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at reasonable rates, by L. D.
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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
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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