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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1913)
meet Boffffles and : mole If you arc married your wife will appreciate a fine buggy. If you arc not, a fine bup.gy will help you get a wife. Don't let some other fellow coax away your best girl. Buy a buggy. ., Here's where you make money and save time. You can't get your ground in good or der without proper tools, and proper tools in clude a first-class clod-smasher. We have it, and can fit you out with the best. Our prices sell our wares. Come and see Stoves, Ranges and all kinds of Shelf Wares Come and see us, we are stocked up with bargains. WIIMEGAR & LORE3XTCE Monmouth, Oregon Local and Personal Robert Steele, of Stiver, was in Monmouth trading Friday. Ernest Stone and wife went to Portland Friday of last week for a few days visit. Collates To let Soaps 10c to 25c a cake. Why not get the J. II. Moran was a Salem visit- best? PERKINS PHARMACY. or Monday returning home in the evening. Abstract 8 promptly made by Prown & Sibley, attorneys and abstracters. Mrs. C. G. GrifTa visited her, daughter, Mrs. C. McBeth in In dependence Tuesday. I C. H. Newman was home from Portland last week, but returned there again Sunday afternoon. William Addison, one of Inde pendence's prominent citizens, was doing business in Monmouth Friday. Mrs. M. Hart, accompanied by Monmouth Lumber yard will ner grandson, Willie Hart, visited furnish you all kinds of building jhr daughter, Mrs. Bert Cross, material at prices that are right. at Independence, Sunday. Drs. J. 0. Matthis and J. B. There was a good attendance Grider gave Amity a visit Mon-at the May day exercises Friday, day returning home in the even ing. 0. C. Zook and Andrew Ayn -s gave Iafayette a visit Sunday afternoon, returning home in the evening. ' D. M. Hewitt was an Indepen dence visitor, Monday, having gone there on a hunt for mangel wurzel seed. C. W. Leonard, of Indepen dence, was in Monmouth Satur day and Monday, having re turned home Friday from The Dalles where he spent two months visiting his brother. 0. G. Griffa showed us a pam phlet, a few days ago, containing photo scenes of the devastation wrought by the flood at Dayton, Ohio, which he received from his brathes, E. F. Griffa, after his arrival home from his visit here, which Bhowed how destructive the flood had been at the places photographed. Mr. E. F. Griffa's people, who lived in Dayton, were on high ground, but he had prop erty that was in the inundated part of the city; one house was carried away by the flood and an other one had two barns lodged in front of it. there being visitors from Inde pendence, and the surrounding country was well represented. Miss Cora Green, accompanied by Mrs. D. E. Stitt, drove tp Falls City Sunday, Miss Green having business which called her to that place. Both report a very pleasant outing. Five thousand rolls of Wall Paper to select from. Also paints, oils, ..varnishes, brushes, glass stains, window shades and dec orations, carpets and furniture to order at P. H. Johnson's Book Store. Ye editor1 was a Portland visitor, Saturday, extending his visit to friends in Vancouver. He met our townsmen, Ernest Force, in Portland Saturday evening. During the journey and visit many .indications of prosperity were noticeable. All along the way the farmers were busy getting in their crops, and in Portland numerous large busi ness structures, covering whole blocks, are under way of con struction, indicating that men of means are looking for and be lieve in continued prosperity 1 Monmouth Heights Elbert Peterson was a Salem visitor Sunday. Pearl Fishback was a Dallas visitor Monday. Curtis Wetchel, of Salem, was here Friday on business. John Richardson's sister, from Scotland, is visiting him. Hartley Mulkey, of Monmouth, was on the Heights Friday. : H. Dickison, of Independence, was here on business Wednesday. James Goodman, of Monmouth, was here Wednesday on business. Albert Marks, of Rickreall, visited with relatives here over Sunday. Clem Fishback and family, of Carlton, are visiting relatives here this week. , Ellis Dodson and family, of In dependence, visited with his sister, Mrs. Dave Olin and family Sunday. Will Bogynska and family, of Guthrie, spent Sunday with Mrs. Bogynska's mother, Mrs. Lizzie Olin, and family. Mrs. Herman Wunder and daughter, Minnie, were in at tendance at the teachers institute at Airlie Saturday. Fred Huber, of Monmouth, psssed over the Heights Sunday enroute to the Luckiamute where he has a. hop yard rented. A large shipment of screen doors just in; Buy them at the Monmouth Lumber Yard. 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. To Resume Drilling Work on Whiteaker Oil Well to be Started Again Judge Sibley informs us that the financial difficulty which has lately beset .the Whiteaker 1 oil City Meat Market JOHN GRIMES, 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 well and made it necessary to shut down the plant has been sat isfactorily adjusted, and that work will be resumed in a few days. A new spear has been pur chased, one being found at Ore gon City that with some altera tion will do the necessary lifting of the 6-inch casing that must come up before any further work is done. There is known to be a break in this casing near the bot- 1 torn, and until that is fixed noth ing in the way of drilling can be done. The casing will now be taken up, the break located and repaired, and the casing replaced. Then it will be up to the drill to get busy. There was such an excellent showing of oil when this pipe trouble developed, it is anticipated that it will not be very many feet until the big oil sand is again struck, and the proper reward reaped for all the pioneer work that has been done at this well. Dallas Itemizer. N