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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1910)
Local and Personal. Dr. Allin, dentist. Cooper The immense power plant be-' ing constructed at Martin's rap- j ids, on the McKenzie, will not! Building Independence Oregon. ' only be furnishing electric light-1 Both phones. 19-tf. , ing to a number of valley towns ! C. V. Clodfelter of .Jefferson was in town a day or so, during the first of the week. William Addison of Indepen dence, a former resident of this place visited old friends here last Friday. Mrs. George Muscott went 'to Dallas Tuesday to visit for a couple of days with friends and relatives. Rodney Courter and wife of this place received a visit from Mr. Courter's parents of Dallas, who came over to see their new grand-daughter. : For Sale California Medicated Soap. ' Excellent for all skin dis eases, also for shampooing the hair. Mrs. J. W. Richardson Sr., Monmouth St., Independence, Or. T. A. Riggs and wife came down from Portland last Satur day and remained several daj s visiting friends and getting their household goods ready for ship ment. Mr. Riggs had business interests to look after also. J. H. Hawley and wife visited friends at Stay ton last week re turning home Saturday. Mr. H. talked with most of the leading citizens in regard to the State Normal school proposition that came up from here and found a good healthy sentiment favorable to the proposition. A couple were recently mar ried. The ceremony over, the wife began to weep copiously. "What's the matter?" asked the new husband. "I never told you that I don't know how to cook," sobbed the bride. ' 'Don't fret' ' said he, "I'll not have anything to cook; I'm an editor." A fire that damaged seven tons of baled hay was started on the Amanzo Thomas place Tuesday afternoon. Joe Scrirock was at work with his baler and one of the men at work went behind the pile of bales to light his pipe and shortly afterwards flames broke out on that side of the pile. The fire was confined to the pile by prompt work of the men and a serious loss prevented. The loss is estimated at $100. -Amity Standard. Will Christensen, son of G. G. Christensen met with an accident while in town Saturday. He had quite a load and started home. The team became frightened at the noise caused by the rattle of part of a windmill on the load and ran. timed the wagon over and broke loose, running around town and finally running into Mrs. Emily Nichol's picket tear ing it down. One horse became entangled in the harness and fell. They were then caught artd loos ened. Mr. Christensen escaped with a broken bone in one of his hands. McMinnville Reporter. Than Henderson, one of Sheri dan's young inventive geniuses, and if he don't make a successful flying machine it will be because he doesn't attempt it. One of his inventions was the making of a wood saw from a cream sepa rator. His latest and most suc cessful machine was perfected this week in the shape of a com bined automobile and traction ene-ine. this was made trom a common four-wheel truck with harvpst-drive-wheel behind and propelled by a gasoline engine, and seems to get over the ground with the best of them. A wood saw is attached, and both busi ness and pleasure may be devel oped, and all from a little think- - i , ing and skillful execution. Sher idan Sun. in 4" "i nam f nf iika Vw..4-..-!ll mtivil ' ii uic ncai iuiuic, uul w ill event ually, be operating an electric railroad out of Eugene and across the mountains, east, with the possibility of sending electric cars speeding back and forth between this city and the Coos Bay met ropolist Eugene Register. Planting Trout Sumpter, Ore., Aug. 1 Eight cans of young trout were re ceived here last evening from the United States hatchery at On tario. They arrived on a special train in charge of H. J. Reilly of this city, and were distributed at different points near Sumpter. A portion was planted in Fruit Creek just above the Columbia mine, and others will be placed in Downey Lake and McCul lough's Fork, a tributary of Pow der River. Fish planted last year in this section have done so well that quite an interest has been manifested this season by local fishermen in having a larger number distributed than ever be Grasshopper Harvest Longmont; Colo., Aug.l J. 0. V. Wise, a farmer living near here, claims to have broken all records for a grasshopper harvest when, after three days' work, he had garnered 125 bushels of hop pers. He used oil to kill them. Wise says he will dry the grrss hoppers and feed them to his chickens next Winter. The feet the The Vale Oil Field The drills are all at work. Malheur is down about 1800 and working at drilling; Mammouth is down 1250 feet set ting casing and have the water shut out of the well'; the Eastern Oregon has commenced going down again and are now about 900 feet, two shifts put on the , work; the Columbia is down something like 1000 feet and has j double shift at work. i A large tract of land was set aside as oil land by the govern ment last week. Oregon Oriano. He Was Going Some A eruest in a Cincinnati hotel was shot and killed. The negro porter who heard the shooting was a witness at the trial. "How many shots did you hear?" asked the lawyer. "Two shots, sah," he replied. "How far apart were they?" "Bout like dis way," explained the negro, clapping his hands with an interval ot about a sec ond between them. "Where were you when the first shot was fired?" "Shinin' a gemman's shoe in de basement of de hotel." "Where were you when the second shot was fired ?' ' "Ah was passm' de Big Fo' depot. ' ' - Herald and Presbyter. Spelling Backward. Some persons find amusement in spelling words backward when read ing newspapers and signs, and in teresting discoveries are made. Perhaps at the head of the long list stands the name of a New Yorker Leon Noel--which is ex actly the same either way it is spelled. Other orthographical curi osities which spell without change when reversed are Anna, Hannah, Otto, noon and very many others. But the dazzling star in this odd galaxy is a word of seven letters, and it may be Hie longest one in the language, that spells the same forward or backward. That word is reviver. New York Press. 8 "fREE TO ALU 0(UWH5UPP1$ tafrWjlNEBS T imported Japanese wiTri purchases of Fbs. rue sr GEO. A. MUSCOTT, The Grocer Successor to T. A. Riggs Monmouth, Oregon If you Get It at Muscott's It is Good. Chase Bros. THE Hounse heirs AND JWS3T Give Us a Call. Special discount on Large Orders Phone 331 MONMOUTH OREGON SPICES FOR CANNING Allspice, Mustard, Cinnamon, Caraway, Mace, Cloves, Celery. Ginger. We have it or we'll get it. Ask us. mam Normal Lodge, No. 204 Meets every Monday night at 7:30 o'clock. O. A. Wolverton, N. G. P. Thatcheron, Sec. AN. Poole Contractor and Builder. lue prints made to scale from original drawings. General Carpenter Work Phone 187