Monmouth Herald
Monmouth, Ore. May 21 1920
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WALTER G. BROWN
Representing the
"PENNSYLVANIA"
Fire Insurance Co.
of Philadelphia
Notary Public
Blank Deeds, Mortgages. Etc.
DR. F. R. BOWERSOX
PHYSICIAN Si SURGEOS
PHONE NOS.
OFFICE - 33W
HOl'SE 410J
L C. PRICE, M.D.
Office and residence
Kurre Apartments
Phone 1903
ajuwmi rL-wtrir.iu juujuj.n. ' inrrrf i "
Monmouth Grange 476
Meets the Second Saturday la Each
Month it 10 J A. M.
Public Program at 2:30 p. m. to which
visitors are welcome.
P. 0. Powell, Master.
Hiss Maggie Butler, Sec.
How'i This?
W cBtr On Hundred Dollars Reward
tor any caw of Catarrh that cannot he
cured by Hall's Catarrk Madldne.
Hall's Catarrh Mxllclna has baea takea
by catarrh lufltnr tor tha pat thirty
Br yaara, and has become knows as ths
moat rallable ramady tor Catarrh. Hall s
Catarrh Medietas sets thru ths Blood on
ths Mucous surfaces, sipalllnf tha Poi
son from ths Blood and heating ths dls
eaaad portions.
After you hav taksn Hall's Catarrh
MaJtclne for a short tlma you will se a
rat Imorovamant In your imaral
hMlth. Start taklnf Hall's Catarrh Mwll
clna at on and fat nd ot catarrh, land
tor laitlmonlali. fraa
F J. CHESKT CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold br all imitfiita, Ite.
STEVENS & CO.
Dealers in
Second Hand Goods
CSt. Independence
Phone 1421
J. O. MATTHIS
Physician and Surgeon
Phone 573 House 596
Office: 409-10 Bank of Commerce BWg,
Salem, Ore.
EDW. J. HIMES
Civil Engineer and
Surveyor
Phora 573 SIS Levena St
Dallas
I am here to saw wood
No raise in' prices
at present
S.H.Hinkle, Phone 2411
One Fordson Tractor Used ten
days. For sale cheap. Graham &
Son.
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERALJNTEREST
Principal Events of the Week
' Briefly Sketched for Infor-
mation of Our Readers. '
Elijah C. Jeffers, 80, an Oregon pio
neer ot 1847, died at the family home
In Astoria.
The Umpqua Academy association
will hold its fourth annual reunion at
Wilbur June 5. .
William Howard Taft may apperfr
in Hood River on Memorial day in a
lecture on the league of nations.
The Fossil Telephone exchange has
filed application with the Oregon pub
lic service commission to increase its
rates.
A 21,000 bond Issue to finance the
purchase of a park site on the banks
of the Deschutes will be voted on at
Bend.
Work on the welcome arch to be
placed at the main entrance to Baker
on the famous old Oregon trail has
been started.
Fire destroyed the opera house, two
stores and two other buildings at Mer
rill, in Lake county. The loss Is esti
mated at 120,000.
Mrs. Sarah Thompson, believed to
hare been the oldest woman in the
state of Oregon, dfed in Portland at
the age ot 102 years.
The seventh annual convention ot
the Cattle and Horse Raisers' associa
tion of Oregon will be held at Burns In
Harney county May 24-25.
At the meeting of the Douglas Coun
ty Sheep and Breeders' association,
which was held in Roseburg, It was
decided to form a mohair pool.
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Van Winkle, 77,
Oregon pioneer of 1852, died in Salem
at the home of her son, I. H. Van Win
kle, assistant attorney-general of Ore
gon.
Dorothy Cooper, the six-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cooper
of Wauna, about 25 miles east ot As-
Q Muddy
, MPLEXI0N
YOUR COMPLEXION is muddy. You look hag
gard and yellow. Your eyes are losing their
lustre. The trouble is with your liver. Take
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They
will correct that. Then avoid meats, hot bread
and hot cakes, take frequent baths and a long walk
every day, and you will soon be as well and as
beautiful as ever. Price 2 J cents per bottle.
pHOsimI
First National
Bank
Monmouth, Oregon
Capit j $30,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits... $19,000.00
Interest paid on time deposits. Investment securi
ties for customers. Traveler's checks. Telegraphic transfers
We are prepared to take care of your banking business.
Ira C. Powell, President ' ' E. L. Kileri. Cashier
DIRFXTORS-J.
' Wm. Riddell,"
y. Butler,;Chairman,
""Robert "Steele,
I. M. Simpson
IraC Powell"""
riRSTllATlONALBANK
Monmouth
;re6on,
torla, was falally burucj "at (be family
home.
"Four years old and registering 41
pounds on the leal Is the record of
the first marked salmon of the 4000
turned out In 1911 from the Columbia
river that has returned to Its home
waters. The fish was cought at The
Dalles In one ot the wheels there on
May 4.
Fees from the motor vehicle depart
ment of the secretary ot slate's office
for the month ot April totaled $104,193,
according to a report prepared by Sam
A. Koaer, assistant secretary ot state
Total receipts ot the automobile de
partment for the first four months ot
the year 1920 were $1,753,045.
The sale at Salem ot Oertla Poppys
Stmawcs, Jersey bull ottered by F.
A. Doerfler, owner ot a Urge live
stock ranch located 13 miles east ot
Salem, to Thomas H. Moran of Dun
seams, Wash., for $10,500, established
a new record of price received for this
class ot animals on the Pacific coast.
Oregon produces as fine Jersey cat
tle as are found anywhere In the world
but the Industry baa suffered from the
lark ot publicity, accord ik to state
ments made by M. D. Dunn ot Chicago,
president of the American Jersey club,
In an address at a banquet at Salem
lu honor ot the Oregon Jersey jubilee.
A favorable report on the so-called
Benham Falls reservoir, which is In
tended for storage ot water tor the
Deschutes Irrigation district, will be
forthcoming before June 10, according
to a telegram received at the otffce of
the state englnceer from the United
States reclamation service at f ashing-ton.
By the text ot Us report, filed with
Judge O. O. Bingham ot the circuit
court, the Marion county grand jury
severely criticised bond transactions
between O. P. Hoft, state treasurer,
and John L. Etherldge, of the Portland
firm of Morris brothers, and declares
that exorbitant profits were exacted
from the state by the Portland bond
house.
Citiiens ot Douglas county are In
arms over the recent bill that passed
the senate transferring a large part of
the Umpqua forest reserve to the Cra
ter lake national park. It la declared
that It the bouse should concur that
thousands ot sheep and cattle belong
ing to stockmen, which are annually
grazed In this forest, would be forced
out ot the county.
Manufacture of sorghum In Marlon
county as a means of beating the high
cost of sugar Is advocated by C. I.
Lewis, manager of the Oregon Growers
Co-operative association. Mr. Lewis
says sorghum has been manufactured
in the Lebanon district and some other
sections of the state for many years
and hat proved profitable to the pro
moters of the Industry.
There were four deaths due to Indus
trial accidents In Oregon during the
week ending May 6, according to
report prepared by the state Industrial
accident commission. The victims were
L. A. Freeman, bucker, Eagle Creek;
Marion Blgham, sawyer, Bush; Frank
Lewis, deck hand, Bandon, and Lee
Hollenbeck, deck band, Bandon. A to
tal of 493 accidents were reported.
A. Phillip Connally, member of
wellknown Union county family, ac
cording to Mrs. Cella George, his house
keeper, committed suicide by shooting
himself through the heart at bis farm
home, eight miles from La Grande.
The reported suicide was committed
while Connally was making prepara
tions to pay $12,500 damages won by
his housekeeper in a breach of promise
action.
Oregon will not get any captured
German field guns or other confiscated
war equipment until congress passes
an act providing for the distribution
ot this class of material, according to
a telegram received at the executive
offices from P. C. Harris of the adjutant-general's
office at Washington.
One bill Is now before congress, how
ever, which, If passed, will allow Ore
gon a number of guns of 77 caliber and
above.
Between April 1, 1917, when the
state highway commission bad its In
ception, and April 30, 1920, there was
laid in Oregon approximately 430 miles
ot paving, 448 miles of macadam and
grading, totalling 988 miles, according
to a report prepared by the highway
department. The total estimated cost
of these Improvements was $26,311,-
759.46, of which the state paid $18,01L
058.55. Contributions of counties
amounted to $3,634,595.10. while the
government's share of the total expenM
was S3.667.10S.81. ' .
At a meeting at Astoria of repre
sentatives of all the' canneries and
cold storage plants oa the Columbia
river, with two exceptions, the price!
per pound to be paid for raw fish loo
j lng the season which opened at noot
Saturday were set as follows; CW
! nooks weighing over eight pounds, II
; cents; those under eight-pounds to ke
refused; steelheads, 9 cents; bla
backs, 9 cents; sllversldes, 3 cents;
shad, 1 cent; white sturgeon, 10 oenta,
green sturgeon, 5 cents.
Because the state highway oomalf
slon apportioned to some counties of
Oregon sums of money In excess of
that ralseu through the uniform tax
levy of 1 mill for market roads while
to other counties were apportioned
funds in amounts smaller tband
If you plan to buy
New Furniture
this Spring
Come and see
our fine slock
Carpets, Rugs,
Linoleum
Every thing for the
house
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Monmouth Hardware
J. E. Wlnegar, Proprietor
rived through their respective levies,
D. Leedy, district attorney of Grant
county has filed with the stale high
way department a written protest. He
urges a re-aistrioution oi uio inuraei
road funds together with the granting
of such other relief tor Oraut county as
ths commission may deem advisable.
Sixty-five bankers from lower Wil
lamette and Columbia valley counties
sttended the annual meeting ot group
No. 1 of the State Bankers' association
at Salem.
DBvId M, Leach, 70 years old, pioneer
resident of the Lexington district, near
Heppner, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself through the head with a
.38-callber revolver,
Intereat on Irreducible school funds
ot the state from August 1, 1919, to
May 1, 1920, amounted to $:i60,28.11.
according to a statement Issued by the
treasury department.
George Johnson, known as "Shorty,"
a bachelor about 40 living at Port Of '
ford, has been taksn to ths Hale asy
lum at Balers, a raving maniac Job
son, apparently normal, was strolling
along the beach at Port Orford whei
be discovered a beautiful agate. Thi
stone contained almost a perfect fig
ure of a monument with a cross oa tot,
He declared It was a sign at lb
ond coming of Christ and from teat
moment on his mind became unbal
ancrd. ri
!
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THERE HE STANDS!
GRAND old "Bull" Durham. He belongs In this
country's Hall of Fame. Can you think of a more
familiar figure ? For over half a century Bull has
been part of the landscape; the tobacco he represents
has made millions and millions of friends.
1 You can roll fifty-thrifty cigarettes from one bag.
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