Local and Personal
Miss Nancy Kimsey, who was
injured by a fall which she took j
in Salem some time ago and)
which caused her to be detained .
in the hospital there for a short j
time, is home now and able to be j
about by the aid of a crutch.
The City Well.
Work is again progressing on
the city well. Sloper Brothers
laid otf several days during the
holidays. Drilling had proceeded
to a depth of 2bT feet yesterday
forenoon and Mr. Sloper expected
to reach 270 feet by this morning.
The drill has been passing through
blue rock for more than ISO feet,
but the sand pumpings yesterday
showed a tendency toward red
rock.
Watch Party Tuesday Night.
Tuesday e'eningseveral friends
of Miss Gladys Parker gathered
at her home to watch 1912 de
part and 1913 come in. The even
ing was very pleasantly spent in
playing games and several musi
cal numbers were rendered. The
main feature of the evening was
a taffy pull. After the new year
was ushered in the guests de
parted for their homes. Those
present were: Misses Anna Wood,
Florence Hill, Emma Parker,
Nellie Peppers and Gladys Park
er, Mrs. Lyman Parker and
Messrs. Ranie Burkhead, Byron
White, Clarence Hesseltine, Joe
Clark, Lyman Parker and C. H.
Parker.
Monmouth Heights
Dow-Hamar was a Dallas visitor
one day last week.
D. M. Calbreath was trading
in Monmouth Thursday.
Riley Rhoades made a pleasant
visit to Oakdale Tuesday.
Jim Riddell made a business
trip to Texas and Utah last week.
Roy Johnson spent Christmas
with relatives at Toledo, return
ing home Thursday.-
Frank Clarke, of Monmouth,
visited with Clay Guthridge and
family the past week.
Mrs. V. A. Fishback, of Lewis
ville, visited with 'relatives here
several days the past week.
M. Pierson, of Oregon City, is
spending the week with his sis
ter, Mrs. Silas Clinton, and fam
ily. Richard Osborne visited with
his ffranH.mntlior Mra MneUa !
of Rickreall, Friday and Satur
day. Mrs. Geo. Foster and son, Con
ard, of Dayton, visited with her
cousins, the Fishback children,
from Thursday until Sunday.
Eb. Marks and wife, of Rick
reall, and Forest Barnes and
family, of Corvallis, ate Christ
mas dinner with Mr. and Mrs.
Allen Towns.
Visits the Capitol City.
Under direction and advice of
Miss Minnette E. Harlan, a very
large delegation of Monmouth
people came to Salem for the
Bispham concert Thursday night.
This thriving town is showing a
spirit of progress, especially in
music. Not only was expressed
the keenest appreciation of the
high merit of the music, and the
privilege of listening to Mr. Bis
pham's magnificent voice, but an
assurance was given that the ap
pearance of Carrie Jacobs-Bond
would bring to this city the same
number of Monmouth people for
the tenth of January. Salem
Journal.
Hair Switches made from
combings. Enquire at this office.
Postoffice Business Increasing.
Postmaster Wolverton handed
our reporter a statement of the
gross receipts of the Monmouth
postoffice for the month of De
cember, which, compared with
the receipts of the same month
last year, shows a decided in
crease in business.
Gross receipts. Dec. liUl, $;!5f.24
1912. 400.39
Death Takes Three Christmas.
While Christmas is a festival
which usually brings joy, yet
sometimes mourning comes in
stead and Polk county was visited
three times by the grim reaper.
The first was John Taylor, of
Independence, who died Christ
mas morning from the wound he
inflicted upon himself the pro
ceeding evening and of which we
made mention last week.
William Edward Clark, of Rick
reall, a pioneer, after a brief ill
ness died at the age of 78 years.
The other was John P. Morri
son, who had walked to the home
of his son and died very suddenly.
He was past S3 years old.
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A Fool's
Errand
Or an Unexpected
Turn of Affairs
i By CLARISSA MACKIE
f...!-. ; . -I-. -I-. ! . ! . -I---H
Hal Marey watched his cousin from
under lowering brows. Dick was
standing iu the sunny window, his
mouth net in grlru. obstinate lines.
"Well?' repealed Ual coolly.
"What is it?" growled I tick over his
broad shoulder.
"Are you going down to Scnrsflale
after what I've told you? Why. Alice
would only laugh in your face!"
Dick turned sharply. "Oh. no, she
wouldn't she"s not that sort! She
might feel like laughing, but she would
hide It well." he ended bitterly.
"Why strain her courtesy, then?"
persisted Ual.
"May I ask whether this is my af
fair or yours?" Dick Corning was
white under tils tanned skin. .
"It Is mine in a measure." was Hal's
insolent reply. He leisurely drew out
a cigarette case and scratched a match
on a gold box. He spoke between puffs
of blue smoke 'hut wreathed his dark,
thin face: "You know-when yon
mentioned yon- were-goiug down to
Scarsdale toda.' I asked you tpuff) If
you were going down to see Alice Wil
son and you snapped out yes and I
knew why by tho look of you there,
there. Dicky, don't get hot. We all
catch it sooner or later like measles
and whooping cough. 1 had a good rea
son for advising you not to go down
there. It's a fool's errand for you,
Dicky, my ltoyv"
"You mean that somebody else"
Dirk's voice choked Into silence.
"It comes pretty netir being thiit,"
returned Hal somewhat vaguely. Then
mtlier eomh'srendlngly be added. "I
may as well drop you h hint. IMcky,
boy-even though she may net be for
you, you may be able to claim relation
ship with h-r some day see?" j
Dick Coming's eves blazed men.ic-!
itigly, and his big haud- clinched tight-!
ly. His lips wriihcd into n strange
smile that was half a sneer
"You mean that I may marry Alice's '.
cousin May and thus become her cons-
lu-in-la w?" he asked ' i
Hal Marey winced. "No. I didn't i
mean that, and you know It too. I ;
meant that the relationship would be;
on the other si le of the house " j
"Oh. you menu that you expect to!
marry May and we will be related to ;
Alice Wilson In that manner. Shall 1 '
congratulate you. old man?" Dick's
gray eyes pierced the veneer of good
nature that had covered his cousin's
attitude.
"Quit your fooling. Dick." snarled
Hal. tilug ng away his cigarette and
preparing another. "I can tell yon one
thing."
"You have told me so many this
morning I am tempted to forego any
further infringement on your"
"If you go down to see Alice Wilson
today you'll be making I lie mistake of
your life. You'll be making a foul or
yourself. Helleve me that I have a
good reason for saying this ,"-
Dick picked up his hat. smoothed the
creases In the soft lir.iti and settled it
on his fair head. "You've butted Into
my affairs iiday In an unpardonable
manner I have simply to say that 1
am quite willing to Is'iir any mortifica
tion that my harmless actions may
bring upon me."
As he closed the door he heard Hal's
impatient voire sending after him:
"Fool's errand "
"I'll do It just the same." gritted Dick
through his set teeth, and his keen
eyes had a vision then of beautiful
Alice Wilson telling him with tearful,
pitying eyes that she loved hs cousin
Hal Marey and that she would lie a
cousin to him forever.
Til be blanked If she will!" cried
Dick as he drove through the crisp,
cool air. "If she won't (and I know
she won't have a duller like met I
shall go around the world, and when I
find a good place In which to forget her
I'll stay there, only I know I'll never
find such a place." he ended forlornly.
He was fiercely Jealous of Hal
Marey. Hal was several years his
senior and of a dou.i ... . .i.i i character.
Dick bad fallen decern teiy iu love
with Alice Wilson the year before
while Hal was in Kurope. but Hal hud
suddenly returned three montiis ago
and. with Ids customary overbearing
manuer, had hustled his cousin off the
field and immediately laid open siege
to Alice's heart. Dick, astonished and
quite diffident In the presence of an
overpowering love, had allowed him
self to be pushed aside until now he
found It almost Impossible to regain
the ground he had lost.
Alice treated him with sweei friend
liness that was maddening as well as
disheartening. All the sweet, gay in
timacy of their friendship was, gone.
He seemed to be numbered among a
host of unimportant admirers who
worshiped Alice from afar, while the
intrepid Hal vfrcy stepped boldly
forward and openly admitted that
there was un "understanding" between
Alice Wilson and hltuself. To all hints
and innuendoes the lovely Alice turned
the point of her wit tu excellent ef
i
fect.
Five weeks had elapsed since Dick
had ventured near Scarsdale, where
Alice lived. At his elaborately care
less remark that he thought he would
drive dowu that way his cousin had
been quirk to sting him with the re
mark that If bo was going down to see
Miss Wilson his errand would be In
vain.
Hut Dick Coming's Hps were set In
tlmt obstinate curve that few had
ever seen and none had understood
because there had been so few things
In this world that he had had to tight
for. Most everything had come to
him easily, but now this greatest boon,
the love of a good, fair woman, was to
be denied him, She was to be Hal's,
and Hal was a bounder.
Dick was going to put the question
to her just the same. Ills attentions
to her had been so marked In the past
that he felt that he owed it to her to
ask the all Important question. That
she won I1 refuse him he had not the
nil:- lit est doubt. It would be done
gently, but convincingly, with perhaps
a hint at some cousinly relationship
In the future, after she should be mar
ried to Hal. He routed out n tims
table, and. with one hand on the steer
ing wheel of the car, he studied the
trains from town and mentally coin
pared the running time with the de
parture of certain I'arllle liners due to
sail from San Kranrlsm iu six days.
"I'll get down there at It, drink tea
nt -I and. If site Is alone, ask her! It
will take her about ten minutes to turn
me down. Including the cousinly advice
and all that. Then I can run back to
town by .V:iO. catch the 7:IH for the
west and connect wllh the Kamkat
sclia at San Krnnclsco on Saturday.
No wedding bells for you. Dicky, my
boy!""
Ills mind attuned to these gloomy re
flections and with a drab future care
fully outlined. Dirk Corning was some
what taken aback at Alice Wilson's
greeting. She was a Dresden chlmt
sort of beauty, all pink and white, with
soft blue eves ami hair the color of
ripe corn sill;. She wore some little
soft, clinging gown of pale blue with a
pink rose tucked In her breast, ami all
the pretty color faded from her cheeks
ns her hand was lost Iu Dick's big.
warm grasp,
"Where Is Hal?" she asked, as she
Fat down behind the tea table. '
Dick's face clouded slightly. "I sn
pose he will be down later. I came by
myself, on my own errand." he ended
rrullly. lie accepted a cup of tea and
dropped lump after lump of sugar Into
Its pale depths before be realized what
he was doing.
"On your own errand?" repeated
Alice, fussing nniotitr the teacups.
"Yes. a fool's errand." returned Dick
unhappily.
"If It Is a fool's errand, why do you
come?" A lice's voice shook slightly and
her long lashes were laid against the
shell pink of her c licek.
"I had to- n fool and his errand are
soon par'ed," Dick grinned mlserab'y
and replaced bis untasteil tea on the
table. He leaned across the slender
legged table, menacing the fragile
china.
"Alice!" he rasped.
"Well?" Iter eyes were do wncast, and
her fingers in d ceased to flutter. She
was very still and now very mil h
like a sweet, snd little Dresden chlnn
shepherdess.
"I've got to say It. nnd then I'm
going on a trip around the world. I
love you. dear. I want to marry you.
I know you won't have me. but I want
to give you the chance to say no."
stammered and stumbled unfortunate
Dick, saying more limn he meant and
meaning more than he said.
"Yes?" murmured Alice softly.
"That's all." assured Dick.
"Yes; I'll marry you. Dick, the dear
est and best boy in the world, only
you did let Hal elbow you out of the
way, and It served you right for
awhile!" Alice's little hands found
Dick's clumsy ones and crept Into
their warm grasp. One or two fragile
cups were crushed under the weight
of Dick's arms.
"What?" shouted Dick, unbelieving.
"You asked me to marry you. I will
only If you start on a trip around
tie world I shall go, too!" whispered
Alice In his startled ears.
'
At (1 o'clock Dick brought his car be
fore the curbstone, and he ran up the
steps of the bachelor apartments,
where both lie nnd his cousin had
rooms. In the main corridor he ran
Into Hal. Immaculate In evening dress,
on his way to keep a dinner engage
ment, Hnl smiled condescendingly up at his
big cousin. "neen well trimmed,
Dicky, boy?" he Insinuated craftily.
,"I suppose you've got yours now." ,
"You bet!" crowed Dick happily.
"I've been on n fool's errand and re
ceived a fool's reward!"
High School Notes
Alton McClollan, who whh
chosen school gardener at a re
cent meeting of the high school
student body, has been curing for
bulbs of dilVemit varieties that
have been planted near the school
lawn, lie has received instruc
tions from Professor Livingston,
tit Forest drove, concerning the
flowers in the basement and the
plants which were recently ee
curetl for making beautiful the
interior of the building.
A number of the students of
the high school went to Dallas
Monday night to witness the
drill of Company (3, O. N. (.1.,
and the basketball game between
Ashland and Dallas high school,
and to attend the high school
banquet in the auditorium of the
Dallas high school building.
An attempt is being made to
secure a number of prominent
men to deliver lectures to tin;
high school once a month, and
Principal Livingston investigated
the matter while in Portland on
business.
Preparations have been made
for the high school to present, a
program on the great women of
the day. A portrait of Miss Jane
Aildarns, of Chicago, was re
ceived, ami the school has asked
for information regarding a story
of the life work of Mrs. Abigail
Scott Duniway, of Portland.
The committee from the high
school on current events will
hereafter clip the most important
news of each week and place it
on a special bulletin board se
cured for that purpose.
To the women of Monmouth
who have given flowers, plants,
bulbs, etc., to the high school
since its opening in September,
the school is exceedingly grate
ful. In a short time tho high school
expects to have a large reading
table with all the best magazines
and newspapers placed upon it,
in order that the students may
receive the benefit of the best
stories, and be well informed
upon the latest happenings.
Professor Livingston, in a re
cent talk to the students, stated
that he hopes soon to find a con
venient time to call a meeting of
the people of this district, and
set before them reasons why it is
worth $10 a day to a student at
tending high school who applies
himself to the studies and takes
an interest in the affairs of the
school.
School will start Monday, Jan
uary G.
Public Notice.
Having leased the City Meat
Market, I will say to the citizens
of Monmouth that I have come
among you to do business and be
one of your number.
I will conduct the business on
the same lines taken by my pre
decessor, and will do my best to
merit your continued support.
Yours respectfully,
John Grimes.
Mrs. Anna Boatman Dead.
Mrs. L. D. Mulkey received a
letter from a sister of M. K.
Boatman, from Southern Cali
fornia, a few days ago, bringing
the intelligence that Mrs. Anna
Boatman died there December
28th, having been sick only a
short time.
Mrs. Boatman, formerly Mrs.
Anna Mulkey, was married to
Mr. Boatman, at Portland, a few
weeks ago.
Zook the Painter, will hang
your paper for you.