Local and Personal
O. A. Boatman was an .over
Sunday visitor to Oorvallis.
Mrs. A. E. Tedrow was in town
with some friotuls yesterday.
Fred Taylor, of Salom. visited
bis mother, Mrs. L. Fisk
Sunday.
over !
Miss Helen Terry was a visitor,
to Portland Saturday, returning
Wednesday.
Our spring stock of wall paper
is in. 10 to t?0 cents a roll. Fkr
kixs Pharmacy.
Mrs. J. II. Ackerman returned
home Monday from visiting her
daughter at Oorvallis.
A large shipment of soeon
doors just in. uuy tnem at tnewith jirnt anij profuspy deco.
Monmouth Lumber Yard. ratod with the nnest ruses tl) lKi
E. L Keezel, from Eugene,
was here two tiavs the latter part
of last week, looking around pre-
paratory of entering the Normal
school at the September semester.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Burnett,
of Eugene, passed through town
Saturday on their way to Mc
Minnville to visit Mr. Burnett's
parents. They visited friends
here for an hour or so.
The following persons were
guests last Sunday at the Bower
sox home: F. G. Bowersox and
wife, of Salem; Mrs. Geo. Pratt
and two children, of Seattle, and
Miss Montgomery, of Sheridan.
We have the pgency for Phoenix
Pure Paint. The same that we
have sold for years. Can show
you houses painted 9 years ago
with it and you can judge of- its
quality for yourself. PERKINS
Pharmacy.
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.
Peter Springer, of Salem,
passed through Monmouth Tues
day. He was accompanied by
a gentleman to whom he was
showing the country, and as Mr.
S. is in the real estate business
the man was dovbtless a prospec
tive purchaser.
G. W. Marvel, frcm Olex, Ore
gon, was in Monmouth last Fri
day. Mr. Marvel has purchased
the W. P. Bootman property, on
M mmouth Avenue, and will
bring his family, here so that
two of his girls can attend the
Normal school.
George Carmichael and family
went to Portland to attend the
Carnival, and returned Wednes
day, accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Shaw, of Cedar Falls,
Wash., who will visit them for ajiness houses, while in residence
week, then go to Southern Ore- j houses the raise was made from
gon to visit relatives.
C. Lorence and R. R. De
Armond autoed to Portland last
week to attend the Threshers'
convention returning home Satur
day. By the way, they had a
mutton incident on the way. In
passing through a band of sheep
the auto claimed one for toll, and
the occupants left $100 behind
in compensation, and are satis
fied that good mutton is worth it.
Eggs for Hatching
White Pekin ducks, 10 cents
per egg, $1 for setting of eleven.
White Orpington chickens, $1.50
per 15 eggs.
S. W. Jackson, Monmouth.
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WILL SAW WOOD
Pierce Bros, will operate a
first-class wood saw in and around
Monmouth and Independence, be
ginning July 1st. For informa
tion, telephone Brown 4, Dallas,
Oregon.
The Social Hour Club Entertains
Wednesday evening of this
week the laniesof the social hour
club entertained their husbands i
and jrontlemen friends at thoi
home of Misses Mnvrie and Allie
Butler. This was the last social
mooting of the year and no effort j
; was spared by those in charge to
make everyone have a pood time.
j The Butler home and grounds
were very prettily arranged for
i the occasion. Chinese lanterns
j lighted up the grounds beaut fully
J and disclos"d here and there in
jviting little nooks fated up with
easy chairs, cushions, hammocks,
etc. for those who wished to chut
with their friends. Inside the
rooms were thrown open flooded
found any place in America.
The guests
program of
were treated to a
music. Miss Harlan
having brought over a part of her
orchestra and glee club. Misses
Davis and Gentle rendered vocal
and violin solos. Later deli
cious refreshments were served
consisting of strawberries, whip
ped cream and cake. Punch was
served on the porch for t use
who wished it. It should be said
here that Monmouth holds the
record for Hue strawberries for
the guests declared that they had
never seen such a high grade of
this fruit as was served during
the evening. T he berries came
from the garden of Mr. Sacre.
At ten-thirty the hour broke
up and the husbands and lovers
do hope the social hour ladies
! will give these "last-meetings-
of-the-year-events" real often.
The Misses Butler, Mrs. Gentle
and Mrs. Port wood were the
hostesses and most royally did
they dispense their hospitality.
A Husband.
The Herald acknowledges a
sample of the berries.
Commercial Club Busy.
The commercial club has been
busy for some time past, al
though the members have not
been assembling very frequently.
On Monday night there was quite
a representative meeting, the
particular subjects under discus
sion being better and cheaper
telephone service, and better
railway transportation.
Upon inquiry with other towns
it is learned that Monmouth is
taxed heavier for telephone ser
vice than other like towns except
perhaps in one or two instances,
while she gets no better service.
Since the Independence Company
took over the Bell service here
the rate has been raised from
$1.50 to $2.50 per month for bus-
$1.00 to $i.50 per month. This
extra tax caused a considerable
number of private citizens to or
der out their phones, which had
the effect of making the service
worse instead of better as it has
narrowed the field of communica
tion. A committee has been at work
and will still give the matter fur
ther attention, and if the com
pany does not give the relief
asked for, which is the old rates,
the matter will be laid before the
commission whose business it is
to look into these things.
The matter of better train ser
vice has arisen because of the
changes which went into effect a
few days ago and has cut this
section off from direct route to
the State Capital. A committee
has been appointed to take
take up this question with Her
man Hirschberg to see if better
arrangment cannot be had.
Hair Switches made from
combings. Enquire at this office.
A Flight
Br CARROL H. PltiRCE.
Ill all my 'xpcrleucen dm locomotive
engineer luy must Interesting episode
was wliwu I was driving tut express mi
ttio It. L. timl ti. railroad. 1 wim sit
ting on I Ik cub srut one duy waiting
fur n signal to pull out when 1 saw a
young couple come running down
through tin alloy that led straight to
tlio engine. The (ruin was it lung onu
and where they came U were not
very likely to lc seen lieyunil the bag
gage ami express earn. The man cur
ried a Milt case and the woman a hand
bag. tin reaching the platform he dart
oil n glaui e luuk where persona were
gelling into the train, thou, looking up
at me, said hurriedly:
"Suy, engineer, will you let us ride
with you awhile?"
Vouldn't. It's eoutrary to positive
orders."
"Would a hundred dollarn repay you
for the risk you would run?"
"No, nor a thousand."
He looked mighty crestfallen, cast
ing glances Inn k aiming the crowds of
persons who hud come to Bee friends
on their Journeys, lie didn't seem to
know what to do. Then the young wo
man took up the matter.
"tlh, do please let us ride ou your
engine. My uncle Is down there look
ing for me He's my guardian, and, In
order to get my property. Is trying to
shut uie up on a trumped up charge
We've Just been married, and Henry Is
trying lo get me out of the old villain's
clutches, lie will not suppose lis to
be on the locomotive and so we can
escape."
Site pleaded so passionately that she
quite upset me. In order to gain time
I told them to go round to the other
side of the engine, where they were
much less likely lo he seen. They did
so, and tlie fellow said:
"If you'll take us In we'll get off at
the llrst stop you make. If we are
captured my wife's guardian will have
her arrested. If we can get beyond
the state Hue he'll have to get requisi
tion papers, nud that will give me
time to get it lawyer"
Meunwhlle the pretty young wife
was looking up at me npcallugly
through tear dimmed eyes, while her
husband was fidgeting iilMiut as
though he was standing on hot Iron.
P.efore any of us could say more the
signal came. I Hipped an Imaginary
cent. "Heads I do. tails I don't." and
It came down "heads." tfy this I
mean to describe that mental process
by which a man will make up his
mind in a hurry on a subject the two
sides of which are drawing him eager
ly. My heart favored the couple; my
orders told me to refuse them.
"Iteally." I snld. "I'd like to favor
a young couple like you. but If I do the
chances are that I'll get myself dis
charged, nod then whafil I do?"
"You can Jiii't draw on me." said the
groom, "till you get another Job."
I didn't count on this at ail. but my
mind was already made up. and there
was no use putting them off any longer.
I put out n hand to the girl, lilted
her into the cub. and the innn climbed
nimbly up behind her. They sat right
down on fie tloor with their backs
Bgiilnst the seat. 1 opened the throt
tle, mid we began to roll slowly on
the rails. The two youngsters were
so pleased that they hugged each other.
"You stay Just where you are down
on the floor there If any one should
see you and rexirt me for allowing
you to ridi in my cab It would go
hard with me."
"Won't yon let nie pay yon some
thing for the risk you are taking?"
asked the groom.
"Not a bit of It. The only excuse I
have for taking you on Is the kindness
of my heart excited by your story. I
don't care -to put myself in worse
Jeopardy by tnking a bribe."
I made very few stops, the first be
ing half an hour out. where there wan
a draw bridge, and all trains were re
quired to stop before going over It. I
told the young fellow about It and sug
gested that It would be a good place
for him and his wife to leave the train.
He asked me a lot of questions about
the location and whether there was
anything behind which they could
skulk till the train passed on. I told
hlin that there were houses lining a
paved street beside the track. I would
pull up beside one of them, the couple
could get off and make a dash for the
rear yard, but they must lose no time,
for If any one Interested Id capturing
them should come out on the train as
soon as It stopped he would be looking
out for thein In case they should
leave it.
Well, when we enme to the bridge I
pulled up where the couple could make
a bee line through a narrow space be
tween two houses. Before getting
down the girl threw her arms about
my neck and gave me a kiss. Then
she Jumped nnd was caught by her
husband, and within ten seconds they
were out of sight.
Just as I was about to start I got a
sk'tiiil to hold on. unit In a few minutes
the conductor came forward with a
constable and asked If I hud seeu H
young man and woman leave the train,
adding thai they were a pair of crooks,
with a suit ease full of stolen Jewels.
I could never give away even a thief
ho I kept ilium. Ilesldes. I knew that
If It wns known I had harbored them
1 the bii'inni of the universe would drop
out ni me
! I I. vi-il afterward that 'he pair had
! es aped btil the pluudet was recov
I erod
j DEEP SEA WONDERS." "'
Life Whr Light, Sound Nor Chang
o Any Kind Cn Entr,
Wlutt liaii!u ill iliosc impene
trable ilcillis of tin- ocean whore it
' is four anil liu- mile deep? Wluit
; tiuiniuT of lile do their weird ilciii
1 ziiiB lead '( Sonic of the conditions
jbine lieeii conjectured by Mr. I', l
Lowe in "A Naturalist on 1'csct't
j Islands;"
i "The creaturei! of these uether
j most depths brood forever iti the
'appalling silence of uttermost
juijjhl, preying one upon another in
constant carnivorous strife, living
under it pressure that is almost in
conceivable and in a temperature so
low that it actually seems to defy
I the possibility of organic lile.
I "Kvcrv hour of their lile, every
day, every year, i passed in tho
same stagnation of hideous chunge-Icssno.-s
in circiinislani'cs of almost
j absolute uniformity, I'or them
: there is no night; I here are no sea
sons; there is no sun, no moon;
there are no changes from warmth
to cold or from cold to warmth,
i We cannot even conceive that there
is anything in I lie nut tire of sound.
There is nhsolutely nothing to murk
the llighl of lime,
i "The great cold of tin? bottom
; water of the ocean is best brought
home to those who have examined
the contents of h haul of the trawl.
'The bottom ooze is intensely cold,
itnd it is a strange sensation, while
your back is broiling beneath a
'tropical sun, to have your hand
; nearly froen olT by the stilT cold
mud or oo;e that you are compelled
to handle while sorting the contents
of the trawl,
"The pressure ut a depth of 8,(511
i feet amount to nearly two tons to
' the stpiare inch. We ourselves, liv
j ing at ordinary levels, are subjected
1 to a constant pressure of nearly fif
teen pounds on eviwy sipuire inch of
our bodies. We can calculate, but
only feebly conceive, what the pres
sure must be at the bottom of those
abysses.
"Tuke again the question of
light. Photographic plates let
down beneath the surface of I.uku
Geneva showed that ut a depth of
510 feet the effect on the plates was
; no more than that which would ho
produced on a dark, moonless night.
i Similar results in the Mediterra
nean, whose waters are unusually
i clear, were reached at a depth of
l,'v'00 feet, so that we may conclude
j that in general at any depth below
i tli is a profound darkness exists.
j This complete ubsence of sunlight
at once puts out of account the pos
sibility of plant life. And this nil
: important factor in the economy of
animal life, human or otherwise, at
once raises the question, llow do
I deep soa uniinids ultimately live?"
Quick Wit,
The lute Sir James Allport, then
Mr. Allport, when manager of the
Midland line, once visited a small
station in the north, und, after be
ing assiduously wuited upon by the
porter on duty on uligbting from
the train, he olTered the attentive
oHicial half a crown.
The man promptly pocketed the
gratuity, whereupon the manager
inquired:
")o you know who I am, my
man?"
"Certainly, sir," was the ready
reply, "Mr. Allport, sir, fellow serv
ant of the company, sir. Course, 1
don't take tips from the general
public, sir." London Answers.
V. O. BOOTS
Fire, Life and Casualty.
INSURANCE
Losses Promptly Paid
B. F. SWOPE,
Attorney at Law and Notary
Public.
Home Phone:
Ofliee, No. 1320,
Residence, No. 3712.
Office in Cooper building,
Independence, - Oregon
No. 10,071
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Professional Cards
Dr. J. O. Mattlm
Physician and Surgeon
Ollice in l'ostoHice liiiildinj.'
Calls Mi.sweri'd promptly
both day nnd night.
Both Phones.
Dr. J. B. Gricler
DENTIST
Office over Post Ollice
Monmouth, Oukcon
Church Directory.
EVANOIil.lCAl, ClIUIM-H
W. A. (jI'KPFKoy, 1'nstor.
Morning service ut 11:00 o'clock
Kvenitifr service at 7 :.") o'clock
Sunday School at 10:00 n. ni.
Y. 1'. A. Meeting at ti..'IO p. m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening.
CHRISTIAN CHUKCIl.
J. M. Okkick, Pastor.
Morning Service at 11.00 a. tn.
Evening Service at 7:30 p. m.
Sunday School 10:00 a. m.
Y. P. S. C. E. :30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:.'M) p. m.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
G. A. Poixakd, Pastok
Sunday School at - 10:00, a. in.
Morning worship, - 11:00 a. tn.
Evening worship, - 8:00 p. tn.
W. C. T. U.
Local Union meets every sec
ond and fourth Friday in the E
vangelical church at 2:30 p. m.
EXECUTOR'S SALE.
Notice ia hereby given that under and
by virtue of the terms of the last Will
& Testament of Roena E. Meeker, de
ceased, the undersigned executor of the
estate of Roena E. Meeker, deceased,
will from and after the 20th day of
June, 1913, proceed to sell the follow
ing real estate, to-wit: Lot No. 1 in
Block No. 6 in the city of Monmouth,
Polk County, Oregon, belonging to said
estate, at private Bale, to the highest
bidder for cash, in accordance with the
terms of said will and in the manner
prescribed by law, subject to confirma
tion by said County Court.
Bids may be made to the undersigned
at his residence at Monmouth, Oregon,
or sent by mail.
Dated this 22nd day of May, 1913.
W. M. Meeker,
Executor of the estate of Roena E.
Meeker, deceased.
B. F. SWOPE, Attorney.