Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-04-07
MONMOUTH

MONMOUTH
Mr.. Pyles, reports business good at
the hotel.
R. d. Kibbey, of Kings Valley, was
in town Monday.
PLY Simpson, of Airlie, was in town
over Monday night.
Don Dickinson, of Independence,
was in town Sunday.
Monroe Mulkey is able to be out
again after siege of the grip.
Bert Lucas, of Portland, visited his
mother, Mrs. A. w. Lucas, over Sun
day.
r. Simpson, of Airlie, was a guest
at the Monmouth Hotel, Monday
night
Mr.. and Mrs. Grove A. Peterson, of
Suver, were in town on business Sat
urday.
w. C. Mongrove, of Lingrove, Iowa,
was a business visitor in Monmouth
this week
Frank Bowersox, of Salem, was the
guest of his brother, Doctor Bower
Sox, FRIDAY.
Lige Mason has had a severe attack
of grip. He is out again, but looks
the worse for it.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Norton have arrived
here from Washington County to
make their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Stone and two
daughters, of Independence, were Wis
itors in Monmouth, Sunday.
I. N. Howes, of Portland, is visiting
his old friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Pyles
and Mr.. and Mrs w. P. Prophet
Mr.. and Mrs T. j. Petit, of Corval
lis, were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. f. Huber, Sunday. The Petit fam
lily formerly lived here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mott and son,
Guy Mott, and wife, of McMinnville,
visited at the home of c. A. Mott,
Sunday They came up in their auto
mobile.
w. p. Prophet, arrived home last
week from Eastern Oregon, where he
bought three horses. He reached
home with two of them, one having
died in Portland.
President Ackerman, of the oregon
State Normal School, left Tuesday for
tour of the Eastern States. His
first stop will be at Spokane. From
there he will visit the normal schools
in the various states. He expects to be
absent from home about one month.
The trip is in the interest of the State
Normal School at Monmouth.
April being D. M. Hewitt's ami
versary, also the anniversary of
brother five years younger, the sons of
d. NJ put up a surprise for them.
Word was sent TO the relatives, and
the following were present: Mr.. and
Mrs. d. M. Hewitt, of Monmouth; Mr..
and Mrs. A. d. Hewitt, of Dallas;
Doctor and Mrs. Hewitt and children,
of independence; Mr.. and Mrs. e. e.
Hewitt and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. G.. Hewitt and son, of Luckiamute
Valley; Mrs. Pitman, of Dallas; Mr..
and Mrs. C. Cummins, and Jefferson
Miller, a brother of Mrs. d. NJ Hew-
itt, of Monmouth. A bounteous din
ner was served at noon. The after
noon was delightfully."- spent as a fam
lily reunion, and at late hour the
guests departed, wishing Mr.. and Mrs.
Hewitt many happy returns of the
day.
Enthusiastic School Meeting.
A large crowd attended the school
meeting held in Monmouth, Monday
night. The meeting had been called
by the directors of School District
No. 10, for the purpose of discussing
the proposed plan to issue $4,000 in
bonds for the building of a district
school house in Monmouth. o. A.
wolverton, chairman of the board,
called the meeting to order, and ex-
planned the object for which it had
been called.
Reverend Wood, the first speaker,
explained the plans for various kinds
of new buildings. Hon. Ira c. Powell
presented estimates of the cost of the
different classes of buildings. Hon.
]. II. Hawley told the voters the cost
per room of an eight-room building.
fitted up in modern style. ]. b. "
Butler gave an instructive 10-minute
talk, and was followed by President
]. H. Alderman. who spoke at length
of the necessity of a district school
building, and explained that the Nor
NAL building was needed for Normal
school purposes. d. NJ. McInturff, the
last speaker. gave a spicy address. in
which he said that Monmouth was
just as able TO build a good. modern
school building as Dallas, or Inde-
pendence. or any other town in Polk
County. He exhorted everybody to
pull together for a creditabIe struc-
ture.
Il Is now up TO the people Of Mon
mouth to vote for a building that will
be an honor 20 the town Strike
while the iron is hot. and go to the
/ polls next Saturday and cast your vote
for the good OF your children and-for
a building that you know will be
strong enough to weather any storm.