Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1903-09-11

Rev. and Mrs. B. J. Kelly. Of Inde
pendence, have a new born daughter
L. Gerlinger, president of the Dallas
& Falls City railroad, was in Dallas
Monday
Miss Maggie Pomeroy is clerkine
in E. E. Paddock's store in Inde
: pendence.
Shoes, solid, all-leather shoes, with
plenty Of style, at Pollock's Cash Store
Uglow block.
Harry Belt will have the principal
ship of the Ballston public school the
coming winter.
The coming instrumental piece and
song is "Anona" On sale now al
Geo. @. Wins music store, Salem.
Hon. w. Fl. Holmes, a well-known
Salem attorney. attended the session
Of Circuit Court in Dallas, Tuesday.
After hop-picking is over, you will
want to replenish your stock Of dishes
and glassware for the Winter. The
stylish patterns are to be found at
Meiser & Meisers.
At Mrs Chace's millinery store: A
fine line of street hats and medium
priced trimmed hats now on display.
The regular opening of fine pattern
hats will be announced next week.
On September 7, 1903, there were ad-
vertised letters in the Dallas postoffice
for Mrs. Malinda Jones, Mrs. J. M.
Walter, Miss Myrta James (S), Miss
Rule Robinson, Edward Arrance,
G. B. Boggs, Frank Morton, William
Putnam and Peter Weimer. G. G..
CoAD, Postmaster.
Homer kirkpatrick, of LosAngeles,
Cal, is visiting at the home of his
brother, E. @. Kirkpatrick, in this
city. He has disposed of his interest
in the electrical supply business in
Los Angeles to his brother, Clifford,
and will probably go to Seattle to re-
main during the Winter.
Mrs. H. Fl. Chace desires to announce
to the ladies of Dallas and vicinity
that she has again secured the services
Of the trimmer who gave such ex-
cellent satisfaction last Spring, and
that she will show the finest line of
Fall and Winter hats ever brought to
Polk County. The date Of her Fall
opening will be published later.
J. III. Albert, Joseph Albert and
III. b. Thielsen automobiled over from
Salem, Monday. In the afternoon
the three gentlemen made trip to
Falls City and return over the new
railroad. They expressed themselves
as much pleased with the trip, and
were surprised at the amount Of sub
stantial work that has been done on
the new road.
A very pretty wedding was per-
formed Tuesday evening at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Connoway, in
Vancouver, Wash, when Mrs. Mary
e. Baughman, of Monmouth, and Mr.
Jerome Dornsife, Of Independence,
we're united in marriage, Rev. R.
Yeatman, of the First Baptist Church,
officiating. Mrs. Scott SHETLAND played
the wedding march. The brides
boquet was caught by Miss Lillian
Connoway. There were several in
vited guests. Mr.. and Mrs. Dornsife
will reside at Independence, where the
groom is we'll known. Sunday Ore
gonian.
William A. Keyt, of Perrydale, and
Miss Ada E. Fletcher, of Mccoy, were
married at the home of the brides
father, S. w. Fletcher, at Mccoy, last
Sunday, Rev. I. N. Mulkey ofici-
ating. The wedding was very quiet,
only relatives Of the bride and groom
being present. The happy couple left
on the afternoon train for points
North. After returning, they will
make their home at Perrydale. Mr.
and Mrs. Keyt are popular young
people, and they begin their married
life with the kind wishes of large
circle of friends.
A complete answer in refutation Of
the charges in the papers that the
Heppner relief fund was misappro-
priated is found in Thursdays Ore
gonian which contains an itemized
statement of receipts aud disburse-
ments which show total receipts of
S61, LOG, "a and disbursements, $50, 49,
81. Balance on hand $3ss6S. The
report covers eight columns of the
Oregonian and is sworn to by the
committee consisting Of Frank Gill
liam, George Conser and E. NJ. Shut
The committee is to be commended
for its prompt action in giving the
absolute lie to the story circulated.
After having operated pumping
station for several years at heavy
expense to the taxpayers, McMinnville
is making preliminary examination
Of several streams with view Of OBJ
tanning mountain water by gravity
pressure. W. B. Chase, a prominent
civil engineer Of Portland, has been
employed by the city council to ex-
anime Baker creek, Willamina creek
and the South Yamhill river, and to
report the result Of his Investigations
at an early date. If water from any