Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1909-01-12

; cohdltlons. The Dallas public school
has also been closed indefinitely.
W. L. Soehren went up to Canyon
Creek yesterday and inspected the
intake of the water system at that
place. He reports % feet of snow in
the canyon and considerable ice, but
found the pipes in good condition.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. r. Rich came down
from Black Rock today and will
remain in Dallas until the weather
becomes milder. Although the snow
is deeper at Black Rock they found
the weather no colder there than in
Dallas.
E. Huschke, an employee of the
Southern Pacific Company, met with
a serious accident while coasting on
the hill north of Dallas last night. be-
ing thrown from his sled and sustain
ing fractured ankle and several
severe bruises.
J. Steffy and Dan Brown came in
yesterday from Mill Creek where they
have been in the employ Of the Sheri-
dan Lumber Company. The Com
pany has been obliged to suspend its
operations in that vicinity on account
Of the heavy snowfall and cold
weather.
John G. Matthew, of Portland, died
in Palo Alto, California, Sunday, from
an attack of tuberculosis. He was a
grandson of F. X. Matthieu and the
late John F. Caples and was we'll
known in Dallas having been in the
employ Of a Portland piano store
which had branch establishment in
this city for several months.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. Soehren gave a
pleasant card party at their home
Friday night In compliment to Miss
Helen Gates, Of Hillsboro, who has
been visiting with them. About 20
guests were present and the evening
was spentin most enjoyable manner.
Miss Gates returned with her father,
Hon. Fl. V. Gates, to her home in
Hillsboro, Saturday afternoon.
humber of Dallas people went to
Salem yesterday in sleighs, spent
pleasant evening in the skating rink
and drove home the same night.
Among those who made the trip were
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Reddekopp, Misses
A. Kedd dekopp, Lyle Phelps, Maud
Gage, Edna Yost, Messrs. V. E John
son, Cliff johnson, Left Finseth and
Lawrence Aldrich. Eugene Byerley
aud E. W. Fuller furnished the sleighs
and acted as drivers.
Walter E. CritchIow, former stu
dent of Dallas College and at one time
manager of the Dallas College bas-
ketball team, was secured by the Ore
gons to serve as their advance man
from Minneapolis through the re-
mainder of their tour. He has been
attending a law school in that city.
Those who are acquainted with Mr..
Critchlow will have no doubt Of his
ability to carry out his work as
advance man In the most satisfactory
manner possible.
Although the majority of the rural
mail routes in Polk county have been
held up on account of the condition Of
the roads since the beginning of the
present snow, Bert Wells has been
able to cover a portion of his route
each day and yesterday made the
entire trip. NJ. B. Grant, on his first
day out after the snow storm, became
stalled and was unable to get back to
Dallas until the following day. He was
out on his route again yesterday
although unable to make the entire
round.
W. L. Soehren, superintendent Of
the Dallas Waterworks, has posted
notice requiring that the citizens
using water refrain from opening
faucets and allowing them to run
steadily all night to prevent the pipes
from freezing, as there is serious dan
ger of the reserve supply in the reser-
voir becoming depleted in this man
ner until the city may be deprived Of
fire protection at an especially trying
time. Saturday night the reserve In
the reservoir fell two feet during the
night, in spite Of the fact that the
main from Canyon Greek was run
ming a full stream all the time.
Company Il, o. N. G., will hold an
election at the armory Thursday
night to select a captain to succeed
G. D. Chorpening resigned. Every
member of the company is urged to
be present as the meeting will be one
Of great importance. On Friday eve
ming, Colonel Hamlin, OF Eugene,
will hold the Annual Inspection. !
Blankets, canteens, and haversacks |
we're issued to the men last Thursday |
as they are to be In heavy marching
order at the Inspection. The Annual
Inspection is an event Of exceptional
importance as it depends largely on
the showing made by the company
whether or not 1t shall be allowed to
retain its charter. For that reason a |
full attendance Is needed at Friday |
nights meeting.
Beautiful Home For Sale.
Rev. A. A. Beery has placed in our