Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-09-15

Mrs. George T. Gerlinger is visiting
relatives in Portland.
William Alderman, of Falls City
was county seat visitor, Wednesday
Hon. D. L. Keyt, of Perrydale, was
a business visitor in Dallas yesterday
The potato crop is uneven, those
planted late on high land being the
poorest
Mrs. r. G. Craven will leave next
Monday for several weeks visit to
her old home in Richmond, Missouri.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. J. Hayter and Mrs.
Alice Dempsey attended the Fair this
week and participated in the Missouri
Day festivities.
James Boydston was among the
loyal Missourians who went to Port
land yesterday to shake hands with
Governor "Joe" Folk.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Fl. Wilkes, of
Florence, Colorado, who have been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Thomp-
son, are spending few days in Linn
county.
7. J. Cherrington is back from the
photographers convention with every
thing that is late and new in his line.
He is again ready for business, and
invites you to call at his gallery at
your earliest convenience.
A prominent railroad official of
Portland estimates that 10000 excur-
sion tickets to the Pacific Coast have
been sold this year from points east
of the Mississippi This is far in ex-
cess Of the estimates made before the
opening of the Exposition by the most
sanguine friends of the Fair,
The Polk county convention of
the Women's Christian Temperance
Union was not held in Dallas, Wed
nesday. owing to the busy harvest
season, and the meeting will be held
later in the year on some date to be
decided upon by the proper officers.
The prune evaporators in the Dallas
district are all running, and the crop
is being saved in good shape. The
Italians are of extra large size this
year, and will grade close to SO-4O.
The fruit is of excellent quality. No
sales have been reported to date, but
it is believed that fair price will be
offered when the market opens,
Chester P. Gates came over from
Brooks this week and is visiting his
mother, Mrs. d. M. Metzger. He will
go to Portland next week and repre-
sent Oregon in the intercollegiate
oratorical contest. The date of this
contest has been changed to Wednes-
day, September 20, and it will be held
in the White Temple instead of the
Lewis and Clark Auditorium. Chester
was an easy winner in the state con-
test, and is expected to give a good
account Of himself in the big event
next week.
Everybody picks hops. The harvest
is now on in full blast, and the yards
around Dallas are being rapidly
stripped of the golden berries. Pickers
are somewhat scarce in this district,
as in other localities in Oregon, and
the crews are all working full time.
The crop is coming down somewhat
heavier than was expected at first, and
the output of the district will be about
the same as usual, owing to the new
acreage. The weather is ideal for
harvesting operations, and no damage
was caused by the recent rain.
The thunder shower of Monday
afternoon, followed by a gentle rain
Monday night and Tuesday morning,
was welcomed after the long dry
spell, and, while not as heavy as
might have been desired, has been OF
great benefit to the country. The
forest fires have been quenched and
the heavy pail of smoke that has hung
over the valley for the last month has
been lifted. The rain did no damage
to the hops or prunes, and has made
the weather more pleasant for the
people engaged in harvesting these
crops. The dust has been laid, and
the roads are again fine for driving.
The pastures are still dry and it is
believed that heavier rains will be re-
quired to start the grass growing.
Sundays Oregonian contains an
account of the threatened suicide OF
one A. r. Torier, roomer in a Fourth
street Iodglng-house in Portland. The
paper says that infatuation for
woman and her rejection Of him is
alleged to have caused the man to
plan for self-execution. When taken
before the Chief Of Police, Torier ad-
mitted that he had said something
about killing himself but declared he
meant nothing by his remarks. be
said he loved the woman and gave her
5000, but that when it came to ques-
tion of marriage she refused him.
The officer relieved the man Of his
revolver, after which he released him,
advising him not to make away with
himself because Of his disappoint-
ment. The Oregonian says ''Torier"
was a merchant in Dallas fol- 20 0years,