists has been called for July 16 in the convention hall of the Portland Commercial Club, when students of the new world lan guage, educators, teachers and others interested are asked to meet to consider the organization of a state Esperante association. Other matters vital to the wide spread adoption of the new lan guage will come up. Among these will be the election of del egates to the International Es peranto Congress, to be held at Washington, D. C, August 14-20, and the proposal to introduce Es peranto in the public schools, as it is being done in Maryland and elsewhere. Further information about the coming convention can be had from the Portland Com mercial Club. Zook the Painter, will hang your paper. Grove A. Peterson and wife attended the sale near Suver yes terday. Mrs. A. D. Elder and family are off for a week's visit with relatives and friends in Linn County. Miss Mary Clark, daughter of Prof, and Mrs. A. L. Clark, ar rived home from Astoria. Satur day, where she has been teaching school. John Remmington returned Tuesday from an extended trip in the Alberta Country, B. C. He says nothing looks so good to him as the Willamette Valley. Report of Pubic Schools Report of the schools of Polk County for the school month end ing June 17th, 1910. Number of schools reporting correctly and on time - 22 Names of schools and teachers failing to re port on time Number of pupils remaining at last report.. 1230 Number of pupils registered new during month - Number of pupils registered secondary dur ing month ---- 2 Number of pupils readmitted during month 73 Total number pupils on register during month - 1309 Number of pupils dropped during month 133 Number of pupils remaining at time of re port 1176 Number of days taught during month 19.5 Whole number of days attendance 14642 Whole number of days absence ... 770 Whole number of times late 190 Number of pupils neither absent nor tardy.. 677 Average number of pupils belonging 1467.8 Average daily attendance 1394.4 Per cent of attendance. 94.9 Number of visits by parents 57 Number of visits by members of the school board 1 The following schools are placed on the roll of honor for the county for having made a percent of attendance of 95 or more; Dallas, Monmouth, 15, Airlie, Bethel-100 per cent, Oak Point-100 percent, Independence, Buena Vistr, Harmony, Mc Timmons Valley-100 per cent, Falls City, Black Rock, Rock Creek, Mistletoe-100 per cent. The following schools are placed on the roll of honor for not having any tardies during the month; Smithfield. Eola, Bethel, Oak Point, Elkins, Pop Corn, McTimmons Valley, Rock Creek, Mistletoe. Yours respectfully, H. C. Seymour. Will Buy Wool. I will pay the highest market price for wool. Get my prices before you sell. jne 3 Allen Clark. Auction Sale There will be a public sale at the Willow Grove Farm, one fourth mile east of Suver, com mencing at 10 o'clock, on Saturday, July 2, 1910 at which property as enumerated below will be sold to the highest bidder: 15 head of horses, including Coach, Lambert and Del Norte stock. 3 A-l milch cows, 20 shoats, 7 brood sows, 30 sheep high grade Cotswold. Farm implements 1 Deering binder, Champion mower, hay rake, fanning mill, hack, buggy, harrow, cultivator plows, gang dIow. blacksmithing outfit, har ness, uiant gruDDer, wagon roau cart. hay fork and tacker, bicycle and household articles. ' For particular description and terms of sale see posters. . ii i NEWS FROM COUNTY SEAT Court House Notes. MARRIAGE LICENSES Claire D Thorp and Emma E Thompson. PROBATE Estate of Catharina Murray, deceased real estate ordered sold; L D Brown appointed guardian ad litem to represent minor heirs. Guardianship of Arthur B Wil liams et al, minors bond filed and approved; F M Lewis, Jasper Bagley and A A Linderman ap pointed appraisers. Estate of Franklin A Link, de ceasedwill admitted to probate; Mary E Link, Homer V Link and Nellie Link appointed executors without bonds. Estate of Thomas Denny, de ceasedfinal account set for hearing July 25, 1910, at 1 p m. Estate of C J Hussey, deceased first annual report filed. Estate . of Catharina Murry, deceased additional undertak ing filed and approved. Guardianship of Jean Paul Carter, a minor inventory filed and approved. Estate of Wanda Irene Tupper, a minor A J Tupper appointed guardian; bond fixed at $600. REAL ESTATE J L Braden et ux to J M Lynn, Sr, 9 acres, t 7 and 8 s, r 5 w, $1. Perry Meliza et ux to Jacob Grisberger, 220.92 acres, t 6 s, 6 w, $20,000. Jeldena Courter and hd to C J Pugh, lots in Falls City, $1. Susan M Davis and hd to A F Courter, lots in Falls City, $210 A F Courter et ux to G J C Wintermute, lots in Falls City, $300. S B Taylor et ux to City of Dallas, land in Dallas, $1. Joseph Walker et ux to Wil liam W Baker et ux, 37.70 acres, 1 8 s. r 5 w, $10. . Girtie May Burnside and hd to Fred M McNiell, 80.36 acres, t 6 s, r 6 w, $1. Oscar Hayter et ux to F M Clodfelter, lot in Dallas, $150. Paul Fundmann to W F Slaugh ter, 120 acres, t 6 s, r 8 w, $1500. W F,Slaughter to W C Peer, 40 acres, t 6 s, r 8 w, $10. W F Slaughter to Mary D Local and Personal. Mr. Strickler and - wife have returned home from a few weeks visit in Western Washington. David Faulks, of the Portland Oregorian, and his family are visiting at the home of Mrs. F's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Ground. Miss Elva Mulkey, who is a teacher in the public schools of Portland, has returned home for her summer vacation. Miss Mul key is a successful teacher, and is re-elected to a possition in the Ladd school. The construction gang is at work between Salem and this place re-building trunk lines for the Pacific T. & T. Co. The company will install the flash ight system at Monmouth, giv ing better service to the patrons. The Evangelical and Christian Sudday school members went picnicing yesterday to the Luck iamute, about four miles south of Monmonth. There were about hundred members of the two schools in the crowd. Town Council Meeting The town council met Monday evening and the following action was had: All the members of the council were 'present except T. A. Riggs who has moved out of the cor poration. 1 S. D. Coats, mar'l's fess $15.00 L. Ground, Recorder's fees 2.75 Willamette Light Co.. 20.75 W. R. Graham was elected fire chief with privilege to choose his helpers. An order was passed to have 40 loads of gravel put on the streets by the street commission er. The council then declared the seat of T. A. Riggs vacant and elected J. L. Murdock, to fill the vacancy on the board. Council then adjourned. Hawley, 80 acres, 1 6 s, r 8 w, $10. Elmer Yocom et ux to P H Kohl and Harry Kinzel, land in Polk and Yamhill counties, $8000. W H McDaniel et ux to F J Coad, 65.63 acres, t 7 s, r 5 w, Joseph Lampitt to August Fleischmann, 289.54 acres, t 9 s, r 5 w, $12,000. H M McLean to Allen A Mc Lean, 31.38 acres, t 6 s, r 6 w, $10. John R Johnson to M L Thomp- son, lots in rans Liiy, i. J L Guttry et ux to A H Gut- try, 66.08 acres, 1 6 s, r 6 w, $3634. ; H A Keppler et ux to E C Amann, one-fourth int, 666.70 acres, 1 9 and 10 s, r 6 w, $1000. George Finley et ux to R W Schmeer, 304.30 acres, 1 9 s, r 5 w. $5. " J E Reynolds to Fruit Land In vestment Co, 160 acres, 1 8 s, r 5 w, $6800. Susan L Richardson to W H Walker, lots in Independence, $300. A F Lott toF M MdHenry, lots in Independence, $200. R F Whiteaker et ux to F M McHenry, lots in Independence, $375. INDEPENDENCE NEWS BUDGET From Our Regular Corres pondent. DAILY HAPPENINGS IN OUR SISTER CITY Scan This Column For News of Importance From the Riverside. Mrs. Claud Skinner is visiting in Portland. Mrs. Ella Irvin returned to Portland, Sunday. Jack Hall of Buena Vista was in town Saturday. Mrs. Frank Skinner of Salem was visiting here last week. Miss Iva McDaniel, of Dallas, visited Mrs. F. L. Hooper last week. Mrs. Charles Allen of Portland visited Mrs. W. II. Walker dur ing the races. Mr. and Mrs. George Hubbard of Cottage Grove visited Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hubbard, during the races last week. Mrs. J. B. Parker and daugh ter, Lorena have gone to Mani toba, where they will visit? for about two months. ' B. F. Swope, C. E, Hicks, J. E. Hubbard, and C. E. Paddock were the Republican delegates to Dallas last Saturday. ivir.'lDe Armond won the prize for the best draft team in harness during the horse show, on the streets, last Wednesday. Miss Edith Daws has returned to her home in this city from Lewiston Montana, where she has been visiting her aunt Mrs. Watson. Those visiting the Turner con vention, Sunday, were J. Dorn sife, Ida Richardson, Miss Jewel, Miss Cuthbert, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hooper. Newton Brothers returned the latter part of last week from an extended trip over-land through Eastern Oregon. They came home through Bend. Miss Emma Hinkle entertained a number of her friends at her home one evening last week in honor of Miss Bertha Kretz- schmar, a teacher in the Condon schools. i High Woods' Home, north of town, caught afire Monday morn ing and burned to the ground. It is not known how the fire got started. Most of the furniture was saved. Miss Mabel Ellis gave a pleas ant surprise party at her home o e evening of last week in hon or of Miss Ethel Eaker of Cottage Grove, who has been visiting here for some time. T. A. Cross has been very sick for the last couple of weeks again. Mrs. Ada Shelton died at her home in Portland on Wednesday, June 28, 1910. Mrs. Shelton was the daughter of Mrs. Lizzie Lucas of this City, and the widow of the late Dr. Shelton of Eugene. She leaves many friends and rel atives to morn their loss. The remains will be interred in the Eugene Ceeter j.