THE POLK COUNTY PKKSS.
Ktw Items mud Editorial Ex-
prt" salons,
(Itemuer.)
A. B. Chandler. near Balln inn.
says ha will have about 8,000 boxes
of strawberries to soli.
C. L, Hubbard rtiwli tn 1......
w VM1V
lor the Lust in a few day.
E. C. Kevt, at Perrj-dale, has in
four utiles of tiling and is now add
ing another mile. Ho is a unnti.
cal nun, and if it did not nav to
put in tiling, you may be sure he
'um no uo it. jcvery farmer
should tile his wet lands as fast as
possible.
Last Tuesday John Huber was
was surprised to see a can of
young men come into h is hou vard
m
to Help hint out with his work
They had knives, cultivators, nlows
and horses. By 6 o'clock they had
nis yard in fine order. After many
thanks thev returned t. thir
homes thinking "a friend in need
is a friend indeed."
A gentleman writing from Mis
souri says that times are nmrlt
better than a year ago. Land Bells
at from $5 to 110 more per acre,
cattle and hogs are ready sale and
Gathered from our Various Exohanges
Throughout the Stats.
It is claimed that 7000 vounir
a
cattle have been taken out of the
"illauietto valley during the
winter aud sprine of an average
tab..
value oi
Some ofthesheenshearers around
Joseph are on a strike. All that
the owners wish to pay is 3 cents a
neou. ir which the shearers re
fuse to work.
Two eight and one ten-horse
teams, drawing live heavy frvight
wagons, loaded with 30.000 douiiJh
of wool, pulled into Baker City
thur.Jay from Harney county
Wednesday morning while Alvin
flniiiQ wad m.i . . . i.: . ; : .
.. . , feiniug llliu HIS rig 111
ail tne sheep have been soldexeeot SWt ti
enough for seed. LnJ Lis haot Rlrl . p
The Rosa meeti ng at the Christ- full i" the face. Mr. Haines' teeth
iau church will continue over were knocked out uud his upper
.uuuhv. ne nas preached earnest- uwbone broken.
ly and ably and has drawn large Sine,. JHnuary i there have Wn
audiences, but the visible are not shim-.! from Arlinot -MA
so numerous or marked as in J.is coutainin i.-jiimu uHmi,
meeting a year ago. His preach- wlmi- tv.,.., n',,i
f A Cammer School for Teachers"
A summer school of three weeks
- -.awaintu Normal achool
building, beginniog immediately
fWrth.cloMoftho annual insti.
uwrorrolk county, Wednesday,
June 2a, and closing July 1 7. The
three day. aeasioniof the institute
will also be held in the Normal
tuilding, beauniu Mr.iwU J.,..-
- " j, -
. All who expect to attend the
ummer achool would do well to
be present at the bigmning of the
Institute, as the work of the three
) win ds Doth interesting and
yrvuwDi. instructors of tried
i biHtj will be secured by County
"r""im iiuicninson to coi
auct the exercises of each day
COCISES Or ITl'DY.
Three courses of study will be
onerea Dy toe summer school, all
i wnicn will t open to students
wn int payment of the general
, mauicuiauoa fee. The courses
are as follows:
j FBOrKSSIOMAt COl'RSK.
Lectures on Psychology and
", Methods of Teaching, Prof. H. B.
Buckham, A. M.; Primary Methods,
Aiusirawaby classes of children,
.3v Edith Cassavant, Critic
; TM,$P,ri School; Supple-
' mesial Science in t) ls.ki;.
w-w yonv
Bo&ool, Prof. E. E. Balcomb, Pro
wsaor of Chemistry and Natura
science.
KCVIKW COCKSK.
Keviews will be conducted in, all
the common achool studies lead
! ng to county examinations au.l
final examinations in these topics
the regular Normal School
course. Reviews io the subjects
demanded for state diplomas
f Til . . -
ttaewnc, Book-Keeping and
Physical Geography. The follow
ing provisional outline of daily
work will show how the aubjects
re distributed:
rORENOON 8ESSION.
Grammar. Reading, Psychology
iu Metnous, Jok-Keeping, Pri
nary Methods, Physical Geog-
"Piy, ithetonc, SuplemenUl
cience, ..
' APTERKOON SKSSIOX.
Arithmetic, Mental Arithmetic,
iiswry. bpelling, Geography,
""g, raysioiogy.
Changes will be made in the ar-
mgement of the programme if the
interest of all concerned seem
; demand it.
j ; . INSTRCCTOKS.
inatructors in the school have
l.had much experience in con
etion with Normal School work,
of. Buckham, recently of the
ffalo, N. Y., State Normal, holds
chair of Psychology and
J" n 001 at Mn' kilIi" Mother Indians in a row
k! xrn " C"Mnt' a raduat Jt Saturday, waived examination
he M.llersyille.Pa., State Nor- before Justice Conner's court, and
r ba. for the past two years was bound over to await the action
"r? d - the sum of
urn,ai; rrot fuu. He was safely lodged in the
w 7 as counl7 Jali Wednesday evening
onnal, is professor of Warren may become a murderer'
iistry and Natural Science in as one of the Indians he assaulted
, formal. P,e. Campbell will bad not gained conscious at
. . ue orgamzauon of the last reports, and physicians think
. ' the chances for his recovery very
I EXAMINATIONS. 8lim.
; :aminations will be given the Sup Hutchi nson is now nnt nn
I two days of the term for those his tour of visitin . the county j industry, and he thinks
may desire to take them, schools. He reports finding the advertising given him by
::; or Ana it m,. 4 - a .... I 1 1? I n i .. ....
Buueuiciory, win be scnoois in a prosperous condition
i ted AS final nrAa I. . .1 I rt ,-,-.
. 6.mo iu inese jr. uoad was elected citv
;. ..v..i eciiooi. treasurer at the meeting of the
, .ro aavisea to take the city council, Monday evening
nations at this time, if no. '-
m order to save any over
and its career has been a very
happy one and prosperous in pro.
portion as the section has prosper.
.Hoping for this Stvtion a
bright and prosperous future, we
wave tne held not because of fail
urj, but to go borne to McMinn ville.
the town that was our "birthplace
in Oregon," where we Jed a ham.v
and prosperous iiewcpaper life of
n years.
ITEMS OF IXTliltEST
Grasshoppers are sending advance
agents into the Silver creek county,
to lie in wait for the earliest green
things within incisures which
they do most affect.
The woolen mills at Waterloo
are running steadily, with about !2o
nanus. A ew hands are being nut
" i
t work as fast n- thev can learn.
and the number will be increased
tooinn a few days. An electric
liiiht plant will be nut in a on. an.l
the mills run both night and day.
hu'kna vista
Genuine suinuier weather.
irv cungiey visited Willi us a
few days this week.
J. L. Coutu niado living trips to i
II... 1 i I .
Of-
.
fl
for Infanta ond Children.
. - I
ing has been plain, pointed and
convincing.
Little Frankie Snvder did not
stop w hen the horse h was riding
Wednesday morinir did. and as a
result has a brok
(Observer.)
Pri f. J. X. Hart came over from
Woods, where he is teachir.i?
school, on Sunday. He has a
week's farlough.
Messrs. J. B. V. and H. J. Butler
and G. T. Boothby passed tbronirK
Dallas, Monda-, on their wav tn
t ...
tne mountains tor fish.
, n
general a outing.
lit. j. vv. Parley has sold 5?
acres off the north end of his farm
to his fa het-in-law. Rey. C. E
Cline. Rev. Cline's son will clenr
the land and plant out a prune
- r
orcnard.
The attraction of the Dallas
pl on last Saturday was the
i i
oicycie races at Talmaee track. If
seemed that about one-half of the
uihatitants of the town were there,
Billy Warren, the Indian r.
and J rested at Grand Ronde for nearly
re in the work of the regular
For those who expect to
he county examinations will
valuable test nf K;i;tr
w v. awaa W
(Transcript.)
Grain in the northern nart nf
..... r
tne county looks splendid, being
much heavier and further advann.
ed than for years before so earl v
... '
in tne season.
EXPENSES. I DallaR. in onmmnr. .it..
i . i 1 nitu otoer
, expense of the term will be Pints throughout the country, did
i ainnaMi, inJuJ ri . . I herself linnnr lo.t Tl. .. 1
wwu. 4 1IC LUjL I - " "I JMU I III
will be $5.00 which will decorating the graves of the dead. I
"w w an tne depart- two cemeteries
Board and lodeinir car. r l)tn made to look so beautiful.
$2.50 per week. Th Pople had vied with one annf hr
. I it i I!r tkain nfTnmt. I .
uim nixn need not I w w ucnuuiy tne
ove $12.50. grounds, and as a result the burial
grounds were complete flower gar-
; ACILIIIES FORWOKK.
, Vormal school building of
Jciai facilities for summer
dens.
carsof4G,500 bushed; from lone,
H cars, of 134,540 bushels, and
from Lexington, 51 cars of 31.G20
bushels.
A bonus of 13000 has been raised
at Coburg to secure a flouring mill
at that point.
The fruit crop of Southern Ore
gon will be bevond any tiiture cal
culation. There is scarcely a tree
or bush but that is loaded with
fruit.
The huge g-izzlv. which has
been death to much stock in the
Lake creek section for some years
past, was lately cau in a sleel
trap, but got away. He had de
liberately pulled his hind W out
leaving considerable of his flesh.
hide and muscles behind him. His
trail was followed for several miles,
but the chase was finally given up.
One of the events of the reunion
of pioneers at Boseburg will be a
realistic representation of the bat
tle of Table Rock.
The Stewart cattle, consigned to
the Burke Land & Cattle Company,
of Idaho, were shinned from Eu
gene Friday. The shipment con
sisted of 829 head of cows and
calves loaded in 14 cars.
Pendleton has the chamnion
featherweight boxer in Eastern
Oregon, with friends win are will-
ing to stake from $250 to $500 that
he can knock out anv man under
130 pounds, eays the Tribune.
This week M. Herrick expects to
kill and can several Oregon
cayuses. He has recently received
a copy of a Lo on paper which
comments favorably upon his novel
the wide
the press
will do much to establish a market
for Webfoot horseflesh, says The
Dalles Times-Mountaineer.
The safe at the railroad station
in Newberg was again broken oncn
last Saturday night and $70 in
money stolen. This is the third
time the safe has been burglarized
within the last few months
Mrs. blocum, the woman who
has been making occasional viBiN
to ISewberg and giving free lectu Ten
at the hotels, was arrested at th
Newberg house on Tuesday after
noon on a warrant sworn out bv
Dr. G. W. MeOonnplI nl, a r cr it rw
,
ner with practicing medicine with
out a certificate from the state
medical board.
George W. Marshall, livintr
mile out of Harney City, was found
j
ueaa on nis bed by his two daugh
Albany and Salem last week.
G. A. Wells, Sr., moved into his
new residence last week.
S. II. Wilson and wif.. if P.,r.
land, attended his mother's, Mrs.
in. eus, onriai last week.
In the event lmt hnn ..
Pay this bill. J. S. S 1 'iiivmI I It l .l
Old Jiavidson will plow u tlir
10-aere hop livid aud go to cultivat
ing tobacco. Thev have a new
variety which grows into plugs al
ready pressed aud slairp.-d.
Cud David SOU. Millii'i I) nir
iur me vuivcr t run r arm, of Al
Imny, says they canm.t half supply
the demand for Ifeuit.
Since the death of Mrs. Wells,
Dee Hall and Jessin llmin.. ...;m
make their homo with S. 11. Wil
son, oi t'ortland.
Jesse Edard-i. nf lha in-tti
Tile Factory, uas in town last
week iookuiL' fir rertai n kin. I
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Clav to lie Used ill nialrinir ht.-l.
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Kiiiuo ui oriCa. r
Melvin Baldwin and family and
Joe .Miller returned from the
mountain Tuesday. They are not
iiium inciineu to talk about their
trip.
Briwo.
I'AltlvKU
TJIjn''inMontlTthkitrm!fMfr latitat n Cbi1ilrl
CThm "ltB. T wilt t thlrJlT. Injit Mo1hr hT
ximcthlny which It nololy mt ami practically jcrlW
CoHa ttroy Wtnni,
Cninrt llir rTHKn.
Ctorl jrTtBt vninMlnj Sone Card.
CrU rnrJDUihermnJJFn(lCoJli
r"' enr Conntlrintlna and TlittnlanxT.
??!!Ll!rl"on?Jrp!a fcr rootle .rr--,
fl!!.ofl.Jf!!rjnL,,',.,,r' "Jo'r-
foo that yon ft C-A-S-T-O-R-t-A.
th. r, m. iivtirr c. rnn, turr v. nuM
lM. I . . . .
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id PACIFIC R. R.
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Pullman
Elegant
Tourist
Sleeping Cars
Dining Cars
TO
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla.
Sleeping Cars
. ST. 1K4VL
.'..wryJA-A'.v"
ir.VM .( '
ihlKX.tnH,) -IICTTK
THROUGH TICKETS
. TO
iwiif'.itnt
ir..v.vmv
v .; .
fof.vrs A.vr ,i f-orrn
ri.r ti.f..finii,., . .
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W. II. IIAWI.I V, Arrnt.
Illlli IWIIiH'lM'V, ir,
t'M.t lil.Tt. Al.:n.. I
'. i M.inl...ii Mi,vri, t ,.t Third ai
r'Ti i, Oh
SSS2
Crops are hokiiii tr,i i ;
this vicinitv.
F. L. Brow
.1.: i. . . . " r,,u'l'
rraiu is liard to beat
WIlHI) l( COlIlf to lan4l,'.. . .1...
Mrs. Graves and son, of Inde
pendence, have beeii visiting at
Mr. Fucjua's the past few days.
Wheat aphia and hop lice are
making their appearance here.
w
1a ilelmiclc h iiiinoil .....
loads of wheat this week.
K. M. Haiev. of Mnnm,.lt, 7
. ---".."."vim, num
tiow rn an.l Bob Kl irill i.r v: .... -
n . " ii i ci -
were takiriff in ib .
..." , uur
town this week.
Th S P p. .
, . f ("iillicm
utcaimui, fompieted their work
here. They will ne.xt go to I,ul
pendence, where they will paint
tl... .4....... t . ! I
hid urjjoi OUliUlligo.
Your strilw
... II OI.
Kerr the other evening, who takes
nlS OH tl e Violin nnd UnHU .1.
x.w who a dexterous hand. He
treated ns to the sentimental ditty
'Down on the Farm." It was so
natural we could gee the mortgage
that was used for a roof for the old
couago.
Little Jokek.
! :::A GOOD "WAGON:::
Is "hut you want. We have
Hie the very best mid seJJ (dem
cheap, too. Come and see oil'
... k
If
Studebaker Wag-ons,
Carriages
-nd Bfogics.
We also handle the weil-known
Osborn and Champion Binders and
Mowers.
r razor cv Cattron, M(,N'MO0T,:!;1
Mc.i:il., Itt-rlur.
TO th p:
EAST
.i t i nn i nun k t.r
Two
Trsnscontlnentol
s
ROUTE
CHOT LMO.N
MIlTilEILViiy IOTC RV.
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VIA
NPOKANi:
INNFAPOLIS
, S P
ST. PAUL
Alexander-Cooper Drug Col
VIA
ii:mi:k
O M A H A
KansasCify
Perfr. new.
Stationery,
I'uintH,
Oil.-,
Vflrnishes.
Brusher,
Com liH.
Soaps,
Hyrinjrrs,
Always aim lo pleue ami keep or. hnn.l
I.' libber ('oikU,
VH
Stilii'mr.
1 "Ii nt Meoieincf
J'hei in uiiet(ir
I'oiiJ, ,
l'e.,N j
Pencils,
Lie., Kti
LOW HTI S To Al l.
A!Tm.V t ITIKS.
CCK.VN KnCAMKKS
I Iji l'iirii.,,,1
j " .,f
! SAU .FRANCISCO.
I ..r mil d. .n. ,m ,ti t () ArlW
W.u. l-ori MI. Imlrimt,,, .
or mlilri
W II, llt lll IUMIT,
. IW Aienl.
l'if lUuil, Itr,
AdjtiNt Family DlflVrences.
Bad tern ner is ofi
d uau
igestion.
Many ouarrels nf iKufol
Verse dlHDOSItinna ma liio A:. 1
J , '. v uio-
ordercd livers. !
Hi Dans Tahnlea- nAi
d . J iujiiy
itliirences. nnd w. hM
them, which is better, if taken in
time.
Iiipans Tabulps. tul An
meals, morning and evening
Prescriptions x Carefully Compounded! HERCULES "
IlTOBEBroEyOB, OEOOasT. Sscunc ENGINES
The Only
Great nnrl t
liaolc buildinjj-up medicine jKOHMA,'K A
luuiw, vuauzer and
"I I ..O p At t Uluiui
after
for a
Blood
Purifier
M. T. CROr
fhe inventive genius of Dallas ters, Misses Ida and Lucinda, on
still holds its own with the rest of
The latest is
fork. The rooms ira la
. . . i . . . -
'h the apparatus of all the the world' The laUat a a force
nU will be at tha v. PumP invented by James Wilson
f the Normal summer inal Ior completeness stands in the
nd the large and pleasant lead- The PUDJP has four valves
room offers excellent op- e wltbout either leather or
ruuoer ana is so constructed that
for evening minriain
Vo better place could be
d for three weeks of en-
ork.
Iniring farther informa-
adJress.
E. Balcomb, Secretarr.
Monmouth, Oregon
it will last a lifeti me.
Edgar Collins presented a bill of
their return vesterdav
, j .,.UIIIJ
irom town. fJia wife had nartH
from him a few days before and
gone to Pendleton, snd he W
afternoon arrived home from .
visit to a son at the Narrows. Tn.
quest is now in progress. Deceased
wa from Arkansas here, aged
aDoutw, of an asthmatic hal.it
Before the people today, and i
which stands
above all other medicines, is f
io wine county court for services auicld0 18 the trend of general
as county surveyor. The mnrt opinion of cause of death.
cut the bill down one-half and Wr Crickets ara mn Ihmt :n K.. - .
. . iu jjinueu ln
Oollins now iUes county for the f8 Uarney county that the earth looks
Tc-dar wind. th. imj " " -"-"""V ana 'rioualjr
existence of the V'aliej Transcript T " " f easterljr
j iranecnpt tion, and 11 of a reddisb dark color.
Chronic Nervousness
Could Not Sleep, Nervous
Headaches.
Gentimn-T i . .
your v"::l "re" .iaKinif
three monTh- V'a Wu V.0"He P1486
enoueh ini '.'1"uo,
Saved riv I if
Iver1 "P. how Of
i7i. v- x was aiNO troub led
with nervous headache, and had tried
K?n.lD Taln' until 1 used our
xervine. Mns M "r
iuww, IU.
Dr. Miles' Nervine
Cures.
Sarsaparilla
It his wnn it hnlA
hearts of the people by its
ywu ausoiute intrinsic merit.
It is not what we say, but
iiooa s sarsaparilla
uucs mat tens the story:
Hood's Cures
Even when all other prepar
ations and prescriptions fail.
" A a blood purifier wo cannot And
th equal of Hood-f 8.r3prllla.
When any of our family complain of
headache or tired feeling; we get
Hood't Saraaparilla, and in a ,hort
" in good health." Edtk
Get HOOD'S
Muiitifiutiiri'ror
Sa h
r I
uoors
?
I Everybody.
i
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j . r., ,-. rniaonaiiie nl Work Ki,ar.u1lr, ,lJll
II
CITY LIVERY
SAI.1J and FEE I) STAKLKS.
Hueraawm U, A. W. Ixk knu-udcr.
tf1lhilln I
of o.a r Umm
lm rnilnnali.nil4
I ivrv l,t.lm tut utf
It tlu
imutis,
M Wttlllnlo xiti
tiUf t,t rititi.
Iiin. mtriM
Wiiihmniivlii. Ii,.!
IU lr.l Mirmf a
timii m IvgHlajMol
lii4A Ktislitva owf
i.llir ll Sure
l(iiltl..n. K.ui.
brv i.ir, lfiMi a,e
"lUtrk," m II
IMi' kiuwr la hm4
xmii in Hraralm.
4 'I.JU.11,,.11,,.
rl Ml r Mvlatal f
r ur lauiM'w jhii
l? K'if(,ua ar la
u. , oiriii.,
W. Im luaoufa.-iure.a. our ... ltl rt,r
A NOVELTY!
yiiUL-OiLGflSESHE
:.l,r, .,: ,' , ," ' i ."J",!! ' aVaa?
Stationary and Marine Eng
NurTriim, ar
S3'! nl l:"-41fi
-J W L ft' M
Hood's Pills S v1?- ":. 'it-hv
ure. All liruKgiiu, a6a.
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
World . Fair Highlit Mad. I and Diploma.
Estes & Ellsins,
" If a d i n p-i
S3
City Draymen
(iwA turnouts for CoiiiM,.,c5al men
iiorwiH)Brl.-l l.y the w.-. k or monll,
iuiU'K.NDl NCK, OK.
Tit w-eekly Oregoalai 50 cts a Tsar.
Tbf lfarnlsir SitlKaAa1.l t . ...
tkui'uiuv lad r. 'M"ia pnn or th Fi-!
whoaBlartbiai.. - '- All
Mir aamroO, . 1 "
WAGONS CARRIAGES
Maileorrt pairclon al1Illt
lint ire, ami at lowest po
sible pricea,
-:Jobwork Neatly Done :-
Piipj.lieafor wsftonmaker
-pt coimtanlly on ,ai,,j,
YOUR PATRONAGE IS SOLICITED
11. L. rORI, Prop.
Over Thoa. Feonell a ahop,
IVDEPEXDENCE, - - Orkoo.V.
A.iki,isor Hauli
m or out of the city
lW,M,Uy attomled to.
ChnrfjcH reasonable.
HORSEIc,wi'"
MFM IKNTEIiPRfst
"""tITlra ,,! get
,.ii . "u wuj thus le
Z ' M to the lx-st rwiultl
from your invaa.n.. .
omefine we hav
STOCIC
aw nT Drirptf ira ll. I .
, . jua'ffir