Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-10-20

church next Friday.
II. M. Brown was up from Portland
on business trip, Wednesday.
School children should read Guy
Bros. advertisement IN this paper
7. A. Riggs. the hop man, made a
business trip to Salem, Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Fenton and Mrs.
H. G. Eakin were Portland visitors
yesterday.
William Cherrington, a music dealer
Of Salem, is visiting his brother, T. J.
Cherrington.
Every schoolboy and schoolgirl
should read Guy Bros. advertisement
in this paper.
Ralph Carter, agent for Portland
Journal. Leave orders at Belt &
Cherrington's drug store.
Sheriff M. F. Corrigan, of Yamhill
was in Dallas county Wednesday on
business connected with his office.
Mrs. F. H. Muscott ard Mrs. A. P.
Starr visited at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. @. S. Headley in Albany this
week.
J. S. Cooper, the Independence hop
grower, was in the city yesterday, hav-
ing business at his farm near Albany.
Albany Herald.
Mrs. Frank Lynn, who has been
quite i'll at the home Of her mother,
Mrs. S. J. Richmond in this city, is
improving rapidly
All members of the Woodmen
orchestra and those desiring to be-
come members are requested to meet
at the OBSERVER Office next Sunday
afternoon, at o'clock.
Miss Cornelia Marvin, Secretary of
the Oregon Library Commission, and
Mrs. George T. Gerlinger were in
Falls City, Wednesday, working in
the.interest of a public library.
Iv Shelton, Charles Smelling and
J. M. Holman have engaged in
butchering and selling beef in Dallas,
and are receiving large share of the
trade.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Christ
ian church will give chicken pie
supper, next Friday, in the. basement
Of church. Supper served from S 80
to 8 p. m.
Polk county will receive a free
write-up in the November number of
the Portland Board of Trade Journal,
paper that is widely circulated
throughout the United States. The
manuscript and cuts were sent down
from the OBSERVER office yesterday
morning.
The following hop sales have been
reported during the week: Fink
Bros, 76 bales, 124 cents; A. w.
Plankinton, 40 bales, 124 cents Sam
uel Orr, 369 bales, 124 cents; w. w.
Miller's crop, 12 cents; I. #. Yoakum,
1Ol bales, 123 cents; d. Shepherd, 81
bales, 10 cents; Charley Hubbard, 100
bales, 12 cents; McBee and Hughes,
4S bales, II and 12 cents; w. L. Frink,
98 bales, 12 cents; W. T. Foster, "a
bales, 12 cents; Peter Hansen. 21O
bales, II cents; Jacob Smith, 80 bales,
123 cents.
Miss Cora Atkinson, of Echo, and
Mr.. James F. Shelton, of Baker City,
we're married at the home of the
BRIDES mother, in Echo, Monday,
October 9. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. J. r. N. Bell. in the
presence of many friends. The bride
is popular and accomplished young
lady, and the groom is prominent
young attorney of Baker City, and a
son of James Shelton, formerly of
Dallas, Mr.. and Mrs. Shelton visited
the Fair in Portland and then went to
SanFrancisco on their wedding trip.
They will be at their home in Baker
City after November 1.
Two hundred and eighty-five Polk
county school children attended the
Fair last Saturday, special round
trip rate having been made for their
benefit. The various classes were
cared for by their respective teachers,
and the entire excursion was in charge
of County School Superintendent g. L.
Starr All children and teachers were
admitted to the Fair grounds free of
charge, and splendid day was spent
in viewing the exhibits of interest.
No accidents occurred during the day,
and the trip was both instructive and
pleasant for the little people.
Hon. M. M. Ellis, president, and
J. G. Hayter, secretary, of the Dallas
Board Of Trade, have put in two days
solid work this week canvassing the
town for the cash subsidy for the new
sawmill, and are making fair
PROCESS. They will take up the task
again this afternoon, and will COM
plete the canvass, after which both
will be obliged to get back to their
own business affairs again. Both are
sacrificing their time in doing this
work for the town, and they should
not be asked to call again and again
to secure an answer as to whether the
Individual solicited has made up his
mind to assist the enterprise. 1t is to
be hoped that the remainder Of the