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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1916)
Was an Inde pendence Barber Independence gets a certain sort of advertising out of the fact fact that an M. H. McCall, held for murder in Portland, was re cently a resident of that town. McCall had been employed in a barber shop in Portland but had been discharged. He returned to the shop and while the chairs were busy shot three times and killed Wm. A. Shaner, a barber employed there. Shaner was a son of a captor of John Wilkes Booth. McCall also tried to kill a negro porter in the shop. He gave himself up to the police and alleged self defense as an excuse for his act McCall appears to have an unbalanced mind and to have had such for some time. In a recent Independence Monitor he offers "$25 reward for loca tion of party who started a chick en scandal about him." No scandal was remembered. Frank C. Eddy, who was born in Elgin, 111., in 1870 and was a member of a leading firm of merchants in Independence, died at his home in that town Dec. 16th. He had been a resident of Independence only a year, mov ing there from Willamina. He was a member of the firm of Eddy & Carbray. According to the school census Independence has decreased in number of school children during the year 78; Falls City has de creased 48; West Salem 19. Dal las has gained 52 and Monmouth gained 36, having the largest gain in proportion to population in the county. Black Rock has 6 more pupils than last year. The funeral party of W.-'W. Percival a well known citizen of Independence passed through Monmouth Tuesday on its way to the K. P. Cemetery. Mr. Per cival'8 parents lived for years and died in Monmouth. He was a race horse man and hop grow er. He had been sick for a long time with cancer of the stonjach and died last Saturday evening. He was a member of the Elks' lodge of Salem and of the An cient Order of United Workmen of Independence, both of which organizations were represented in his funeral services. He is sur vived by a son Carl and a daugh ter Pearl, all of Independence. IOOC Mr. and Mrs. E. Schaeffer of Amity were visitors with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hager last Saturday evening on the way to spend their honeymoon in Roseburg. The twain were married Satur day at noon at the home of the groom's father, and the bride before marriage was Miss Nettie Davis, a milliner and dressmaker of Amity. She is a niece of Mrs. Hager, the last of twelve children to be married. They will spend two weeks visiting in Roseburg, which is Mrs. Schaeffer's old home, and then they will go to housekeeping on a farm belong ing to the groom two miles out of Amity. Harold Haley is in Portland at tending the educational meet and visiting with relatives. D. L. Keyt attended the joint installation of Masons and East ern Star at Dallas Wednesday evening. fP Local Brevities 1301, IOOC30cdJ L. P. Gilmore and family spent Christmaswith relatives inSalem D. M. Hampton is under the weather this week. Lyle Paxton of Amity spent Christmas at Paul Riley's. Mrs. I. G. Singleton of Falls City spent Christmas with her mother, Mrs. C. E. DeWitt. Miss Rosa Smith of the Vernon high school, Portland, is in Mon mouth for the holidays. We deliver all goods free to your homes. Moore & Walker, home Furnishers, Independence. Emmett Rice of Crabtree was the Christmas guest of his fath er, E. A. Rice, Mist Myrtle Crabtree of Drain spent Christmas with her moth er, Mrs. C. C. Lee. Mrs. C. C. Lee and son, Wm Crabtree, went to Albany Tues day for a visit Mrs. Nettie Pompton of Drain spent Christmas with her Dar ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. G. McNeil. For Dining Room Furniture see Moore & Walker, Complete Home Furnishers, Independence, Mrs. Wm. Elkins of Albany visited her mother, Mrs Sophia Hastings Wednesday. Ernest Waterburg of North eastern Washington has been vis iting with Dr. and Mrs. F. R. Bowersox. The latter is his sister A fine line of heaters on dis play at Moore and Walkers, com plete home furnishers. Indernd ence. Free delivery to Monmouth Down Down Down Somebody said the high cost ol living must come down. We are here to say to our many customers that it is already down. And we believe the people of Monmouth will agree with us that for the past five years we have at all times maintained the lowest prices not only in our grocery department but also on our Dry Goods as well. Considering quality with price we are here for the purpose of extending at all times every courtesy possible to,the public and our aim is to make every one feel at home while in our store. We own our large stock of Dry Goods and Groceries. Also our homes. We are tax payers both to the State, County and Schools. And stand for the upbuilding of Monmouth in every way that would benefit the people. To prove our statement we are going to of fer the public, commencing Dec. 19 and continuing to Jan. 1. the following prices as listed below: a M j? J E 3 3' 2 w 2. ! er n n w I 3 2. JB C a .2 El Si c S c 6 $ 3 9 P .2 $ 5 -5 i a m a V S 5 S 8 .' & & J Portland hard wheat flour $1.90 sack Aunt Jemima Pan Cake flour 10c Clearwater $1.75 " Arm and Hammer Soda " ' - 5c Berry Sugar 13 lbs for $1.00 Six bars Crystal White Soap for 25c " " By the sack $7.65 " "Royal " " " 25c Cream Rolled Oats - 5c lb Seven bare Toilet Soap for 25c Italian Prunes - - 10c lb 2 lbs good Coffee . . . 35c Dried Peaches - - 10c lb 2 cans Clams 25c Good Bacon .... 20c lb 2 packages Grape Nuts , - 25c Fancy Head Rice . . 8c lb Fancy Sun Dried Apples 10c lb Pink Beans .... 7db 3 lb Macaroni . . . 25c White Beans . . . . 9c lb Peanut Butter - . - - 10c lb 3 packages Quaker Corn Flakes for 25c 5 gallons of Coal Oil - - 65c We do not claim or try to make believe these are wholesale prices: but are made SPECIAL for those who have been loyal to pur store. Monmouth Mercantile Co. It VV. B. Eggleston and family on tort ni nasi wilatiuna twm Walln VUVVI VHHIVU IVIULIf V O illIll IT OIIU I Walla, Wash., for Christmas. Mrs. F. R, Bowersox and daughter Mary visited this week with relatives in Albany and Portland. 1 Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Guthrie spent Christmas with their son Hugh Guthrie and family in Cor vallis. Miss Mildred Force who Is teaching in Arlington is spending viia iiuiiuajro will! ncr (Jill cilia Hi iUUillHUUlIl. Rugs, Congoleum, Window Shades. We deliver free to Mon mouth. Moore & Walker, Com plete home furnishers, Indep. Evan Evans of Dallas was here one day this week to see his brother, E. T. Evans, who has been seriously sick with pneu motiia. ' On Christmas day S. O. Work celebrated his 66th anniversary. Those" present were Mr. M. J. Coleman, Glenn Work and Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Halleck. D. S. North of Corvallis spent Christmas with Monmouth friends. He is attending the state meeting of educators at Portland but will return for a further visit here. Miss Gwendolyn Dicken of Mapleton is the guest this week of Mrs, Alva Craven and Mrs, Albert Tetherow. Mrs. Craven and Miss Oicken spent today in Salem. H. P. Bogert and family from Falls City spent Christmas in Monmouth at P. H. Johnson's and C. H. Newman's. At the latter place the family dinner was eaten. The city council meeting Tues day night was adjourned to 9 o'clock Wednesday morning for lack of a quorum. For the same reason the morning meeting was adjourned to Tuesday night of next week when the closing busi ness of the year will be trans acted. A movement is on foot to make the Christmas program at the Christian church, which was so successful, an annual affair with the same theme, but elaborated on from time to time. The pro gram was given under the direc tion of Mrs. McKinney who has helped to put it on in Portland churches in previous years. Many spectators of experience who saw the program say it is the best of the kind they ever saw. E. S. Evenden, Miss R. B. Par rott, Miss Katherine Arbuthnot and Miss Jessica Todd of the Normal faculty are in Portland attending the State Teachers association. In addition to the regular sessions there will be a grand banquet at Hotel Portland, the headquarters for the Asso ciation, followed by a reception at The Chamber of Commerce. given by the Oregon Congress of Mothers. PERIL IN HOUSE CLOTHS. Thoee IfMd For Wiping and Cleaning Art a Menace to Health. The dish wiping cloth, even the barred variety, which ia sometimes dignified by the name of "tea.Jow el," is in bad repute. Ever since man began to look through the mi croscope and think in terms of the microscope its fate has been sealed. yniy when freshly washed and boiled and used in clean hands to wipe the rims of already scalded and drained dishes should a wiping cloth do aamittea into the modern kitch en. Used in dirtv hands till crimv. carried on the arm of a waiter and used to polish a plate or wipe up a u.Die, it belongs to the dark ages, hygicnicauy spoaklng. lu all dishwashing the household should more and more approach the practice of thy laboratory whore glassware and porcelain are washed, rinsed in boiling water and placed to drain. No cloth, no matter how well known its antecedents, should bo allowed to touch them, for they are now absolutely clean and itiunt remain clean. In cleaning toilet articles the bathtub uiiTl the wash baton it should be remembered Unit ordinary clean ing cloths belong, like the scrub bing brush, to the early coarser Crocess. Tito final cleaning must be y hot water only. Whatever cornea in contact with any body aperture must bo free from all possibility of bacterial contagion. The com mon bathtub has doubt less frequently been a carrier of dis ease germs from one person to an other. Before use, however clean it nifty look, it should be scalded out and not dried with any of the cloths ordinarily given over to the purpose. Treated hs it too often is with any old scrubbing cloth or brush thut may happen to be handy the bathtub in a great many homes is never really clean and its germ lad en condition makes it as serious a meniico to the health of the house hold hk the (Huh wiping cloth. New York American. Sailing Kretty rflfn. . Lake Titicaca, between Peru and Bolivia, is slightly over 13,000 feet above the level of the sen and is navigated by steamers of about a thousand tons, plying twice weekly between Tuno in Peru and Guaqui in Bolivia. Woman'a Home Companion. DR. J. O. MATTHIS PHYSICIAN U SURGEON PHONE NOS. OFFICE 2M HOUSE - 2304 Hirries Engineering Co. Surveying and Platting Estimates furnished on Drainage and Irrigation Work. Phone 502. Dallas, Ore. L.C. PRICE, M.D. Main street, west of Lumber Yard. Phone 4302 V. O. BOOTS Fire, Life and Casualty INSURANCE Losses Promptly Paid B. F. SWOPE, . Attorney at Law and Notary ruDiic. WALTER G. BROWN Notary Public Blank Deeds, Mortgages, Etc. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY In Odd Fellows Hall Services, - . - 11.00 a. m. Subject of lesson sermon CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. Sunday School, - - 10.00 a.m. Wednesday evening meeting, 8.00 p, m. CHRISTIAN CHURCH W. A. Elkins. Pastor. Sunday School, - . 10.00 a. m. Preaching Service, , - .11.00 a.m. " Y. P. S. C. E. Meeting, 6.30 p. m. Preaching Service, - 7.30 p. m. Prayer Meeting Wednescay, 7.30 p. m. BAPTIST CHURCH; G. A. Pollard. Pastor Sunday School, . . - 10.00 a. m. Preaching Service, - 11.00 a. m. C. U. E. Meeting, . 6.80 p.m. , Preaching Service, ... 7.30 p. m. Prayer Meeting Wednesday, 8.00 p. m. I -J-