H arvestiimg MacMiiery Deering Harvesters, Mowers and Rakes We carry a very complete Stock of the Famous JOHN DEERE Implements and are better prepared than ever to hand out Bargains to our patrons AMD OUEi PRICES SELL OUR GOODS We al so carry a line of sprots men's goods, guns, fishing tackle and sup plies, even to a first-class Saddle for a bucking Bronco with necessary accouterments. We are here to do business and will sell you anything in the hardware line from the smallest tack to an automobile of standard make, but we balk at a Chicago or Balti more Steam , Roller In nob by buggies we have the nobbiest with harness and robe to match, and if these are too slow to suit you, we will sell you a Flanders Automobile. We always Sell the Goods because our Prices are just Right Try us for Bargains; We're Still Loaded liJ mm fmEliij! Monmouth, Oregon Local and Personal Mrs. C. G. GrifTa was an Inde pendence visitor Friday. V. ,0. Westfall, of Tualatin, was a Monmouth visitor last Monday. Osteopathic and Chiropractic treatments. Phone Miss Brown Main 156. Muco Tone is a Rexall prepara tion for catarrh, 50c and $1.00. Perkins Pharmacy. Mrs. J.JJ. Stump and Miss Iva Hickson were visiting: in Inde pendence last Friday. Miss Lois Hampton arrived here last Friday from Pendleton for a visit to her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Hampton, and other relatives. The Misses Bessie and Ava Putnam and little sister, Alice, were over from Salem and visited with their cousin, Mrs. Fred A. Huber, over Sunday. Our popular young grocer, Alva H. Craven, left, Wednes day, for a couple of weeks vaca tion. He will disport himself at Pacific City, on Nestucca Bay, where he will listen to what the wild waves are saying and be lulled into repose under their soothing influence. Guy' Hewitt had a valuable horse drop dead Monday. He had sent his hired man to Inde pendence to get a few sacks of sand and to have the animal shod. The blacksmith being busy the man drove over the river and loaded on about ten bushels of sand and started back; before reaching the river on the return trip the . horse reared up, gave out a squeal, and dropped dead, having shown no signs of sick ness. This is the second - animal that has died in this vicinity this season under nearly similar circumstances. Zook the Painter, will hang your paper for you. Fig Simpson, lumberman, was down from Airlie Monday. Fruit Lax, a candy cathartic for children. Perkins Pharmacy. Vernon Brown went to New port last Saturday to spend a week with the Mermaids. J. W. Bailey, food and dairy commissioner, was in Monmouth Wednesday looking after the duties of his office. Miss Iva Hickson left for her home in Portland last Monday having spent a week with J. B. Stump and family. Mrs. C. S. Carlton, of Salem, is here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ackerman. Since arriving here her little boy has taken down with fever. Manager White, of the Oregon Power Company, accompanied by his wife, W. H. Totten, of the Observer, and wife, and a gentleman whose name we failed to retain, were over from Dallas Monday in a touring car. Big Fish Stirs Newport Folks. Recent arrivals from Newport bring wonderful stories of the monster halibut that are being caught at some mysterious and newly discovered beds, reported about 35 miles off shore. Charles Bilyeu, who returned from New port Saturday, says a halibut was brought in Saturday which weighed 146 pounds, and that fish a few pounds smaller are by no means uncommon. The beds have recently been discovered but the lucky fisherman is: en deavoring to keep their location a mystery. The big fish he brings in almost daily have created no little excitement in Newport and an effort will be made to locate their habitat Dallas Observer. J. W. Bones, merchant of Air lie, was in Monmouth Monday. ADS Liver Pills are the thing 3 m fruit season. Perkins Pharmacy. Tooze in Charge. Captain Tooze, of Company G, of Dallas, returned Wednesday from Portland, where he had been for a conference with the other accused officers and with other military officials. He has been reinstated as commander of the local company and again has charge of the state property. Company G is still in existence, has not been disbanded, and the people of Dallas may sleep sound ly once more, secure in the knowledge that their soldiers are still on deck, prepared to repel foreign invasion or subdue in ternal strife. Observer. lononoc MONMOUTH DAIRY J. M. MacDONALD, Proprietor, Successor to W. R. Coulter Rich Jersey Milk in glass jars per quart per month, $2.00 Cream per pint, 20 cents. Clean, Sanitary Bell Phone 5 Monmouth, Oregon Mrs. W. R. Aliin Dies Suddenly. Eugene, Ore., Aug. 13. Mrs. Florence Allin, wife of Dr. W. R. Allin, a dentist of Independ ence, Ore., died suddenly while the family was on a camping trio on the McKenzie River, on Sunday afternoon. They were encamped near 'the Belknap bridge above Blue River. Mrs. Allin had been a sufferer from diabetes.' but when she passed through Eugene a week ago for the upper McKenzie, she ap peared to be well. She was aged 35 years and leaves, besides her husband, a son aged 5 years; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Wagoner, of Portland, and two brothers, Harry W. and Clarence Wagoner, also of that city. She had resided at Independence since she was a child, and was a prom inent worker in lodge circles. The body was taken to Independ ence last evening and the funeral held today. First National Bank Monmouth, Oregon Successor to Polk County Bank Paid Capital, . - $30,000.00 Surplus & Undivided Profits, $13,000.00 J. B. V. Butler, President; Ira c. Powell, Vice Pres. and Cashier; W. E. Smith, Assistant Cashier. Transacts a General Banking Business DIRECTORS: I. M. SIMPSON, F. S. POWELL, J. B. STUMP, J. B. V. BUTLER, IRA C. POWELL. City Meat Market . ALLEN T. CLARK, Proprietor We aim to carry everything in Fresh and Smoked Meats, such as Bologna, Minced Hams, Boiled Hams, and Hams and Bacon. Special this Friday: HALIBUT, SALMON AND CRABS