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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1910)
What Farm We have it We'll fit you We can fit you out with the famous Deering Harvesters and all kinds of machinery for harvesting Also with Plymoth Binding Twine Wagons are necessary to sucess and farmers, freighters and dray, men can't succeed without them; You want the very best. Try us. Our Stock is first-class and our Prices are Right. I Monmouth, . . egon I j T 1 . . . in Local and Personal Monmouth Heights. 'IvWnc.j. " ! '. - xound his wife and Clark in the Abstracts Drorrmt.lv furniati at reasonable rates, by L. D. Brown, Dallas, Oregon. tf Marie Morlan returned home Tuesday from a visit to friends and relatives at Brownsville. Mrs. C. A. Davis from Strongs Mill was in town Tuesday and spent the day with her mother Mrs. R. Avery. The Choir in the Baptist church gave a sacred concert last Sun day evening to a prnwHnd l,, which was very much appreciated both in the choice of song and the excelent rendering of the music. It was a real treat to lovers of music. Rev. Davis gave a short sermon on the sub ject: "Where art Thou?" an MRS. A. J. TUPPER DEAD Mrs. A. J. Tupper died at the family home in this city, Friday June 21. 1910, after a long illness of tuberculosis, aged 31 years, Mrs. Tupper was a daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. GritTa of Monmouth.. She was born in Fun du Lac, Wiscon sin, May 7, 1S76. With her par ents she came to Oregon about 18 years ago. She was marH! to A. J. Tupper in Monmouth, July 3, 1891 She is survived by hor husband and one daughter. Burial took place in the Odd Fellows' cemetery South of Tn- dependence Sunday afternoon. Brief services were conducted at uie grave Dy the pastor of thewas a Pleasant guest of her .ufinouist episcopal Church 0fjuroiner. Maurice Wheelock and Independence. family, the past week Monmouth Heights Farmers are busy hayinsr. Lafe Johnson is building ciuumuii to nis oarn. Allen Towns was trading in the Herald city Saturday. Mr. Cummins, of Monmouth, is hauling his winter wood from una neighborhood. A large crowd from here at tended the horse races at Inde pendence last week. Mr. Baker and Sam Mnhl of Independence are hauling woou ior Dave Dove. Lenard McCaleb spent Friday with Sylvester and Jasper Rig gle near Independence. Frank Wheeler, formerly of this place, spent Sunday with WTilliam Mack and wife. Mr. Leavengood. of the Mistle toe district, was transacting busi- nnoci In AT ..i - "lM iuunmoutn Saturday. Mrs. Newt Grooms and daugh ter, Mrs. Ed Smith, of Bridge port, were in our locality Thurs day. Three Fishback brothers at tended the Christian Missionary convention, at. Ti.n """"i uver Sunday. Mrs. William Weiser and daughter Viola, of Falls City were here Saturday looking for merries. Mrs. Vernie Ogle and children, of Lewisville, visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lafe John. son, Thursday. Mrs. Mabel Odell, of St. Johns, was a uleasant. mioot t VICinitV SllndnV Onmntn tu. j vuiuuvc tU UlC lAickiamute, where they visited ieia Lives. Rev. W. A. Wood and wife Mrs. V. F. Daniel and Mrs. Jean Morris Ellis. on the Heights Thursday taking a panorama of the valley and its beautiful scenery. Mrs. Tupper was a woman with many fine qualities of mind and heart, and was held in the highest esteem by her neighbors. The sorrowing family have the sympathy of all in their sad bereavement. family, the past week A number from the Luckia mute valley passed over the Heights, Wednesday and Thurs day, for Independence, where iney saw the horse races. Grant Heffiey and family of Tragedy at Ballston Pleasant Fish CU1U ill- stantly killed Wright Clark in a vy uuuse on the Fisher farm south of Ballston last Monday mi. ... J ine account ot the tragedy as follows is from the Polk County Observer: "Clark had been paying atten tion to Fisher's wife, and although frequently warned by Fisher to cease his visi's to th fn. persisted in meeting Mrs. Fisher at every cnortunitv Thio -v iciua- al on the part of Clark to heed Fisher's warnings resulted in yes- .-iuay aiternoon s tragedy. Clark was about 28 years old, and his slayer is about three years younger. The principals to the killing were both wpII t,v, Polk County. Pleasant Fisher is a bun oi iur. and Mrs. C. L. Fish er, ana was formerly a resident of Dallas. Wright Clark was a son ot Mr. and Mrs r, "'s)n, and was a widower mvmg oeen divorced from his wue aoout two years ago. After eatine- his innK . ' jester pay, Fisher went to work in "opjaroashort distance from the house. He had been slightly ... yLai uays. and early in the afternoon he dicided to quit work for the dav. Upon returning to the house he found Mrs. Fisher absent His suspicions were at once aroused ull eicidedt0 certain her hereahnnto . . 1 around SnnT .J?8 j? it. xouna his wife and Clark in the upper story. SeeiW na uQ claims, enough to satisfy his suspicions, the maddened hus band drew a 38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver and shot Clark through the hend Th un - - v.. uau struck Clark iust above t.h wi eye, passed through the scull mm iougea in the skin in the oacK ot the victim's head. Death was instantaneous. Fisher at once returned to the house and called OHCIIli brant by telephone, informing .c vuuxr oi what he had done Sheriff Grant, accompanied by w- ouu-duck and Justice Hardy Ilolman, left immediately for Ballston in an aut.nmnhiiQ a . . --"Kv. rvi- nvingatthe farm tha oi, placed Fisher under arrest. Justice Holman, acting in the absence of Coroner Chapman trom the county, decided that no inquest was necessary. The manner in whiVh C.Urh ua .x v.in. ixau met his death was nlainlv an "u ujc justice decided would not be the county to the expense inquest. The officers then returned j-'duas, Dnneincr 1?icka them. The young man was lodg. ' 1,1 U1C county jail and will Kiven nis preliminary oetore Justice Wf,in,o o'clock Thursday afternoon.' fisher maintains a meanor and at tin t,w shone any particular excitement Fisher's wife ia a n.. , Mr. and Mrs. FtPorf ...l. ,. . wno nve uciuBs tne Yamhill river xrom mansion, and was a widow when she married Fisher. Her first hneKor. n Krnnsnn (". i . that it to put of an of with dg-be hearing at 1 cool de- has he about six years old, was born to this union. Much svmnathv ia folt f. - j. j iviw xvj. tile 'families of all concern in the lamentable affair. A )e CUT Pacific Monthly Magazine AND Monmouth Herald -.j.V; , ,rt .; t A. B. WESTFALL passed through this . - auu vara hp ! went to a hop house and there Painter and Pa Monmouth Oregon : i " wnom she separ. ated a few years ago. One child, a son now aged
