Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-04-28
County Court next week.

NouUos colee-Ine very pest.
y Harry Dunn. of Portland, visiteC
relatives in Dallas, Sunday.
q Born, April 81, 1905, to Mr.. and Mrs
Cal Hutton, of Dallas, daughter.
. Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Willis, of Port
land, visited in Dallas, Wednesday.
A steam merry-go-round is being
> setup on the vacant lot west of the
> depot.
Mrs. Matte Martin, of fMcMinnyille
visited relatives in Dallas the first Of
the week.
. Won Casey left this week for Butte,
Montana, where he will spend the
summer.
Now is the time to paint your house.
Ten per cent reduction on all paints
at Crider's Grocery.
Mrs. William Ford and daughter,
Nellie, of Falls City, we're visitors in
Dallas, Wednesday.
l.. o. McCaustland, presiding elder
of the M. E. Church, South, was a
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Craven
yesterday.
County School Superintendent G. L.
Starr was in Portland, Monday, look
ing after the installation of the state
educational exhibit
Biddle & Coad have secured space
in the machinery building and will
exhibit one of their hop presses at the
Lewis and Clark Fair.
Edgar J. Bryan, secretary of the
Bryan-Lucas Lumber Company, of
Falls City, was passenger to Port
land on Wednesdays afternoon train.
Charley Howe, formerly assistant
station agent in Dallas. is now in
charge of the Southern Pacific Com
pany's office at Comstock, Douglas
county
Dr. r. J. Thompson will preach in
the Presbyterian church next Sunday.
Rev. W. 7. Wardle, of this city, will
preach in DR.. Thompson's church at
Independence.
A. w. Paulson, of Porter, Minneso-
ia, is visiting at the home of his sister,
Mrs P. A. Finseth. He will remain
in Oregon until after the opening of
the Lewis and Clark Fair.
Oddfellows throughout the United
States celebrated the seth anniversary
Of the establishment of the first lodge
of the order, Wednesday. There are
over one million Oddfellows in the
United States.
The OBSERVER has received a copy
Of the Daily Seattle Star, edited by
DR.. Chapman and his associates. 1t
is headed Chow we would run daily
newspaper" and is mighty dry
sheet. Every man to his trade.
Joe Hinshaw's team became fright
end and took lively spin through
the streets of Dallas, Monday after
noon. Mr. Hinshaw was thrown from
his wagon and was painfully bruised
about his arms and shoulders.
The woolgrowers of Polk county
will meet in Browns Hall, in Dallas,
tomorrow afternoon to fix date for
the sale of the 1905 wool pool. Officers
will be elected at this meeting, and a |
large attendance of growers is ex-
pected.
The young men of Dallas College
Christian Association will give lit
erary and musical entertainment in
the church at Rickreall next Tuesday |
evening. They will be assisted by
Miss Elizabeth M. Pollock, teacher of
oratory and expression in the college.
A deed conveying the M. E. Church,
South, property in Dallas to the
Dallas Woodman Association was
signed by the church trustees yester-
day afternoon, and the Woodmen now
own their home The work of fitting
up the building for lodge purposes
will be commenced in the near future.
Hon. J. M. Stark, of Independence,
has disposed Of his interest in his
Falls City store to his partner, Gideon
Sewers. The transfer took place
Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. Stark's
daughter. Miss Lola, who has been
looking after her fathers interest in
the business, will assist Mr.. Sewers in
the store for few weeks.
County Commissioner Riddell and
M. M. Ellis went to Falls City,
Wednesday afternoon, and made
arrangements with Mrs. f. A. Wolfe
to continue the work of collecting the
Polk county exhibit for the Lewis and
Clark Fair. The time for beginning
the installation of the exhibit is
rapidly approaching, and the work
will be actively prosecuted from this
time on.
The new city council will hold its first
meeting next Monday night. The re-
tiring board will hold a short session
for the purpose of disposing Of unfin-
ished business, and will then step
down and out and permit the new
officers to take up the regular order Of
routine business. This being the first
meeting Of the new council, the
annual message will be the