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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1920)
MEMORIES Pioti r.s always recall happy hours f ni dear friends. Snap shots today may mean prized pictures in years to come. New delivery of cameras, films and photographic equip ment just revived. Perkins Pharmacy If we haven't got it ' ' we'll get it. Ask ui. fecal Milton Force was down from Portland Sunday for a visit with his parents. A. B. Smith just dug a well for W. M. Meeker with good success and is now on the Edwards farm jjuth of toA-n. Miss Mabel Johnson, who has spent the sumner at Seaside, leaves this week for Pendleton to take up her work as teacher in the schools of that city. This is her second year there. Mrs. Ceo. Sullivan was a visitor t lis week with Mrs. L. Bowman near Salem. Mrs. Fol'aiUias a daughter from ' Washinttn visiting with her this wee's. , R. Aldersoi has gone to Southern Oregoi for a visit with friends. During his absence his nephews, Eugene and Piiehara Ferguson of Portland are attending to his chores on the farm. Mr. snd Mrs. D. Hoag have re turned to their home in Marion a'ter a visit with relatives cn Moi mouth f!ei jhts end in other parts of Polk county. The Social Hour Club will meet with Misses Maggie and Alice But ler, Wednesday, September 1. Kr. and Mrs. J. K. Craven and Mrs. Craven's mother, Mrs. Solo- mn Crowley of Cak Grove were visitors Sunday at Joe Craven's. E. L. Kilen was a visitor in Port land the latter part of last week and has also spent some time in Toledo where he goes into the bank ing business in the ne:r future. Mr. Kilen gots a3 manager for a com pany of Toledo ri.izers who are starting a sec. nd tank in the capi tal of Lincoln county. A new bank building is being built to accommo date the business. Mrs. Beckley is having worV done around the house on the Mrs. Sickafoose property recently bought by J. W. Pember. She plans to move the house onto her property south of the high school building. Mr. and Mrs. Eutters, E. A. Rice and daughter Mary comprised a par ty to Pacific City Tuesday and Wednesday, spending part of the time in Cloverdale looking over the farming prospects. Independence merchants lost money on their last car of gasoline which was obtained from Oklaho ma, and had to sacrifice on the last quarter of the amount received. They aimed'to sell it at cost and as the cost was a little above what the Standard was asking, consumers bought where they could buy the cheaper. ...Anew bridge is being built on Route two, south west of Indepen dence and because of this Carrier Dickinson had to extend his route through Monmouth. Herbert Jones, formerly of Am ity, who bought the Thurston place near Fuver last winter, has also ' bought a tract on the noith side of ! Coffin mountain. He is just finish ing the clearing of a twenty acre f e'd in this tract, bottom land bor dering on Soap creek. The under brush was disposed c'. wit! goats and now f re is completing the job. Mr.1 Jones handles many head of live stock each yer.r. I Many of the can which pass, I through Monmouth these days are I headed for Newport by way of ; King's Valley, passing by r.iKins where the enterprise of the farmers of that section is reflected in g od road. F. E. Chambers, a new arrival from Missmri.Jhfs tccepted a posi tion with the First National Bank of this city and starte.l work this week. A. h. Harding of McMinnville is acting as agent for the S. P. in Monmouth during the absence of J. S. Prime. The latter with his family is taking a vacation, fishing in the streams if the coast range a:ic disponing at the leaches of Tillamock county. Mrs. Ferival entertained four hundred and sixty years of ladies last Wednesday sfternoon. lhat is, the combined yeirs of the six ladies who attended the party was 460. Present were, Mesdames Em erson, Powell, Holbrook, Treat, Dewitt and Percival. They had a very pleasant afternoon. Mrs. Emerson, who has been liv ing with her daug. ters in Portland, is a visitor this week with friends in Momrouth. Miss Hazel Bursell has been spending her summer vacation as telegraph editor on the Morning Statesman in Salem. She iikes her work and is getting along nicely. Miss Bursell has two more years at the Agricultural college where she is taking home economics with journalism as a side line. Mr. and Mrs. Wolverton are en tertaining a small boy friend from Part'and. E. K. Piase:ki cf Pallas was looking ater business matttrs in Monmouth Tuesiay. E. West of Seattle was looking after n.atterj at his Monmouth prune ranch this week. Work on the new laptist church is proceeding steadily these days under the direction of Dean Web ber, supervising architect and his lieutenants, Maxwell Pcwerjox and John Green. Joe Craven is decor ative artist. Harold Strong and family of Portland were visitors last week at E. W. Strong's. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Robinson and daughter Hazel left Wednesday for Brooklyn, New York, where Mr. Robinson will resume his duties as professor of history in one of the high schools of the city. On Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Powell a fare well reception was tendered Mrs. Robinson by the members of the Social Hour Club. There are only two delinquent parcels of land along the Main street paving district, the Davidson and Chapman properties on the north'side of the street east of the railroad track. The common coun cil is preparing to have these sold to satisfy claims in the near future. W. E. Manning and family are off this week for Olympia, Wash ington, where they go to visit rel atives and look up the prospects. The six weeks of the second pai t of Bummer school at the Normal will be "accomplished in five weeks. This is done by holding school six days a week instead of the regula tion five and the bell rings at 6:45 Saturdays the same as for the pre ceding five school days. Forenoon sessions only are held. S. T. Coats has been spending a few days vacation in the Clover dale country. The S. D. Coats properties in Monmouth were recently sold for taxes in Dallas. The Main street property was sold to a Salem man and the Monmouth avenue lot was sold'to Wm. Ea es of Independence. Miss Mabel Lorence arrive this week from New York where il e has visited with her sister, Ruby Lorence and attended summer school at Columbia University. She alio visited many historic spots which will be of use to her is a teacher of history at Bond high school. She returned by way of the Great Lak s and Niagara Falls. Mrs. Ellis and children who have been visiting at G. W. Chesebro'a hive returned to their home at jPalles City, going by way of Tills. mooK. Our Bargain Column Lost, a black umbrella with havy cori on handle, taken frcm Mrs. Andrus' porch Wednesday afternoon. Return to Mrs. S. R. Smith. FOR SALE A very fine Orches tral Upright Mahogany piano, worth $500 or more under prevniing conditions; has been rented by local musical people and rather than ship back to Port'and will be sold at $250. For particulars write Cregon Eilers Music House, Filers Music Bldg., Portland, Oregon A Good Building Material and an everlasting building mater ial at th same time. The Tile Works at Monmouth Is making a bui'ding tile which will make any kind of building from a dwelling house to a pig pen cool in summer and warm in winter. Es pecially fine for your fruit, vegeta ble and milk house. We also have all kinds of drain tile. Drain tile is you' most ur gent reed. Get that wetland drain ed. . . We will do your draining for you if you wish, but do it your self if you can. Central Tile Co., Mon mouth, Oregon. Dont let a smooth tongued stranger persuade you that there is any kind of printing the Her ald Print Shop can not do. The Monmouth Cooperative Ship ping Association will save farmers money in the sale of livestock. Ship with us and cut out middleman's profit. Il you have stock to ship notify W. J. Stockholm, Mgr. tf See our Duraline, an economical floor covering. Many patterns to choose from. 85c a sq. yd Stevens & Co., Independence. - House and Lots Houses with one acre. House with larger tracts. Very reasonabi in price. See Moran. A. N. Halleck buys junk of all kinds and pays highest cash prices. tf For ExchangeOne new 10 inch plow, 2 share3 for a 14 inch plow in goo I condition. J. E. Emerson, Box 67, City. For Sale Six room house, toilet and bath'; barn 6 lots, 21 blocks to Normal school, located on Monmouth Ave, 10 ares of land, all in cultiva tion, good house and barn, J mile to city limits, an ideal home' Price right. 5 room Bungalow. Lot 95x100 feet, close in. This house is new and is modern in all respects. Price $1600, half cash, balance, three years. The largest and best rooming house in, the city paying $264.00 per month. G. T. Boothby After Three Years This Testimony Remains Unshaken Time is the best test of truth. Here is a Dallas story that has stood the test of time. It is a sto ry with a point which will come straight home to many of us. Mrs. MaryE.Gilson, 614 Church St., Dallas, Oreg., says: "1 have used Doan's Kidney Pills and they have also been taken by other mem bers in my family. We think they are the best kidney medicine to be had. Doan's act quiculy, removing the trouble in short order." THREE YEARS LATER, Mrs. Gilson said:."! consider , Doan's Kidney Pills just as good today', as I did several years ago when I rec ommended them. I have never found a medicine equal to them for kidney trouble. It has been sever al years since I used a kidney medi cine." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mrs. Gilson had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. 30C Farm ACE GARAGE FORDSON TRACTORS FORDSON FARM IMPLEMENTS Monmouth Heights V Merle Mu key of Monmouth came out here and took their sheep out of the Clark pasture last Saturday, n. k. risnoacn was in tflien on business last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Roth of In dependence were ont Sunday guesta of Mrs. Roth's brother, George Swearingen and family. Professor Robinson, formerly of Monmouth but.who now resides in New York, was a caller at the Her man Wunder home Saturday. George Heck is the proud owner of a Samson tractor which he pur chased recent'y. Geoige Chesebro of Monmouth was out to his farm here the fore part of the week. John aoran and Harry Stine of Monmouth were here on Monday. Mrs. Elmer Allen was shopping in Monmouth Monday. George Swearingen was severely injured last Saturday evening by being tramp'eJ on by a young horse. What might belong in the cate gory of the miraculous was the ac cident or near tragedy that hap pened this morning at the inter section of C. street and the S. P. railway. As the 10:33 electric was approaching the station, G .Wiensz Monmouth, Oregon, August 20, 1920 To Our Boy Customers, You of course nave heard of the WEARPLEDGE suits made for boys, and wished your suit was insured so that mother would not be so afraid you were going to ruin yournew suit every time you wore it. Our McMinnville store has a very large stock of these clothes, and has been offering them at a very liberal reduction from the regular price; so we asked the privilege of making the same offer to our Monmouth boys. They have sent us a lot of them (Insurance policies too), sizes six to sixteen, in very desirable fabrics and best styles. The values are extremely good, but you pay TWENTY PER CENT LESS than the regular marked price. This means that we will Insure you against suit troubles at a cost to you of $11.60 to $18.80. Live leather belt is included with each suit. ',, . r Yours truly, -. Miller Mercantile Company' .. iiagoBi!:i;;n!Sosi5ii Your Hills With a The tractor of small weight and big pulling power. The tractor with a real kero sene motor fed by a real kero sene carburetor. Note the implements that are built to serve with the Fordson Strong in construction, light and efficient. There is not an idle ounce in the Fordson i,gopBnamBi5ii ' "f DT' accomT,ld (bsr jhis wife and children, and driving Fordi jj ,0 Um m nU ro4j trgck ,,e , j tur , fj ht (n(J Eectrj .truck th left Mp nf ih. car, smashing it considerably. The windshield was crushed and the two front tires shot to pieces. Mr. Wiensz drove his Ford to the Ace gurage, however, and repairs were made and it was also discovered that all .the occupants had'escaped without a scratch or Iruise. Mrs. Wiensz has weik eyes and . wcre drivin with curtins on to protect them from the glare of the sun. Mr, Wionsz rays he did not see the track nor even hear the train bell although onlookers say it was ringing vigorously. Post A SlitrliHurt In Thyme sarea tin. All Hun ullttem la not Goldcnrod. firm re the tpnile mill upoll the crop. A Mlatlvtoo Is as good at a Cmo ir.Ile. Moneywort it row. nml.es the Muiu'a-tnll A half I'.lmlu. Thyme rlruko. a Turf la better than na and tide wait for do Man- Muko liny while the Sunfluwai hint's. Let Us Print Your Sale Bills Got Something , . You Want to Sell? Most people have a piece of furniture, a farm imple ment, or something else which they have discard ed and which they no lon ger want These things are put In the attic, or itored away in the barn, or left lying about, getting of leas and leu value each year, WHY NOT SELL THEM? Somebody wants those very things which have become of no use to you. Why not try to find that somebody by putting a want advertisement In THIS NEWSPAPER?
