Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-06-15

Hon. N. L. Butler returned Friday
from a visit in Portland. Mrs. Butler
returned home Sunday
Claud Peary, of Falls City, returned
Thursday from Portland and spent a
short time in this city before going on
to his home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Whiteside
returned home Friday from Portland,
where they had been attending the
Rose Festival.
R. R. Riggs, of Bridgeport, was in
Dallas, Friday, enroute for Portland
to attend the reunion of the State
Pioneer Association.
Carl Fenton was in McMinnville,
Sunday, where he took part in the
baseball game as first baseman for
the McMinnville team.
Rev. and Mrs. @. P. Ga tes returned
to their home in st. Johns, Thursday,
after attending the graduation exer-
cises at Dallas College.
G. V. Galloway of the State Tax
Commission, was in Dallas today and
paid short visit to the office OF
County Assessor @. S. Graves.
U. s. Grant returned home Sund ay
from Portland, where he attended the
Rose Festival and witnessed the big
auto races Saturday afternoon.
Hon. U. S. Loughary, Tom Stock
we'll, G. o. Grant, F. J. Craven and
A. F. Toner left Sunday for the South
Siletz on four days fishing trip.
Miss Jennie Muscott arrived home
Saturday night from a two weeks
visit with her sister, Mrs. Lutte
Chaplin, in Pullman, Washington.
The fine 2OO-acre tract belonging to
Milt Bridwell, near Monmouth, was
purchased last week by l. N. Woods
and @. G. Coad for the sum OF $S000
Clarence Veazie, who has been de-
Tending some of the homesteaders in
the hearings held here recently,
returned Friday to his home in Port
land.
Albert Stafrin, brother OF Conrad
Stafrin who lived in this city last
year for time, has moved from Utica,
Nebraska, and now resides in Dallas,
South Dakota.
Mrs. T. W. Wyatt, of Black Rock,
was a visitor in Dallas, Sunday,
while on her way home from Portland,
where she had been attending the
Rose Festival.
The commencement week began at
the Ashland Normal School, Friday
June II and will close June II. Nine
teen graduates are to leave that insti
tuition this year.
Dale Bell was down from Falls City
yesterday arranging for some OF the
entertainment features of the big
Knights of Pythias picnic to he hello
! in Falls City next Saturday.
DIR. @. A. Mock, Professor W. T
Caldwell, Clarence Reynolds, Norva
, Gates and Ebert Farham returned
, Saturday from highly successful
fishing trip on the Luckiamute above
Black Rock
Mayor Fl. @. Eakin and brother-in
: law, Charles d. Bronson, of Dayton
; Ohio, went up to Black Rock thi
morning to look at the extensive log
, ging work that is being carried on il
I the camps about that place.
Mrs. Frank Kerslake came up from
Portland last night to arrange fol
, moving her household goods to tina
city. Mr.. Kerslake intends to remail
in Portland this summer and will pos
sibly return to Dallas next Fall.
W. L. Soehren, superintendent O
the Dallas Water Company, report
that the newly completed reservoir
working in an entirely satisfactor
manner. He has been keeping
about half full of water since its CON
pletion.
| The report of the Dallas Ere
Library for the month Of May show
| a total OF 1858 visitors during th
month and an issuance Of 81 ne
borrowers cards. The total number
books loaned was $40, Of which 4;
we're fiction, "a non-fiction and II
children's books.
Among the list Of delegates to tt
Trans Mississippi congress, are Il
men, who will represent Polk count
at Denver, Colorado, on August l6
81. The names OF the three men who
i Governor Benson has honored wit
the appointment are: Hon. u.
/ Loughary. OF Dallas; W. A. Messne
OF Independence, and Hon. W.
Tooze, Of Falls City.