Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-08-26

the survey, it is not over 40 miles lhto
the heart of the rich Siletz Basin.
Terminating here, timber over the
proposed route could be handled by
rail or river, and the Southern Pacific
is Just completing spur from within
few rods of where the survey ended
Saturday into the bed of the river. A
road over this survey would also
afford short cut to Newport.
Floyd DAILY went to Portland, Tues
day.
Fred West arrived home yesterday
from visit in Tacoma.
G. E. Maxfield, Pedee hop raiser,
was IA Dallas visitor yesterday.
Mrs. S. G. Dodson and daughters
are taking an outing at Newport.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Dunn visited
relatives in Woodburn this week.
FrankButler, Of Falls City, was in
Dallas on a business errand yesterday.
Prunes wanted: Highest market
price paid by E. H. HIBBARD, Dallas.
Mrs. S. J. Mcdonald, Of Gresham,
is a guest at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. G. Campbell.
Mrs. H. L. Fenton and Miss Bertha
Collins were Portland visitors this
week. Miss Collins was selecting her
stock Of Fall millinery goods.
S. P. Kimball, Of Salem, was in
Dallas looking after his orchard
interests, Saturday. Mr.. Kimball is
preparing to dry large amount Of
prunes in addition to the product Of
his own orchard this year. See his
ad in another column.
The fire in the timber west Of Falls
City is we'll under control and no
further fears of damage are enter
tained. The fire was successfully
handled, and the loss Of valuable
timber is small The valley is filled
with smoke, but it is thought that most
of it is blown by the northeast wind
from Washington and British Colum-
bia.
Alex VanOrsdel leaves today for
Cheyenne, where he will visit relatives
for two weeks He will then enter the
University Of Nebraska as a student,
and after two years in that institution
will take up the study Of law in Ann
Arbor, Michigan. Alex is bright
and earnest student, and his many
friends predict for him a successful
career in his chosen profession.
Independence has given the Inde-
pendent Telephone Company the
privilege of placing poles in the
streets, and the work of building the
line into town will begin at once. The
line has already been built into Mon
mouth, connecting with other indie
pendent lines. Free connection will
be given with the independent lines at
Dallas, Falls City, McMinnville,
AmitY, Corvallis and Newberg.
County Surveyor ]. P. VanOrsdel,
assisted by five men, has made a sur
vey of the proposed road from Inde-
pendence to Sidney, and reports that
the cost Of building it would be be-
tween $500 and 5000, including
bridges. The road would accommo-
date about go families. A delegation
of Independence citizens will come to
Dallas on Il special motor on Wednes-
day, September 7, to urge the County
Court to authorize the opening of the
road
While out walking with a gentle
man friend yesterday morning, NJ. G.
Pfoutz saw a large cougar in the
Levens hop yard just west of town.
The animal took fright when the men
approached, and ran into the timber
near by. Several men went out with
their dogs and attempted to track the
big cat, but their efforts were unsuc-
cessful. Cougars are plentiful in the
Coast mountains, but are not often
seen in the valley. The last one seen
near Dallas until yesterday was
killed by City Marshal J. NJ. Grant
near the campground fifteen or twenty
years ago.
Fidler Il Marks, proprietors of the
ice factory and cold-storage meat
market, wish to announce to the
public that nowhere else in Polk
county can be found such excellent
meats as they are selling. The meat
is not frozen, but is kept in cold-stor-
age rooms where the temperature is
just above the freezing point Leav-
ing the meat in these cool rooms a
few hours, all the animal heat and
gas is taken out of it, and it goes to
your table sweet and clean and whole
some. Do not be deceived by any re-
ports you may hear that our meat is
frozen aud that it will not keep long
after it is sold from the block. We
number among our customers the
very best families in Dallas, and they
are getting meat that cannot be ex-
celled anywhere in the world. Give
our meats a trial and you will use no
other.