Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1906-08-31
Frank Ellis Of Grants Pass is visit
ing relatives in Dallas.

lug relatives IN OallaS.
William Hurry and Tuck Record,
Of Polk county, Nebraska, are visiting
at the home Of Mr. and Mrs. F. 8.
Ramsey. Mr. Hurry is cousin, and
Mr.. Record brother, of Mrs. Ramsey.
H. V. Andrews has opened a res
taurant and oyster house in the
building next door to Daniels wall
paper store. He says it is his intention
to conduct a tlrst-class eating house.
Miss Diantha BrummelI. OF Sails
bury, Missouri, is a guest at the home
Of Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Dalton. The
young lady is making leisurely tour
of Oregon, Washington and Cali
fornia, and is greatly enjoying her
trip.
License to wed was issued to James
F. Fewster and Miss Ethel Plummer
in Vancouver, Wash, Monday. Mr..
Fewster is a Portland machinist, and
the young lady is a daughter Of Ex-
Sheriff and Mrs. H. B. Plummer, OF
Dallas.
Rev. d. Julian Becker and family
returned home from an enjoyable out
ing at Newport, Wednesday. We are
requested to announce that the usual
morning and evening services will be
held in the Presbyterian church next
Sunday.
Aaron Carlyle Murray, son of Mr..
and Mrs. L. B. Murray, Of Falls City.
died Tuesday, August 81, after an ill
ness Of four days of spinal meningitis.
He was four years and six months old
at the time of his death.-Logger.
7. D. Phillips and family will again
make their home on their farm near
Dallas. Mrs. Phillips and son, Ben,
came down from Gillian county last
Friday, Miss Eta followed Wednes-
day, and Mr.. Phillips is expected to
arrive in few weeks.
Evangelists N. Welter, W. J. john
son and N. A. Walter, of the Free
Methodist Church, are holding camp
meeting in the City Park. The first
service was held Wednesday night,
and the meetings will continue two
weeks.
Alex Riddell, one Of Portland's lead
ing ice and coal merchants, visited
old-time friends in Dallas this week.
In addition to his regular work, he is
also studying law, and expects to take
the examination for addmittance to
the bar in the near future.
Amos Holman purchased the "Dick
Turner" residence property of DR..
McCallon yesterday, paying $500
therefor. Superintendent Starr and
parents, who have been occupying the
property, will move into Mrs. May
Farley's house near the depot. Mrs.
Farley and family will move to their
homestead in Lincoln county.
Kid Erwin of Portland left this week
for Independence, Oregon, where he
will box E. N. Davis ten rounds on
September Is. Davis is the light
weight champion wrestler of Wash
ington. Erwin weighs 1875 pounds
and has been training in Portland for
the past three weeks for the battle.
Portland Journal.
It will cost the growers just $4,000
to cash the hop checks printed at the
OBSERVER office last Saturday-and it
wasn't a very good day for hop checks,
either. No other industry puts so
much money in circulation in such
short space Of time. Hundreds of
thousands of dollars will be paid out
for wages by the hop farmers Of Polk
county within the next three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. o. Bronson have
returned to the valley from Crook
county and will again take up their
residence on the old farm near Lewis
Vile. Mr.. Bronson's health was
greatly improved by his stay in east
ern Oregon. Mr.. and Mrs. Will Bron-
son will go to take charge Of the
Crook county farm.
Miss Maggie Bowles, daughter of
Mrs. Ellen Bowles, arrived home
Tuesday from an eleven months visit
in Lemars, Iowa. She says DR.. @. @.
Polling and family are now settled in
their new home in Lemars and live
but a short distance from her brothers.
house. Professor and Mrs. George
Countryman, formerly of Dallas, are
also residents Of that city.
A special election will be held in
Falls City next Monday to vote on the
proposition of bonding the town for
$4,000 for the purpose Of putting in
system of waterworks. An open air
mass meeting will be held on Main
street, near Lucas store, in that town
at o'clock tonight to discuss plans
for securing the desired Improvement.
Rev. E. J. Thompson d. D., of Inde-
pendence, arrived in Albany Tuesday
and will hereafter make his home in
this city. He will act as supply for
some Of the Presbyterian churches Of
the valley, but will have no regular
pastorate. Rev. Thompson will be
made heartily welcome In this city
where he has many friends of long
years standing.-Albany Herald.
The Cottage Hotel now owns its
water system, having purchased a
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