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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-03-31
OAKDALE

Mr.. Sherwood is cutting wood.
Jodie Rhodes is working at mill No
this week.
Fountain Murphy has been shear
ing goats.
Mrs. Macomber has been grating
fruit trees.
Clarence Sellers is digging a well
at his home.
Ben Thompson lis plowing Fred
Hughes orchard.
Joe Murphy is cultivating his fine
strawberry patch
Ed Cochran and sons are putting
out a family orchard.
C. A. Burley is clearing piece of
bottom land on his place.
Roy Bird, of Pioneer, visited his
brother, Charley Bird, Monday.
Frank Arnold has been doing some
work for his father near Dallas,
Tom Wright is working for Mr..
Wessing in the J. M. Farley hopyard.
Miss Mary Butler is assisting Mrs.
JdIleS I1uDpdTu Will HeT SpTiHS WOEh'
Newman Dennis visited Warren
Dickinson at Dallas, Saturday night.
Abe Bartholomew and Andy Toby
are putting out large strawberry
patch.
County Fruit Inspector B. Y. Allen
Monday.
Mrs Mary Card is taking time by
the fore lock, by house cleaning be-
fore warm weather.
Don Miller has the chicken fever
He has set an incubator and is anx-
iously awaiting results.
j. S. Macomber and family visited
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. B. Y.
Allen at Guthrie, Sunday.
A few years ago Mrs. Robinson
bought heifer calf for $1.50. She
sold it this week for $40.
j. w. Robinson has an incubator
and brooder and is preparing to es-
tablish quite a poultry plant.
e. Jolly has been spending several
days looking for a band of missing
goats, but has not found them.
Fred Hughes is talking of building
a house. 1t is said that his parents !
intend making their home here be-
fore long.
At an election held at the school
house last Sunday the following Off
GERS of the Sunday School were chos-
en-: C. A. Burley, superintendent;
Mrs. Mary Card, chorister; Miss Ruth
Trosper secretary; Joe Wright,
treasurer. The Sunday School meets
At 1880 every Sunday morning.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-03-31
AIRLTE

Miss Jessie Bush was in Airlie SAT-
urday.
Andy Turner spent Sunday in Kings
Valley.
Mrs. II. Tarter is visiting relatives
at Parker
Art Wlnterstine is suffering from
rheumatism.
Mr.. Alcorn made business trip to
Albany. Monday.
t. C. Ritner was business visitor
in town Wednesday.
Mrs. Bert Conn has been quite i'll
for the past few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallie Brown passed
through Airlie Tuesday.
f. w Stats took some hogs to
Airlie for shipment Monday
Mr.. Bones lumber for his new
house came in Tuesday night.
Mrs. Bertha Ray was visiting in
Airlie last Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. Krebs is staying at Airlie this
week, looking after the hop yard.
The play at Airlie was a great sue
cess. They had a very large attend
ance.
Walter Weir, Of Salem, passed
through Airlie on his way to Walter
Mayfield's.
Mrs. Irene Wolverton, of Mon
mouth, spent few hours in Airlie
Wednesday.
The Suver and Airlie Driving Club
is now working the track for the
race meet in June.
The Airlie Sunday School is getting
along finely. The time has been
changed to 10 o'clock.
The funeral of Willard Copper,
who was drowned at Simpsons log
ging camp, was held at Kings Valley
at p. m, Tuesday, under the aus
plces of the Woodmen of the World.
The services were conducted by the
Reverend Carmichael.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-03-31

men, is surveying and plating the
Peter Nelson place. Mr.. Nelson i'm
tends to have his farm laid off in
small fields
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. K. Morrison are
spending few days with friends and
relatives here. They intend to put
up a confectionery store at Newport
in the near future.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Scrafford. of
Starbuck, Washington, are visiting at
the home of Hon. NJ Scrafford. They
will return by way of Newport and
visit Mrs. Ira Miller, who is Mr.
Scrafford's sister.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-03-31
PEDEE

Lester Brown went 10 Airlie on
business Monday.
Mrs Nellie Lacey and Miss Maud
Simon visited the school Monday.
A basket social viii be held az the
school house next saturday night
The Reverend Polling preached AZ
the school house last Sunday evening.
Prank Rowiey has bought Lsoey's
timber and VIII soon put ueen al work
cutting a.
Mr. Emile MeDoEeH and children
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-03-31
BLACK ROCK

Mrs. Clark is at Falls City visiting
Mrs. Yeaton.
Miss d. Boje returned to her home
in Falls City, Sunday
Mrs Brynoljson is visiting in Port
land for a week or so.
Mr.. and Mrs, o. l.. Ferguson spent
Sunday at c. d. Wallace's.
Mrs. George Yeaton, of Black Rock,
is improving in health and win soon
be home again.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-03-31
PERRYDALE

Elmer Enes. who has been sick,
is improving.
Miss Gladys Mckee was Dallas
caller Friday.
Miss Georgia Miller, the primary
teacher, is sick.
Professor Mackin was a Portland
visitor Saturday
Fl. J. Elliott was Portland busi-
ness caller Tuesday
Fl. Mckee was a McMinnville vfs-
itor between trains Tuesday
Ida Duignan was passenger on
Mondays afternoon train, going to
McMinnville
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-03-31
cola

M. l. Capps' family have moved
from town out to the farm.
Ed NIFTY hauled gravel during the
fore part of the week and fixed the
Schuett hill.
The people who recently bought
part of the Johnson place have begun
to make improvements.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Doney and
daughter visited at ]. f. Schaffer's
last Saturday and Sunday
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-03-31
BUELL.

MIS-. II, II. Delaney is SICK.
Frank Brown sheared his goats
Tuesday.
A new family has moved on the
Miller place.
Joe Parker was a visitor on Mill
Creek Sunday.
Creek Sunday.
Will Muller sheared goats for Lyle
Jones, Monday.
Steve Braley has moved his family
back to Perrydale.
Bessie Wagner visited relatives on
Mill Creek Sunday.
Earl Hembree was visiting in Sher-
idan Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray went to Villa
nina Sunday in their auto.
Miss Nora Jones was visiting with
Blanche Barber Wednesday,
Blanche Barber spent Sunday with
Miss Banks, on Gooseneck.
Mr.. Shepard has come back to live
on his place again this spring.
A. w. Fletcher has commenced
work in his hopyard on Gooseneck.
Mrs. Bray spent most of the week
in Sheridan with her little son, Lon
Mr.. and Mrs. Bray visited with Mr..
and Mrs. Bert Wells, of Dallas, last
week.
Will Muller, who has been quite
sick, returned to the mountains Tues
day.
Mrs. Neeley and Mrs. Wiese spent
Monday afternoon with Mrs. R. r.
Jones.
1t is reported that Mr.. Barber and
Mr.. Magma are soon to sell their
farm.
The Misses Kopan and Pollow Wis
tied over Sunday with Miss Nora
Jones.
Mrs. McLennan and son, Gilbert,
spent the week in Portland with rel
atives.
Superintendent and Mrs. Harry
Seymour visited our school Thursday
of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Fletcher visited
with Mr.. and Mrs Will Barber and
family Sunday.
Will Fletcher is home from the
mountains for a few days, with a
sprained ankle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merwin, of Sheridan,
spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Rant Neeley.
Tobey & Mitchell and Lynn Braley,
of the first two camps, were out to
town for provisions Saturday.
Herman Lenhard has his house
near to completion, and talks of CIV
ing a dance Saturday night.
e. A large crowd from here attended
the club dance in Sheridan, Saturday
night. All report a good time.
Preston Dickey came out of the
Tuesday to spend the re-
of the week with his sister
1t islreported that Fasteners have
bought most of the farms on Goose
them to live.
There was a large crowd out at {
church Sunday, and next Sunday will {
elect teachers and superintendent for
4 Sunday School. {
large crowd attended the edu- /
,ational rally at the school house f
Tuesday night, which was enjoyed
,ery much by all.
The hills will soon be in their full {
as the bright sunshine has c
tarted the grass and grain, and wild /
lowers are in bloom. ]
Mr.. Hagerstrom, of Sheridan, {
,rought up a fine team of colts for a
'herd Braley to look at as he is go
ng to buy team soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. c. Walker visited
heir son Clarence, who is in the hos
'ital at Dallas, Sunday. He is so g
much improved that it is thought he
an be brought home the last of the n
feek.
Little Lon Bray was quite badly il
urt Saturday by being hit on the
ack of the head by merry-go \
ound, or whirligig. The doctor was
summoned. and says the g
kull is fractured, but it is hoped he
ill recover soon. a
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-03-31
LUCKIAMUTE

Grain is looking hne for the tim
of year
Most q the goats have been shear
ed and some have sold their mohair
al y cents.
Mr.. and Mrs Clarence KaTs %
salem. have been visiting friends and
relatives IN this vicinity the past
week.
r.. n. suver. with a gang uf younE
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-03-31

are visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Romeo.
The Reverend Carmichael breaches
his last sermon next Sunday before
going to conference.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Burbank's
buggy turned over Saturday night,
while returning from the show at
Airlie.
Lester Brown has saved his neigh
bors the loss of many sheep by killing
a very large bear near his house last
Sunday with 22-caliber rifle.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-03-31

preparations to erect an addition to
their store building.
J. M. Prather, of Corvallis, is here
looking after business interests.
Mrs. R. L. McCarter, of Hopdale,
was trading in Buena Vista Tuesday.
T. w. Bensinger and family left
Monday afternoon for their old home
in Carlisle, Indiana.
q. e. Emmonos has purchased
property in Falls City, where he ex-
poets to make his home.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-03-31
BUENA VISTA

Alex Fisk was a Portland visitor
one day this week.
Mrs. George Hall was a passenger
to Salem, Saturday
w. j. Steele was transacting busi-
ness In Salem. Monday.
J. X. and Carl b. Neal visited in
Independence Saturday.
Charles w. Fisk took a trip to Sc
attic one day this week.
+. NJ. Donaldson & Son are making
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-03-31
OAK GROVE

Mr. and Mrs G. f. seeley are NOV
ing to Salem.
Much of the ground in this vicinity
is too dry for plowing.
Our road supervisor is doing a lot
of good work on the roads.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Roberts are
moving to their farm near Bethel.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-03-31

vices were conducted in this city
Sunday by the Reverend e. A. La
Dow, and the body was buried in the
Odd Fellows cemetery. She is sur
vived by her husband.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-03-31
Dollars Saved.

You save $40 to 20 on every rig you
buy from the bankrupt stock of Ad-
ans & Brobst, at Guy Brothers,
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-03-31

Vote for Armory Appropriation.
No. 10 X Yes"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-07
As aLast Resort.

Dcs Afoines came to the front a few years ago by adopting a kind of city charter then rather uncommon in this country It had followed Galveston, but had made some improvement which warranted applying to the general scheme of city government which it stood for the name the Des Moines plan" Now 1t threatens to become a pioneer in the ownership of its trans pgrtation system Municipal ownership If street railways has become a con- crete issue In Des Moines. The street railway companies doing business in that city are reported to have de- rlared that they were unable to meet the conditions imposed upon them by rhe city and finance their lines. and they are ready to cell to the city
 definite proposition has been made 10 the city authorities. and is now be- iuE considered. That is nearer to the goal of municipal ownership than has yet been reached by an American city. except Cleveland, and in Cleveland the couranies fin control of the railways fought the project instead of suggest inc 1t. Toledo and Detroit have also made some progress toward municipal ownership of street railway properties but at the present moment Des Moines ts the most advanced. Only as a last resort are American cities at this time inclined to take up municipal owner chip of transportation systems.--St Paul Dispatch
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-07
Tho Conflict of Clocks.

1t evokes a feeling of sympathy and approval to learn that movement H on foot in London for "the synchron- ization of public clocks" Theoretically clocks set up for the information of the people, particularly thoss which bear the a1luring legend "Synchronized Time" should agree to the minute. He who would quarrel over a second or two variation would be hypercritfcal, but disagreement of minutes weakens faith and may cause the missing of trains.
 Yet in London the investigations of a special committee of the British Sci ence guild revealed lamentab1e in- veracity on the part of one or the other of the clocks. A week of observation along a certain line of streets revealed mean error of two minutes, the max imum departures from correctness, of course, being much greater. In another week one clock was three minutes slow on two days, another four minutes fast on one, three minutes slow on two days, and so on through minor divaga- tions.
 This is quite credible from observa- tiOns right at home. We might deem it excusable for the individualist clocks in jewellers or bank windows to de- clare their independence of the time edicts of an overshadowing corpora tion, but certainly the big corporation should bring it's tfmepieces under the law of uniformity.--Pittsbu Dispatch.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-07
Brief Slate News

Winsted.-C. L. Maloney has been elected exalted ruler of Winsted lodge of Elks-
 Hartford.-Tonight (Tuesday) will be past grandsi night in Hartford lodge of Odd Fellows.
 ThompsonviIIe- public schools ing, after a weeks vacation.
 maston.-Postmaster Cassius ,. Atwood has resigned and will engage in market gardening near Bristol.
 Westport.-John P. McCormick's buckskin mare died last Monday. If she lived until June she would have been s7 years of age
 Meriden.-The shade tree committee of the Business Mems association has reported that no appropriation can be secured for this year.
 TerryviIIe-The public library has voted to continue it's free reading room for three months, and it is planned to place a German and Polish paper on file.
 RidgefieId. v County Commissioner John Brophy, who has been ill at his home since last Friday with ptomaine poisoning, has recovered is able to be out. Oysters did it.
 MiddIetown.--When E. s. Davis started hunting for a gas leak with lighted match there was an explosion which called out the fire department, although little damage was done.
 Danbury.-Rev Walter J. Shanley, LL.D., rector of St. Peters church, who went to Hot Springs, Va, a short time ago for the benefit of his healtil finds the change very beneficial and is much improved.
 Stony Croek.-Vice President c. G. Buckland of the Connecticut company has issued formal denial of the re- port tha4 the company had purchased is operating from Stony Creek to I've oryton.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-07
VIEWS AND VARIETIES
Clever sayinas

Miss Ellis. was your bazar d euc- cess ?" "G1oriousf All the men had to walk ahome.'-Meggendor Blaet- ter.
 .Pa, what is artistic temperamentr "Foolishness that has succeeded ig getting itself taken seriousiy."-ChiS go Record Herald.
 Going to give your daughter c contingent ball?s "No; she's a suf- fragette.. Keeps me busy giving bail.~ Washington Herald.
 Borrowell-I tell you. it's hard to bl poor. Harduppe-Geel I find 1t thA easiest thing in the world.-PhIadelS phia Record.
 First Antedeluvian Gin efetllusedelI time)-What's the discussion about over there? Second Ditto-Same old topic. Whether a. man aged s20 ought to marry a girl of 140.-Puck. -t
 Nan--I see there has been another shooting affair. Did you ever see ono of these terrible magazine guns? Fan -Yes;a was introduced to Lincoln Steffens once.-Chicago Tribune
 'sShe seems to be neither impractis cal seems to me-" "Yes, very. Whys she would be silly enough to suppose that a ,self-made man might bs brought up on 2 chafing dish-"- Judge.
 what grouch he fs," "Yes, but" Hold on; you needn't tell me that he's good fellow when you get to know him. I'm tired Of that excuse" e."-Detroit Free Press.
 1T hear you have secured . flns press agen,s said Yorfc< Hamm Best ever" declared Hamlet F'att. That fellow used to be- with a prominent breakfast food."-Louisvilie Courier< Journal
 "A recent wedding announcement iH a Milwaukee paper reads: Jane Low ell-Louis Leo.'". well, what about it ~ 'Nothing, only I was thinking what a good yodel it would make."- Houtson Post.
 T have new play entitled Cons eress.," said the, enthusiastic drama> list. sIt won't do." replied the vetI eran manager. sYou couldn't make 1e properly realistic without having too much dialogue and not enough actfon-7 l-Washington Star.
 | Spencer-When a man pays atten> ton to a woman it f5 generally sign that he wishes to marry her. Sfnnich Yes; and when man doesn't pay attention to a woman 1t As often a sign that he has married hers-Eos- ton Transcript Father of the Fair One-How can you possibly think of marrying my daughter? You say that by the strict est economy you can save only $10 a month. Poor But Worthy Poet-Oh, yes. but if we both save, 1t will be S2O! O!-Neggendorfer BIaetter.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-07
BREED THEATER.

All the glamour and glitter of the rirrus life is correctly reproduced in t8e biz motion picture spectacle of the Ere-d. entitled The Little Corcus Rid cr. A big parade with a large herd Of cIoDhanrs and scores of golden char fofs serve as the bewildering attrac- ton to lure the simple country lass to seek a position with the white topped city. once she is engaged, she IS 1rnined to become a rider, and almost upon her first appearance she is in jufed iu a fail. and the only friend she finds in the troupe is a hostler, who :rove< to be her old friend and admir- ~ from her country home, he having followed her ins disguise since her joining the company. She finds in him fho only sincere friend she has ever known. and returns with him to her old home, where she is nursed back to heaith and welded to her true affinity.
 The picture entitled His Bogus Un- rIo features Miss Lawrence. the old tims fnrorife of the Biograph cast. and ln1o of the Independent films. She is . prfme favorite, and the Breed the nfGF patrons are delighted to again - her in her most congenial field.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-07

got the sss ana electzto piants you have had q WateI amlnes and 1t looks as If you were IT Tor another next summer; the grand lint seems to be holding her own: tax rate not reduced 30 you can notice 1t much and float ing debt still on deck at 4>per cent, and bonded debt not losing any to speak of; but, judging by the city meetings held to date. should think the cobwebs are mostly gone. and 1t looks as if the dream of city with out tax list or taxpayer must have been the result Of wind colfc Dr. Lewis tells us that Fairview water is fit to drink. but you would not think it. judging by the color and smell. Let the good work go on, and if you gain as much by municipal ownership in the next ten years as you have in the last ten, you will be in a position to take over municipal insurance and raise the salary of your health officer.
 A TAXPAYER.
 One of the plain people Lincoln loved so we'll, who thinks if we continue to produce such intellects we will spot have to "Ho for the senate,'-the seh- ate will be Hoing for us.
 Norwich, March 6, 1911.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-07
6fPoRrUNrTY.

They do me wrong who say come no
 more
 When once knock and fan to find
 you in: For every day stand outside your
 door,
 And bid you wake and rise to fight
 and win. Wah not for precious chances passed
 away,
 Weep not for golden ages on. the Each night I burn the records of inc
 day, At sunrise every soul is born again. Laugh ndrs like snaa ssy At sDlendors that To vanished joys be blind and deaf My Judgments seal the dead past with its dead. . But never bind moment yet ts
 coma Art thou a mourner? Then rouse thes
 from thy spell. Art thou sinner? Sins may be for-
 given; Each morning gives thee wings to f,es
 from hell, Each night star to guide thy feet fs
 heaven.
 R F. Malone.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-03-07
A "Reminiscences.

Mir. Editor: In thinking over our present condition. my thoughts carry Thayer assumed the responsible cares of tEe office of mayor, and the high ideals he fed to the plain people of the oppression they were suffering from the so-called gas and electrical trust at that time, and the glorious future as regards tax lists and tax payers, and the very great results attained from municipal ownership of water.
 Let me quote Mayor Thayer: "Act- ing under the authority conferred by the provisions of the resolutions of the general assembly known as the charter of the gas and electric light company, l have this day, March 4, 1901, appointed MT. Amos C. Swan to inspect the works of the company in the hope through his reports to be in formed whether the necessity of charging $1.75 per cubic foot for gas costing 42c to produce, rests on any better foundation than the desire of it's managers to pay dividends on $400,- 900 of watered stocks and why the citizens should be annually taxed to pay for lights of 1,200 candlepower. when the street lights furnished through the electric arc lamps only equal that of 450 candles, until the existing darkness is dispeIled, my text must be fiat lux"
 Now. MT. Plain People that Lincoln loved so well, you are still paying 5 per cent, on $400,oO0 of watered stock. although our mayor says 1t is bad business policy to pay per cent. for cemetery trust funds when you can borrow money at 3 1-2 per cent.
 Now, 1 don't know what fiat lux stands for. but don't you think as far as gas and electricity are concerned, municipally speaking, the darkness seems to be about as dense at the present writing as it. was in 1901.
 Let me quote further from the arr chivest And here in our midst we have a constant object lesson in mu- nicipal ownership, that politics has not wrought havoc with good business management in the board of water Commissioners of this city can be who will read their annual report from first to last. The record of ouf first step ill municipal ownership is to my mind the brightest page of the city's history written during the last half of the nineteenth century this happened in 190O)."
 How about the board of water com rnissioners' report for 1910? I don't believe it win be so bright that it will dazzle your eyes when you look at it on the financial side. We know what the water side is without any report.
 Another quotatio If Norwich is to stop here, if she is content to and will remain at a standstill while sur rounding cities are advancing in pop ulation and wealth. she may as well continue to be bled by tie gas trust, telephone monopoly and inflated troll ley syndicate. as to rot, it makes lit tie difference by what means she reaches the end: but if the city still has longing desire to be one of the largest and most prosperous cities in Connecticut. the dawning of anew century is a good time to sweep the her garments and go once more afieId to labor. My dreams of the twentieth century is city without tax list and without a taxpayer.''
 Now, Mfr. Plain People. what has been accomplished t1ye first fen yeerp of the twentieth century You have