Reduction on Buggies and Harness Whether you are thinking of purchasing a buggy or not or if you are needing new har ness, come in and look our stock over; you will want to buy when you see what we have. That old buggy that you have been driving .for the past several years won't hold together much longer, and now is your opportunity to get a new one while the prices are lowered. mm & rn iJ SE Monmouth, Oregon i i l D lj Greatly reduced prices on all Building Uperation LOCal and r erSOnai . ,ineg of ,umber at the Monmouth The figures of building opera William Riddell, Sr., was doing Lumber Yard. 30 tions for 1914 just made public business in Monmouth Tuesday. I Mrs j. Read and daughter, by the United States Geological Abstract, prorcptiy made b ! Mis, Elizabeth Read, .re tajj .tJS Br.w.4 Sibley, attorney, an t e -,e vZ" r"'timllltmimt bv Mrs. uawson auu udugu.. " ,.,., uj( una. w ,,f ton itipa wh eh dur- Mrs. inai was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Lowell Hewitt, from Monday un til Wednesday. She also visited relatives near Independence. abstracters Number one 7-foot Cedar posts, $10 per hundred at the Monmouth Lumber Yard. The Evangelical church held its quarterly conference last Saturday and Sunday. L Macken and family moved into the Goodman house on Main and Cattron streets, recently. Mr. and Mrs. George Miller of Ti... Mil . l iwinier were guests or. tneir auia, Mrs. D. M. Hewitt, last Sunday for dinner. The Dallas Methodists are pe titioning the bishop to return Rev. C. H. Bennett to the pastor age at Dallas. Jennings Lorence, John Web ber, Tom Ostien, Russell Quisen borry, Harold Haley and Clarence Daniel made an auto trip to Cor vallis Sunday. Miss Veva Dunlap, a Normal graduate and well known here, has resigned her position in the 0- r, . . . . . l 1 "pnngneld school, where sne nas een teaching the past two years, to accept a position at The Dalles. Miss Margaret Halvorsen left uursuay oi last weeic ior run land where she spent thcnight w'th her sister, Esther, going on to Boyd, and commencing her school work at Liberty Monday. G. T. Boothby and Dr. and J. B- V. Butler returned home last D 1 . A. rnaay from thPir annual num. Real Estate Transfers In Polk County. The following is a list of realty transfers recorded during the week ending Sept. z, " reported to the Herald by Sibley & Eakin, Abstracters, 615 Court street, Dallas, Oregon: George E Corson and wife to Henry Clanfield. 1 acre in Dallas, $10. . j -fa in John W Macomoer aim -j SMacomber, 11-2 acres, t 8 s A ... ITU It ' Annie Mary Jacobson to Oscar TJacobson, 15 acres, v j -Henry E White and wife to M F White, 33.80 acres, t 7-4, , ..... p DQKrpns and wife to Louis J Purvine. lots in Indepen- dence, $100. m PflM-therer to Mar- lieorge 1 - . n k lgaretAPewtherer,7acres,t7-4, $2,000. . Fas City Lumber company n .u.v kM acres, t SM na ingthe year 1913 showed de-j creases rallied in 1914 and showed i increases. The most noteworthy feature in the building industry in 1914 was the large decrease in New York City, by which it lost its rank as the leading city in cost of buliding operations, being passed by Chicago. The cost of building operations in Chicago .OD a 9fii.710. aeainst $74,030.- wan ywt"-' 241 in New York. New York s decrease compared with iyu -AnntH tn $33,074,466. The greatest increase shown in any city was in San Francisco-$7,- 140,299 the second largest in crease being in Brooklyn-$7,- 109,801. , In 48 selected cities the total cost of building operations in 1914 was $619,752,354. compared with $673,22u,b in irffnrta wpre made by the Geo- logical Survey to obtain detailed information from the leading 157 cities in population. Replies were received from 14 oi uiese, no of them furnishing sufficient de tails to permit the puoncation oi figures by classes of buildings. Building operations in the 147 cities cost $785,525,746 in 1914. In 113 of these cities the new 11 kinds cost $461,- cai ift8- new wooden buildings, Fresh Fruits of all Kinds, Ice Cream, Sodas, Etc. MORLAN & SON o n em 'A RUabo and wife to George Plov. 60 acres, 1 9-5, $5 000. RE Williams and wie- 1 hpv ranm m niAnoQnf time - 'cjjuh a veijr yicao"' V K wmiou'3 ""U one nve-point duck B11U oad 59.67 acres, nty of fish to their credit j ' Barnes an( 1 7-5, $10. deer was killed within thirty j steps of their cabin. Mr. was not in on the killing tot his companions were. oau, ' v n..o ond wife to v ..oadmead, $10. Meaa, u - - T H William JMulkey eta to JH Mulkey, lot b Monmouth, $1. First National Bank Monmouth, Oregon Paid Capital, $30,000.00 Surplus & Undivided Profits, $17,000.00 Established 1889. Ira c. Powell, President; J. B. V. Butler, Vice Pres. W. E. Smith, Cashier. We offer the best service consistent with sound banking, and solicit your business. Interest paid on time deposits. DIRECTORS: I. M. SIMPSON, F. S. POWELL, Wm. RIDDELL, J. B. V. BUTLER, IRA C. POWELL. cifik 926 250: new fire-resisting brick bui aing w "vmi'.,7 . .I tL , firo-rpsistinflr build- Ali omer ire- - - ? . inffSCOSt$lH.''A,u . "c v"r alterations, and JinE ftgjes was of wmcn - ings and W"-1" iUl "v resisting buildings. C. G. GRIFFA, Plumber and Steam Fitter. Carries In Stook Bath Tubs, Toilet Fixtures and all kinds of Plumb ers' Supplies, nickel-plated or otherwise. All orders attended to promptly nd work guaranteed. MONMOUTH. - - OREGON