A Mae With a Temper Wants Hardware with a Better Temper If we sell it to you, you are not bothered with soft metal or any of the many other annoyances com mon to poorly tempered and "cheap" hardware. Suppose you just keep this fact in mind until you are ready to buy. With Greeting and Thanks to our Customers we wish them a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year w 0 all m M uh s. ill la Monmouth, Oregon Local and Personal Miss Rosa H. Parrott is a Port land visitor this week. F. P. Pyles is home to spend Christmas with his family. John Fuller was a business vis itor to Independence Monday. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Hampton were Independence visitors last Tuesday. The mercury stood at 12 de crees here last Monday morning, that being the coldest day of the year to date. Mrs. M. Cornelius and little daughter, Helen, went to Salem yesterday to Bpend Christmas with relatives. Mrs. E. H. Ttiftgs of Salem came over to spend the holidays with her 'sister, Mrs. J. E. Grimes, and family. Amos Sellers of Hermiston, Eastern OreRon, is here on a visit to his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Halleck. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Newman will spend Christmas with their daughter. Mrs. V. Dell Butler, and family, at Cazadero. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Reming ton's daughter and son-in-law from Portland are here to spend Christmas under the parental roof. John W. Walker and wife from Monmouth Heights were in at tendance at the Christmas exer cises, Wednesday night, at the Christian church. Mrs. W. A. Wood, accom panied by her daughter Anna, who came home from McMinn ville for the holidays, and her son, Oak, went to Lebanon last Wednesday to spend Christmas with her daughter, Mrs. Elkins, and family. Mr. Wood remained at home and will batch while his wife is away. Public Library Notes 'Local Time Card Various files of magazines have been brought into the reading room. Save your magazines when you are through with them, and bring them to the Library. "A pleasure shared is a pleasure doubled," and it is true of books and magazines as of other things. A magazine does not depend upon its date for interest as newspapers do, and if a magazine is good one month, it is so an other, or in six months or ten. Therefore do not destroy your magazines, put them where some one else can have the benefit of them. A book, for book lovers, has a personality, and deserves care and kind treatment just as much as any other friend. There is a printed slip that the Oregon State Library puts into its books as to how they should be cared for. If you do not know how already read it when you come to the library. Dear to the heart of every youngster who knows it, is the St. Nicholas magazine. There is a bound copy in the Library with the present installment of books, and this volume contains many things of interest. "A Boy of a Thousand Years Ago," is an in teresting tale for grown-ups as well as for boys and girls. The Monmouth Social Club had their pool tables installed the latter part of last week and the club room is now open each even ing. Dr. H. C. Dunsmore of Inde pendence is an aspirant to the position of looking after Polk County's exhibit at the Panama Exposition. Of the Independence And Monmouth Railway Ef fective December 15, 1914 Train No. 1 leaves Independence 7:00 A. M., arrives at Monmouth 7:10 A. M., connects with train for Airlie. Train No. 3 leaves Independence 7:35 A. M. after connecting with S. P. train No. 354 from Corvallis, arrives at Mon mouth 7:45 A. M. Train No. 5 leaves Independence 8:45 A. M., arrives at Monmouth 8:55 A. M.. connects with train for Dallas. Train No. 7 leaves Independence 11 :15 A. M. after connecting with S. P. train No. 101 from Portland, arrives at Mon mouth 11:25 A. M., connects with No. 351 for Airlie. Train No. 9 leaves Independence 1:10 P. M., arrives at Monmouth 1:20 P. M., connects with No. 352 for Dallas. Train No. 11 leaves Independence 2:20 P. M. after connecting with S. P. train No. 102 from Corvallis, arrives at Mon mouth 2:30 P. M. Train No. 15 leaves Independence 3:50 P. M., arrives at Monmouth 4:00 P. M. Train No. 17 leaves Independence 4:30 P. M. after connecting with Motor Car from Salem, arrives at Monmouth 4:40 P. M. Train No. 19 leaves Independence 7:30 P. M. after connecting with S. P. train No. 353 from Portland, arrives at Mon mouth 7:40 P. M. Train No. 2 leaves Monmouth 7:15 A. M., arrives at Independence 7:25 A. M., connects with S. P. train No. 354 for Portland. Train No. 4 leaves Monmouth 8:15 A. M., arrives at Independence 8:25 A. M., connects with train from Dallas arriving at Monmouth 7:25. Train No. 6 leaves Monmouth 9:05 A. M., arrives at Independence 9:15 A. M., connects with train from Airlie. . Train No. 8 leaves Monmouth 11 :35 A. M., arrives at Independence 11:45 A.' M., connects with train No. 351 from Dallas. Train No. 10 leaves Monmouth 1:30 P. M., arrives at Independence 1:40 P. M., connects with S. P. train No. 352 from Airlie, also S. P. train No. 102 for Portland. Train No. 12 leaves Monmouth 2:35 P. M., arrives at Independence 2:45 P. M. Train No. 14 leaves Monmouth 4:05 P. M., arrives at Independence 4:15 P. M., connects with Motor Car for Salem and Dallas. Train No. 16 leaves Monmouth 4:50 P. M., arrives at Independence 5:00 P. M. Train No. 18 leaves Monmouth 7:45 P. M., arrives at Independence 7:55 P. M. . . : HaaMnj J ll D By special arrangement with the Oregon Power Compa ny we will redeem their gift coupon at face value when applied on a 6 pound Electric Iron or an Electric Toaster. THINK OF IT! A 6 lb. Electric Iron for $2.25 AN Electric Toaster for $1.60 Bring In Your Coupon. MORLAN & SON First National Bank Monmouth, Oregon Paid Capital, - - - $30,000.00 Surplus & Undivided Profits, $16,000.00 J. B. V. Butler, President; Ira c. Powell, Vice Pres. and Cashier; W. E. Smith, Assistant Cashier. 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