The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969, September 10, 1915, Image 3

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    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.
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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