Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1903-07-24
JOHN VAN ORSDEL I'LL
Brought From Fails City to His DALI
las Home BY His Parents.


we're called to Falls City Saturda,
afternoon by a message announcing
the serious illness of their son, John
who has been acting as yard masteI
at Teal's sawmill this summer. Th,
day way very warm and, as theyoune
man had been working hard, he grew
faint and decided to take q brief rest
On the way up a hill to Teal's house
he fell from sheer exhaustion to the
ground His cries attracted the at
tention Of members Of the family whc
carried him in the house and for a
few moments it was thought he was
dying. He soon rallied, however, and
was brought to the home Of his pa,
ents in Dallas, where he ID gradually
improving under the watchful and
tender care Of his mother.
Young Van Orsdel had a severe at
tack Of typhoid fever in Wyoming
last winter, and it is believed he has
never fully recovered from the effects
of that dread disease.
Robert Reed, Of Dallas, and a for
mer resident Of this city, was on our
streets Monday. McMinnville News.
Prof. W. I. Reynolds Is attending
the Grand Lodge, A. o, U. W., in
Portland this week as the delegate
from Union Lodge, No. S5. Mrs. H. B.
Cosper representing the local lodge
in the Grand Lodge of the Degee OF
Honor.
Governor Chamberlain has set
Tuesday, July 2s, at 10 o'clock a. m.
as time for hearing testimony and
arguments for or against the applica-
tion for Communication of the SEN
tence Of William P. Peacock, who has
been condemned to be hanged at the
Oregon Penitentiary on August7. The
petition filed in behalf Of the con
demned man contains the names Of
nearly every prominent citizen in
Polk county, and is said to be one Of
the strongest appeals ever received at
the Governors office.
County Judge J. E. Sibley, R. @.
Craven and Charles McDeyitt arrived
home Sunday from a visit to the Free
land mines in the Cascade noun
tains. These gentlemen hold stock in
the company which ID, developing
these mines, and all express them
selves as we'll pleased with the pro-
gress that is being made. About 600
feet of tunnel have been run in on the
ledge, and high grade of copper ore,
carrying both gold and silver, has
been struck. Development work will
be continued until Spring, when ma
chinery for reducing the ore will be
installed.
The Summer season, with its usual
number Of accidents, is here. On
Thursday last, while bathing in the
mill pond, A. L. Kinney struck his
head against a rock, cutting three
ugly gashes in his scalp. DR.. How
ard was called and rendered the neces-
sary surgical aid. DR. Howard also
reports an accident which happened
to son Of Mr.. Foster, Of Bridgeport.
The young man was riding bicycle,
when, in some manner, his foot caught
in the chain and was badly lacerated.
The great toe was crushed to a pulp.
Fred Wagner, while working in the
machine shop one day this week, ran
a splinter entirely through his finger.
The accidenJ has caused him much
pain and inconvenience.
At a meeting of the Port OF TiIla-
nook Commission Monday evening,
J, S. Talbot, of Dallas, appeared be-
fore that body and wanted to know
from the commissioners whether they
thought a subsidy Of from $4,000 to
$40, 900 could be raised, with terminal
grounds and right Of way to the
sEGmit of the Coast Range of noun
tains, for proposed railroad to con
meet Beaverton and Tillamook City.
1t appeared to be the sense of the
Of the commission that this
was too much of an undertaking and
that it would be difficult to raise that
of money for a subsidy and
righ Of way as we'll, but to ascertain
what could be done President Cohn
appointed F. R. Beals and B. 0. Snuff
FER committee to see what could be
done about securing a right of way
and terminal grounds. What Mr..
Talbot wanted was for the taxpayers
70 vote tax for this purpose, but he
was informed that this could not be
lone. -Oregonian. a.
.