Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-01-07
LATE NEWS EVENTS
Happenings IN Oregon ana Elsewhere
Told % Hour OF Going
o. Press

The Government will pay Sl260 q
e year for expert farmers. The appoint-
= ments win be restricted to graduates
8 OF agricultural colleges.
The year of 1905 was one Of un-
equalled prosperity New nigh records
were made IN al lines showing an
! average gain OF one-fourth.
The bachelors of Columbia COUNTY.
Washington have organized Bach
elors Club.
Portland's postal receipts SHOW a
gain for the year 1893 Of 1909 per
cent.
The death rate AZ Portland for the
past year was 7.0G for each 1000 IN
habitants. This as believed by author
ities to be the lowest death rate in
Omitted States.
Snow fell IL Fresno. California. sat
urday for tine nrst time IL to years
"A catch of 100000 halibut was
made in three DAYS OF the baDIcg in /
the open ocean o. the west OF fine /
Queen Charlotte Islands These banira .
are from tz1o e. eight miles of the 1
coast which makes the catch a re-
uarlEable one
Mnlmomab County reports g740 II
marriage licenses isuled during 1909 I.
The american University at Wash
ington J. e.. which Is tae edueationa1 /
seat Of the Methodist Tpiscopa1 4
Church Of tine United States mas 71gt
received gift Of G5O.0aU. Tn, nar,a II
Of TIN donor Is not given
movement Is OF foot o. ipd,1aa :.
I3S President Theodore Roosevelt m II
'eturn 70 tlis country by way of tine II
-acific coast He will complete .bis II
hunting trip III February and fba7,
'iii De apprised Of the plans for ms M
etuu III
unprecedented floods are reported III
California. especially In tb, south III
~ part OF the state
Two army officers will atren,p+ a, III
al a. the South PoIe III ifrigiblaIl
alioou next summer.
Il is reported that the cold u-eatl,-- II
the Northwest mas seriously inilr-f III
b. potato crop. nuch OF which r.
a.neu unharvested --
President Taft is reuortsa As hahn.
iavor of raising tine battlasbi7.Ii
aiie which was sum- IL Iiavau.
.rbor
''il' hundred and sixty les rl7r IN
~ license wen, issued IL r~i,,a III
lni1r Washington last vear tb,,. III
wear befcre
o'ii' entertaintur account or fviur IN
~ nave been given by tn, p17.4rsI III
-nii1. Ihe nrst news OF ia. --,s- III
-ihi, nlEnr ever reported c,-,aI II
''- I. coast EuarJ UhO. while walk
his lovely boat ou the sands OF ba -
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