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About Intermountain tribune and Linn County agriculturalist. (Sweet Home, Linn County, Or.) 1913-1914 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1914)
Champion Spelling Contest A Bargain LOCAL BREVITIES An “old time” spellihg contest i For sale or will trade for land will be the theme of conversation out of town, the second house north for the school boys and girls of i of Hotel Sweet Home barn. If you Sweet Home and vicinity from the mean business come and see me. H. M. Bowser, Sweet Home. present time until the sunny month of April, and we hope that the Intermouutain Tribune $1.25 Monroe Smead went to Albany parents will be enthusiastic also, for per year. today, to look after business mat surely they will wish to outstrip the ters. boys and girls in the art of ortho S. M. Harris, of across the river graphy. was shaking hands with his Sweet The chief object will be to pro Home friends Wednesday. mote the art of good spelling in the Keep your feet dry by buying community and, if possible, to set and wearing a pair of those Ball the ball rolling in our part of the MYERS & ROSE, Props. Band rubbers for sale at Scholl’s. state. This should be interesting Clean and Airy Rooms^and Beds. High school was adjourned Mon and instructive to all alike both The tables are supplied day and Tuesday because of the young and old. The plan is being with the best the death of Mrs. Van Fleet’s mother. carried out in many of the most market affords Postmaster Van Fleet received, progressive eastern states, and with this week, another section of lock the best success. When we look back upon the good boxes. The demand forced the old times and the benefit derived order. A new business enterprise came from the old fashioned spelling bee, to town, this week, in the shape of we wonder why they have grown a stock of electrical goods and unpopular when, in fact, they have not done so at all. The subject is i Special Orders---- Special Prices supplies of all kinds. growing in interest daily; especially Mrs. R. W. Van Fleet was Called in the east and it is fast becoming Feed and Livery Barn in over abobe Holley, last Saturday, connection with Hotel popular in the west. Many counties because of the fatal illness of her of Oregon are having regular con Prices are Reasonable. mother, Mrs! McQueen. tests for the championship in ortho Thirty-seven Sweet Home people graphy, SWEET HOME - - OREGON have registered, so far. Four of There will be two divisions in the this number are women. The contest as follows: The champion political affiliations are: democrats of each neighboring school district 23, republicans 13 and socialist 1. will spell for the championship for Sweet Home experienced quite a this end of the county at Sweet breeze last Saturday. While no Home in April. Then there will be great damage resulted, many trees a free-for-all contest, not including were blown down, and a large share the champions of each district. of telephone lines were interfered The rules of the contest will be with. published later. Let teachers, pupils and parents Within a few weeks there will be many candidates for office around unite their efforts and make the soliciting support for the primary event a success socially, morally and election. Look out for them. intellectually. Some will be worthy, others will L. K. Geil, Prin. not. Wonders Will Never Cease Some timber men from below went up to Big Bottom, yesterday. As these men are strangers to this In the Conneautville, Pa. Courier, section, thete is, probably, some a paper founded upward of sixty thing in the wind which will develop seven years ago, we find this almost later. incredible statement: “Bird Surgery—Our Harmonds- Geo. Wiley, of Prineville, is visiting relatives in Sweet Home, burg correspondent sends us this in this week. His boyhood years teresting nature story: Park Jack- were spent in the vicinity of Swept son and Mr. Harroun, of Meadeville Home.! He has been a resident of while out hunting, shot a pheasant. Noticing that the bird had a circle Crook county for 37 years. of feathers around one of its legs, Owing to the death of Mrs. and that most of the feathers on its McQueen, of near Holley, the Tri breast were missing; an investiga bune office had to run the postoffice tion was made and it was found the Monday. Prof. Van Fleet had to leg had been broken. Mud had been adjourn the High school on Monday, applied around the fracture and for the same cause. with feathers from the breast had Commissioner Russell returned completed a job which equalled the from a busy session of the County work of a surgeon.” It is questionable if primitive man Court, last Sunday. Besides the appointment of road supervisors the ever performed a surgical operation equal to this. court appointed election judges and clerks, and drew the jury list for Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Bill the year. ings of Foster, on January 18, a Hotel Sweet Home Rraiload people are saying but daughter. little but, probably, they are think Wonderful, Wonderful! ing seriously. The fact that all of or a large portion of the railway construction material of Porter Bros, is at Albany and their teams are being wintered at or near Browpsyille, means something^ Notary PubKc J. F. MALONE, P rop . B. H. CHESS Clean Towels and Prompt Service ATTORNEYATLAW BATHS IN CONNECTION Sweet Home - - Oregon Office an Main St. Lebanan, Ore. T. L. DUGGER J. A. THOMPSON NOTARY PUBLIC NOTARY PUBLIC Thompson & Dugger Real Estate Brokers ’ SWEET HOME, OREGON T If you want to sell your Farm, other lands or City property, list them with us. We can get you a buyer. If We manage Transfers of Property, Write Deeds, Mortgages, etc., etc.,, examine Abstracts, ----- - --- —-Negotiable Loans--------------- COME IN AND SEE US. WE DON’T WANT THE EARTH BUT WE DO WANT TO SELL YOU A PART OF IT STOP GUESSING In buying things to wear, don’t take chances. Know before you buy that you are getting goods that are right and that will stay right. pj/g CZrC Specialists *n Clothing and Furnishing goods busi- —.......... ........................... - ness, carrying complete lines of Mens and Boys Suits, Overcoats, Shoes, Hats, Shirts, Underwear, etc. of all kinds. Send in Your Bills Notice is hereby given that all bills unpaid, due for the construct ion of Union High School No. 2, located in Sweet Home, Ore., against the contractor, 3. T. States, or the building committee of said school, must be presented for payment within thirty days from this, the 15th day of January, 1914. Signed J. T. States, contractor. S. V. Barr, chairman. W. H. Cooper, W. D. Hili', J. Steingrandt, Jake Menear, J. B. Hunt, 0. J. Mealey, J. P. Har- rang, Clyde Rowell, Building Committee. Any bills that have not been paid or allowed should be sent to the clerk, S. R. Nothinger, Sweet Home Mortgage Loan« Negotiated Sanitary Barber Shop Mrs. Asker—Has Van Dusen many family heirlooms? Asker—A few. He has the stylo graphic pen his great-grandfather signed the Declaration of Independ- ence with and the safety razor pre sented to him by Lafayette.—New York Globe. A curJxreq daughter, home from boarding seautA, had just been driving the fat and »iitAjoated family horse, from which all speed and spirit had de parted some fifteen years before. “Mamma.” she calied daintily—’ though in sudden alarm—“T can’t leave Dobbin standing, can I?" The matter of fact mother replied briskly: “You can. Unless he prefers to sit’’—New York Mail. We have the newest and most complete stock in Lebanon and out prices are the lowest, Quality considered. You Are Incited to visit our store when in town and look over our meichandise whether you buy or not, WE HAVE WHAT YOU WANT AT THE PRICE YOU WANT TO PAY LEBANON CLOTHING CO. HOTEL BUILDING R. WAYNE GREEN, Mgr.
