Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-12-28

Herbert Elliott, Of Perrydale, was
Dallas visitor, Monday.
Mrs. William Holman is visiting
relatives in Marion county.
]. G. Vac Orsdel transacted bust
ness in Portland yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Stiles are visiting
relatives in Salem this week.
H. s. Butz and family are visiting
relatives in Centralia, Wash.
Frank Gibson was up from Rick
reall on business visit yesterday.
DR.. and Mrs. H. L. Toney visited
relatives in McMinnville this week.
G. NJ. Bennett, of Monmouth, was
business visitor in Dallas, Monday.
Mrs. H. E. Wagner, Of St. Johns,
visited relatives in Dallas this week.
G. G. Coad, of Sheridan, is visiting
his parents, Judge and Mrs. Ed F.
Coad.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. A. Riggs. Of Mon
mouth, spent Christmas with relatives
in Dallas.
Mrs. Nellie jacobson, of Portland,
visited her sister. Mrs. A. B. Muir,
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Gerlinger. Jr,
spent Christmas with the home folks
in Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. NJ. DUNCAN are
spending the holidays with relatives
in Jefferson.
DR.. P. F. McMurdo, manager of the
Falls City hospital, was a Dallas
visitor this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Campbell Wis
tied her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. @. L.
Hubbard, this week.
Prof. and Mrs. H. G. Seymour, of
Milwaukee, are at the home of Mr.
and Mrs G. w. Myer for the holidays.
H. E. Kozer came up from Portland
yesterday and is packing his house
hold goods, preparatory to shipping
them to that city.
Mrs. Harriet Shreve, one Of Dallas
pioneers, suffered stroke of paraly-
sis this week and has been under a
physicians care.
Mrs. M. E. Edison, former marron
of the Dallas College dormitory and
now resident of Portland, visited
friends in Dallas this week.
Just as we go to press, we learn of
the death Of Mrs. I. L. Stoddard,
which occurred at her home in Falls
City early yesterday morning.
Mrs P. A. Finseth and son, Roy,
have returned from an extended visit
with relatives in Minnesota and Iowa,
and are glad to be back in Oregon.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Mcdonald de-
sire to thank their neighbors for the
many kindnesses shown during the
last illness and after the death of
their father.
Jennings, Lodge, No 9, A. F. & A,
NJ, installed officers last night, Past
Master Oscar Hayter acting as the
installing officer. After the cere-
monies, the Masons and their wives
and invited guests enjoyed fine ban
quet at the Hotel Gail.
Miss Rose Bronken has secured q
position as stenographer in the law
office of John l.. Rand in Baker City,
and will leave for her new post OF
duty tomorrow. Miss Rose has many
friends among the young people OF
Dallas, and her departure will be
greatly regretted.
Hon. II. V. Gates was up from
Hillsboro on a business visit, Monday,
He informs us that his waterworks
plant at Castle Rock was damaged tC
the extent Of $4,000 by the recent
food. The boiler house and pumping
station were washed away and all the
machinery was lost. He is rebuilding
on larger and better scale.
Rev. T. F. Royal, one of the three
surviving Methodist ministers Of the
first Methodist conference held in Ore
gon, in 1863, is critically i'll at the
home Of his daughter, Mrs. Harold
Oberg, in Montavilla. The friends oi
the pioneer minister throughout the
state, will be grieved to learn Of his
illness and will anxiously await
further tidiDgs from his bedside.
The following from Dallas registered
at Portland hotels this week: I'm
perial-J. J. Wiseman, Jessie Wise
man, Mr.. and Mrs. W. Sears
Perkins-C. Berg, D. Albertson, Mr.
and Mrs. E. G. Kirkpatrick, R. 3
Williams, Mr.. and Mrs. D. Allen, w
Bush, P. A. McNiel, G. W. Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. G. @. Brown. st
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