Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-02
POLK COUNTY NEWS

A wood-cutting bee was held at
the Holmes place near Popcorn last
Wednesday for the benefit of the
Webster family
Mrs. ]. W. Mcdowell, aged 81
years, died at her home near Pop
corn last Thursday. She came to
this couty from Pennsylvania in
1886.
J. P. Van Orsdal and his crew of
men, who have been surveying for
the Falls City Lumber company,
have returned to Portland.
H. A. Bowman has purchased w.
H. Dalymple's one-half interest in
the Dalrymple & Davis store at Falls
City. The firm is now known as
Davis & Bowman. Mr.. Dalrymple
returned to his old home in Salem
the last of the week.
Frankie Webster, who lived with
his parents on the Holmes place
near Popcorn, is dead This is the
second death in the family in
week, Ray, an older brother, having
died last Sunday morning. They
both died of pneumonia, and the
mother is very i'll with the same di-
sease.
County Assessor G. S. Graves an
nounces the following appointments
of field deputies: Dallas, Wilson
Ayres Falls City. M. G. Ellis; Rick
reall, A. R. Allen; West Salem, G.
w. Chapman; Monmouth A. M.
Arant and J. H. Ground; Indepen-
dence, S. E. Burch; Ballston, Alfred
Campbell The work of assessing
the county will be commenced next
week.
The stockmen in the vicinity Of
the Luckiamute are losing large
percentage of lambs and kids on ac-
count of having to feed so much dry
feed.
Mrs. Robert Paterson, of Luckia-
mute, was badly burned last Satur-
day. In taking a can of boiling
water from the stove, the steam
forced the lid off and the hot steam
struck her in the face, burning her
eyes and cheeks.
Eola is to have a series of night
schools under the management of
Thomas w Brunk.
Some of our good roads enthusi-
asts, in the vicinity of Polk station,
have shown their enthusiasm by
dragging and otherwise repairing
some of the roads in this vicinity.
We hope the good work will be kept
up.
The independence Free Library
Association has elected the follow
ing officers; President. Mrs. G. w.
Conkey; vice-president, Mrs. S. B.
Walker; secretary, Mrs. w. R. AL
lin; treasurer, Mrs. D. A Dodge
The library, established a year ago,
has proved to be a great success.
With an encouraging cash balance
and a donation of $100 from the
city, the library will be enlarged
and needed Improvements will be
made.
The first series of school rallies
to be held in the evening took place
at the Spring Valley church, Febru-
airy 21, the section comprising Zena,
Lower Spring Valley, Lincoln and
Lone Star being represented.
Speeches were made by County ST.
perintendent Seymour and State Su-
perintendent Ackerman.
e. Alleman, of Luckimute, met
with a very painful accident Tues
day of last week. While cutting
wood, he was trimming a large oak
tree and limb fell in such a man.
ner as to break his leg between the
knee and hip. notwithstanding
the seriousness of the injury, he is
resting fairly well.
The Commercial Club, of Inde-
pendence, has elected the following
officers: President, DR.. o. d. But
Ter; vice-president, D. A. Hodge;
secretary, G. w. Conkey; treasurer,
Roy DeArmond. The club has
leased rooms in Campbell's brick
and will furnish them for club quar-
ters. Five hundred dollars indebt-
edness has been paid and the club is
planning to do much advertising for
the town the coming year.