Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-08-18

OtiS Smith went to Portland yeSter-
day for few days stay.
Mayor Ed Biddle went to Portland
on business visit yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Fl. Muscott visited
relatives in Albany this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Starr have re-
turned home from two months stay
in Portland.
D. A. Oritchlow offers his delivery
wagon and team for sale. See ad in
another column.
Carlton Gilbert, of Los Angeles,
visited at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. B. Cosper this week.
Mrs. Ina Smith, of Portland, is
visiting at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Mes, in this city.
County Judge Coad has employed
J. B. Num- to make a trip through
the county and gather material for
the Fair exhibit.
George E. Johnson, manager of the
Johnson Lumber Company's sawmill,
was passenger to Portland on
yesterday mornings train.
Harry L, Day, state organizer of
the Woodmen of the World, will visit
Dallas Camp next Thursday night.
All Woodmen are requested to be
present.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Vassall, of this
city, Mrs. Murphy, of Falls City and
Mrs. Reber, of Kansas, are visiting at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Drumeller, near Sheridan.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. P. Patterson, of
Eugene, visited at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. E. Hayter over Sunday.
They will spend few days at the Fair
before returning to Eugene, where
Mr.. Patterson is employed in drug
store.
A. H. Harris and DR.. s. A. Bartlett
and families returned home Sunday
from a two weeks outing at Tilla-
nook, Netarts Bay and other coast
points. They captured an abundance
of game and fish and greatly enjoyed
their vacation.
W. X. Allen, inventor of the Allen
fruit drier, died at his home in New
berg, Sunday, after an illness of three
weeks. He was the head of the Allen
Evaporating Company, which owns
and operates large evaporating plants
in Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
Mrs. H. .. Hodges left for her home
in Kansas, Tuesday, after a months
visit with her daughters, Mrs. @. L.
Hopkins and Mrs. W. II. Milligan, at
Falls City. The two daughters
accompanied their mother as far as
Portland on the homeward journey.
. James Wright, a son of Thomas
Wright of Oakdale, Polk county, met
instant death in a cave-in at a mine
near Gold Beach, Curry county,
Saturday. The brief message convey
ing the news of his death to the family
contained no particulars of the acci-
dent. Wright was about 35 years
old, and unmarried.
Rev. G. L. Lobdell, pastor of the
Christian church, accompanied by
Mrs. Lobdell, left on Wednesday for
New York, where he will visit his
aged parents. Rev. Lobdell's little
daughter, who is with her mothers
parents in Warrensburg, Missouri,
will accompany them to New York.
They will return to Dallas about
September is.
Misses Nellie and Ora Collins, who
have been spending the summer at
the home of their parents, Judge and
Mrs. J. L. Collins, will leave tomorrow
for Madison, South Dakota, where
they will resume their school work in
September. Their sister, Miss Ednelle
Collins, will accompany them and
spend the winter in Dakota for the
benefit Of her health.
Mrs. w. Tyler Smith, of Sheridan,
is visiting at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Craven in this city. Mrs.
Smith is slowly recovering from the
effects of a serious runaway accident,
which occurred while she was driving
from Sheridan to AmIty about three
months ago. She is now able to walk
with the aid of crutches, and it is
believed that no permanent injuries
will result from the bad fall she re-
ceived at that time.
Miss Mary Cosper left for her home
in Rockford, Illinois, Friday morning,
after a pleasant visit at the home OF
her aunt, Mrs. Martha Cosper. Miss
Cosper is a stockholder in one Of the
leading manufacturing concerns OF
Rockford, and has a prominent posi-
ton in the office of the company. This
was her fourth visit to Oregon, and
she declares that the Willamette Val
ley is the most pleasant place in the
United States to spend a summer vaca-
tion. She is enthusiastic in her
admiration of the West and Western
people, and predicts a bright future
for the Pacific Coast states.
J.B. Num-, county fruit inspector,
contributed some fine specimens Of
fruit and vegetables to the Polk
county exhibit at the Fair this week.