Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-11-29

meal. Add limeWater at the rate OF
Coos county went dry by z votes.
Land in the country adjacent tC
Falls City is changing owenershiI
quite frequently and prices have ar
upward tendency, says the News. Mucf
land will be planted to walnut trees
Ashland claims it will have the most
beautiful streets in Oregon when its
new boulevard is completed. This
thoroughfare will be 100 feet in width
with paving on both sides of park
row in the center that will be beau
! titled with trees and shrubbery.
| Work at the Amity apple dryer
closed down Saturday night after a
to 100000 pounds of dried apples have
been produced during that time, which
is, we believe, the best run ever made
by the dryer, reports the Standard,
j. p. Mickle, dairyman of Forest
Grove, has a herd of nine cows, and
during the past year he received from
the sale of milk $116O, an average of
$12S per COW. He takes good care of
the cows, and is gradually improving
his stock. Such men are admirable.
That freight business on the o. r..
& N. will be exceedingly heavy dur
ing the next two months was indi-
Gated Saturday when 500 loaded west
bound ears passed through The Dalles,
like number going east. The average
number of cars passing through the
city each day is about 200, reports the
Chronicle.
Redmond Spokesman; The city is
rapidly growing and the water prob
lem is one that. will be of great inn
portance in a short time. 1t is now
problem OF Importance, but with the
rapid increase of population that is
sure to come. some means should be
taken in the near future to provide
the city a sufficient water system to
supply water for domestic and fire
purposes.
Houser & Mertz, Tygh valley farm
ers. Monday marketed $4,000 pounds
of hops grown on their ranches, SELL
ing the same to the Eastern Oregon
Brewing company, reports The Dalles
Optimist. These men raise from 1000
to 10000 pounds each year. to dispose
OF to the local firm They received
first premium on the hops at the Lewis
and Clark fair in Portland and the A
H.-P. exposition in Seattle. the variety
being the English cluster
c. w Dygert. local agent for the
Capital City Nursery. has just sold
bill OF apple trees to the wIllamac |
Land company. sufficient to plant 40
acres Of this fine tract OF land. east OF 4
Springfield. He also sold a bill OF ap- |
pie trees sufficient TO plant 10 acres
to h. o. Tippy. who lives a mile and a
half east Of Springfield. Also trees for
planting six acres OF apples and three
acres Of cherries TO Nelson White. re-
ports the Eugene Register.
Crescent City is on the eve OF the
greatest growth ever made by any
,ity on this coast. claims the Record.
4 company has been formed to open
anal from Dead lake and lake Earl
10 the ocean at a point about one mile
forth of the present city limits. thus
living a safe fresh water harbor FOR
he largest vessels afioat A company
las le.oo0 acres OF land bonded ad-
AGENT 10 and surrounding Dead lake
nd lake Earl. With the completion %
he proposed canal see feet wide. We
IN have a water frontage at least
hree miles In length. The entrance Of
bis canal Win b easily protected 1
Eainst an storms a. any season % the ]
ear. by building two short jetties. :
rhich the best marine engineers q Z
,nE sxperlencs say g. feasible. u