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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
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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.
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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