Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1905-05-05
Worth Book visited friends in Salem

Henry s. Smith, Of Lewisville, wa
a county seat visitor yesterday.
E. J. Arnold, the Carnival man, viii
probably bring his big shows t
Dallas early in the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. P. Wright, Of Nc
Minnville, are visiting Mrs. Wright's
brother, A, F. Toner, in Dallas this
week.
George E. johnson, manager of the
johnson Lumber Company's sawmill
in Dallas, went to Portland, Wednes-
day afternoon.
Fred Hunter, student in the medi-
cal department Of Willamette Univer-
sity, visited his parents, DR.. and Mrs.
R. @. Hunter, in Dallas this week.
The Charles K. Spaulding Company
has purchased the Capitol numbering
Company's sawmill in Salem. Spencer
Hunt, Of Newberg, will have charge
of the business.
George Cornwall, publisher Of The
Timberman, came up from Portland,
Wednesday evening, and will spend a
few days visiting the sawmill firms in
Dallas, Falls City and Independence.
The Dallas College baseball team
Will play game with the Normal
School team, at Monmouth, tomorrow
afternoon. 1t is expected that large
crowd of Dallas ''rooters" will go over
to witness the contest.
Two masked robbers held up the
assistant cashier of the Woodburn
bank Wednesday afternoon, siezed
nearly $4,000 from the counter, ran
two miles across the open fields and
safely gained hiding place in the
dense timber along the banks of
Pudding River.
The inside of the Stafrin Drug Com
pany's store is being remodeled. A
handsome gallery to be used for an
Office is being built over the presorip-
ton department, and other needed
changes are being made The firm
will be able to carry a much larger
stock after the work is completed
Among the prominent woolgrowers
Of Polk county attending the meeting
in Dallas, Saturday, were: Olaud
Lewis, of Lewisville; c. N. Macarthur,
of Rickreall James Bridwell, of Mon
mouth E. G. McTimmonds, of Airlie
O. @. Gardner, of Falls City, and Hon.
George Myer, of Smithfield.
DR.. L. G. Spaulding, physician
and surgeon, has opened an office up
stairs in the Osield building. Until
recently, he was a resident of Eastern
Washington. He is pleasant and
courteous gentleman, and will doubt
less build up good practice. DR..
and Mrs. Spaulding are delighted
with Dallas, and expect to make their
permanent home here.
The May session of the County Com
missioners Court lasted only one day.
Judge Coad and Commissioners Riggs
and Riddell were present, and the
accumulated business was soon dis
posed Of. The only order Of i'm
portance made was one employing
Mrs. F. A. Wolfe, of Falls City, to in
stall and superintend the Polk county
exhibit at the Lewis and Clark Fair.
A list of bills allowed will be found
elsewhere in this paper.
Claude Fryer. a senior member of
the 1905 medical class of Willamette
University, has been chosen as house
physician at Florence Sanitorium in
Salem. His selection for this place is
complimentary as we'll as ad-
vantageous to Mr.. Fryer, one of Inde-
pendences ambitious and deserving
young men. He will finish his course
in medicine next year while reforming
the duties of house physician at the
West Side.
A valuable mare belonging to Alvin
Ireland, of Monmouth, gave birth to
twin colts one day this week. Both
colts were perfectly formed, and were
fine specimens of their class. Owing
to the death of the mother, the young
animals died of starvation before they
were found by Mr.. Ireland. Twin
colts are exceedingly rare, and it is
seldom that both live. Mr.. Ireland is
confident that both of these colts
would have lived if the mother had
not died, and greatly regrets his loss.
There are so candidates for degrees
in June at the Oregon State Normal
School, at Monmouth. These, in con-
nection with the IA who completed the
work in February, make graduating
class for the year of 64 members.
This is the largest class in recent
years, and exceeds the very large
class of last year by 13. All the mem
oers of the February class have been
and nearly all the June
class are now engaged to teach in the
Fall.
The trial of John D. Dickens for
he killing of Marvin Potter at Sheri-
Ian, is on in Judge Burnett's court in
county. The defense claims
t will prove that Marvin L. Potter, a
nan about 40 years Of age de-
oauched Myrtle Dickens, the 14-year-
I'D daughter of the defendant, who