Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1903-08-21

!" dates DR.. Lowe, the optician.
Mrs. Julia Connoway, Of Portland
Or is guest at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
" Samuel Coad.
y Mrs. Fl. Fl. Chace went to Portland
this week to select the latest styles O.
g Fall millinery.
: y. Gerlingor, president Of the Dalla.
= Y Falls City railroad, came up from
Portland, Wednesday.
: W. W. Ulirey is converting the barn
= on his property on Ash street into a
3 neat and commodious residence.
Vera, the little daughter Of Mr.. and
< Mrs. H. B. Cosper, is able to be out
, again after severe attack of fever.
), ! Orville Shultz, Alb Burnett and
James Holman arrived home We'd
nesday from an enjoyable outing at
Netarts.
Stacks Of hop-baskets on the side
:, walks in front of the stores serve to
remind US that the picking season,
with all its work and play, will soon
be here.
Y. ). Grant reports sales of blooded
Angora goats this week as follows:
Albert Meier, Of Portland, 20 does and
one buck; A. l. Dean, of Riddles, five
does and one buck.
Remember that the OBSERVER office
makes a speciality of printing hop
checks on short notice. Many orders
have been booked already, and we are
prepared for many more.
Mrs. Fl. V. Gates and daughter,
Miss Helen, came up from Hillsboro
this week to join Mr.. Gates, who is
overseeing the construction of the
Water-works. The family will camp
at Canyon Creek for several weeks.
DR.. G. G. Polling called DR.. Edgar
Il. Thornton, of Portland, in consulta-
tion with DR.. B. H. McCallon, to see
his little son, Rudolph, who has been
dangerously i'll with typhoid fever.
DR.. Thornton returned to Portland,
Sunday afternoon.
Persons wanting ribbon for watch
fobs will no longer be obliged to send
to Portland or Salem for it, as Pfennig
the Jeweler now carries a complete
stock. He carries all desired widths
and qualities. Call and see him, if
your old ribbon is becoming soiled or
worn.
M. McMurphey, of South Dakota,
visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Mcmillan, north Of Monmouth, this
week. He has been to Alaska and
Vancouver, B. G., and is now on his
way to join his family in California.
He is delighted with the Willamette !
Valley.
Frank Curtis, shop guard at the }
Oregon Penitentiary, has been ap-
pointed first warden to succeed e. A.
Mcpherson, whose resignation was
rendered and accepted on Thursday.
Jay J. Mccormick has also resigned,
and Q. M. Charlton is taking his :
place as chapel guard temporarily.
That new whistle on the engine of
the Dallas-Portland passenger train q
wakes the echoes in the hills when =
Engineer Casey pulls the string these =
quiet Summer evenings 1t is me- +
lodious in tone, and being entirely 9
different from the whistles on all ?
other locomotives running into Dallas, .
gives ample notice that the Portland !,
train is coming. Il
Mrs. Leona Smith Ainslie, daughter 0
If Mr.. and Mrs. John Smith, died of Ii
oeritonitis at the home Of her parents a
IN Corvallis, Monday. Mrs. Ainslie p
vas the wife of DR.. George Ainslie, Of
Portland. They were married last d
March, and recently returned from an
extended trip to Europe. Mrs. Smith
vas a granddaughter of the we'll
Known pioneer, Greenberry Smith,
md was a young woman of many
ovable qualities. D
Mrs. y, s. Grant, who is spending "a
he Summer at Hot Lake, Union y
ounty, finds the baths beneficial, and p
s steadily improving in health. She
Vrites her husband that among the
.uests at the Lake are DR.. and Mrs.
Iarris, of Lincoln, Nebraska. Mrs. u
Iarris is sister of DR.. w. s. Cary, g
f this city. When DR.. Cary returns IL
rom the East, Dr. and Mrs. Harris OF
ill join him at Union and accompany 10
i'm to Dallas for an extended visit. m
Hon. Binger Hermann writes us 81
lat the postoffice at Salt Greek, in No
lis county, is to be discontinued Pl
ugust 81, and that the patrons of the IN
flee will be supplied with mail by ri,
lie rural free delivery from the Dallas
Now, if Congressman Her
Iann will lend his influence in help
lg us to get that rural mail route
ut to the Luckiamute country, we
ill feel that much has been accomp- :
she'd The farmers are entitled to sh
le service, and they need it badly.
A 90 by so, one-story addition is be-
q built on the east side Of the Crider
lick on Mill street, and will be occu-
ed by F. J. Chapman's carpet de-
Mr. Chapman's business frc
rs increased to such an extent that pr
ore room is required, and as soon ha
fha naxv h11ifdincy ic ooro r,Iafad bo ov,