Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-06-09
FALLS CITY

Il. McLain is visiting relatives In
Portland.
Isa b. Lowe is attending business
| college in Portland.
! Carl B. Williams, of Dallas, was in
| the city last Monday.
| w. ]. Hooker, who has been very i'll,
has greatly improved.
c. ]. Pugh attended to business in
terests in Dallas last Tuesday
Hans Dabritz, of Portland, is here
visiting his father, H. Dabritz
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Arnold, of Marion,
are visiting friends in this city.
| Miss Violet Brown, of Black Rock.
is visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. ]. Richey.
County Commissioner S, H. Petre
was business caller in this city last
Friday.
| G. w. Pursell, of Black Rock, at
tended the Salem Falls City ball game
Sunday
Mrs. Esther Clark, of Black Rock,
visited at the home of George Yeaton
/ Sunday.
Charles Hinshaw, of the siletz Ba-
sin, visited Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Stewart
Monday.
J. B. Thompson, of Dallas, attended
to business interests in this city
Thursday.
Miss Alice Grant visited her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Grant, in Dallas,
over Sunday.
Mrs. w. I. Reynolds at Shaw, Monday
and Tuesday.
Mrs. Estella Stowell, of Vancouver,
Washington, is visiting her brother,
#. b. Barbour
G. w. Lee, editor of the Falls City
News, visited his wife and daughter at
Gladstone, Sunday.
Mrs c. S. O'Brien is looking after
fraternal society interests in Inde-
pendence this week.
Geraldine Selig has been very sick
with an attack of quinsy, but is re-
ported much improved.
Professor and Mrs. f. s. Crowley. of
Independence, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
w. r. Hinshaw, Monday.
A. e. West, a former resident of
this city but now living at Rickreall,
| was in this city Monday
Miss Irene Dodd, who has been at
tending the Eugene bible school, is
home for the summer vacation
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter L. Tooze left
Thursday for Portland, where they
will visit during the Rose Festival.
w. r. Hinshaw will attend the
knights of Pythias convention at As
toria as a delegate from the local
lodge.
Mr.. and Mrs John Benton, of Tilla-
nook, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
George Chamberlain and Mr.. and Mrs.
w. G. Harrison.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Yeaton and Mr..
and Mrs Willard weise and son, Wal
ter, of Sheridan, visited Mr.. ,and Mrs.
George Yeaton, Sunday.
George Hegler, of Portland, has
purchased six acres of land from f.
X. Hubbard. He will engage in poul-
try raising on an extensive scale.
Miss Addie Higgins, who has been
taking medical treatment in Portland,
is visiting her parents in this city,
and is very much improved in health.
Percy Dood, who has been employed
as an electrician for the Portland
Railway Light & Power Company, is
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs A.
| II. Dood.
| Ebert Turner, Miss Lottie Black
and Mrs. Leta Clark, of Eola, Missou-
ri, who have been visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. w. f. Nichols and Mr.. and Mrs.
A. B. Dennis, have returned to their
home.
The annual school election will be
held in the school house Monday,
June 10. at 1880 p. m. A director
and a clerk will be elected. M. g.
Ellis is the present clerk, but has
announced that he will not be a can
didate for reelection George M. Tice
is the retiring director.
The following Falls City residents
witnessed the airship flights in Salem
last Sunday: Claude Hickey, Charles
Cochran, M. C. Munson. A. w. Por-
ter, Paul Sheppard, L. e. Brooks, Mr..
and Mrs. W. f. Nichols, Winfield
johnson, r. G. White, c. o. Johnson.
o. S. Ferguson, J. L. Chamberlain,
Dee Chamberlain, Irwin A. Johnson.
The following program was rem
dered at the graduating exercises of
the Falls City high school, which were
held at the opera house last evening:
Piano solo. Miss May +. Johnson
Invocation. Rev. A. II. Dodd.
Duett, Happy swallow" Misses
Morrison and Fugate.
Grafton, "A Martyr to Liberty"
Ella M. Mehrling.
Grafton. "A Golden Opportunity" Z"
Cecil M. Dodd.
Solo, selected. Miss Alice Grant.
Address to class, President j. H..
Ackerman.
Presentation of diplomas. George
Tice, chairman of school board.
Music, Falls City Bard.
| A number of friends gave a surprise
party in compliment to DIR Boje at his
home in South Falls City Thursday
evening, the occasion being his sixty
ninth birthday. Refreshments were
served at 1920. after which the
guests departed. Those present were:
Mr.. and Mrs. d. Boje. Mr.. and Mrs.
c. II. Wick, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Hubbard, Mr.. and Mrs. II. otte. Mr..
and Mrs. s. II. Tetherow, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. Tetherow, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Reese, Mr. and Mrs. C c. Stanton.
Mr. and Mrs. o. S. Ferguson. Mrs.
F. j. Holman. Miss Marie Reese. Miss
Mabel otte. Master George otte and
Master Everett Reese.
/ Among those from Falls City at
tending the Rlckreall picnic last Sat
urday were the following: Charles
/ Ferguson. Harvey Deal. Lester Bow
man. Miss Edith johnson. Miss Mil
dred Chaplin. Miss Helen Treat. Rus
sell Vashaw, George Otte, Charles
Hlnshaw. Lamar TOoze. Arthur Bald
win. Miss Jean Kuykendall. Miss Ha-
! zei Kuykendaii. Professor and Mrs. ].
f. Dunton. Miss Gladys Hunter. Roy
!. Bowman. Mrs J. d. Meyer. Mrs W. r.
Hinshaw. Mrs. Zimri Hinshaw. WIley