Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1913-06-06
TWENTY YEARS Ago !:
in DALLAS
Taken From the Files of The
Observer, Dated
Thursday, June 8, 1918.
Thursday, June 8, 1918.

Published program for the COM
mencement exercises to be held at
the city hall included the following:
The Tariff" Herbert Elliott; holi-
day song by Messrs. Kinks, Williams,
Snyder and Morrison; Common
Man." Newton Guy; "No Sense
Like Common Sense" Ross Ellis;
"The Nicaragua Canal" Minnie
Greenwood; "Driftwood," Maud
Lewis; "The Hawaiian Queen and
Her King" Hugh Black. The salu-
tatory was delivered by Fred Palm
er and the valedictory by Homer
Leman.
j. II. Townsend was elected by the
council city attorney at a salary Of
500 per year
Mr.. Lindsay disposed of his inter-
ests in the Hotel Holman to his part
ner Brown, who was to have sole
charge of the house thereafter.
H. B. Plummer and C. w. Hester
formed a partnership and announced
that they wuld open another hard
ware store in connection with the
implement business then conducted
by Mr.. Plummer
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. j. @. T. Saddler.
James Wilson, chief electrician at
Leland Stanford university was at
home on his vacation.
Mail Carrier Harrington announc-
ed that he had placed bran new
passenger hack on the Dallas-Falls
City route, and would carry passen-
gers for so cents.
While working about the house,
Mrs. James Harris missed her foot
ing and fell, breaking her right
wrist.
The Christian Endeavorers gave
the first picnic of the season at
Rickreall on the preceding Saturday.
The day was pleasant and large
numbers of people from all portions
of the county attended.
Nearly the entire population of
Dallas, besides large number from
Rickreall, Monmouth and Independ-
ence, listened to the band concert on
the court house plaza on Saturday
night. The editor thought the band
needed more practice in outdoor
playing and hoped that the band
stand would be built at once.
Willis Simonton and Mrs. Mary L.
Basket were united in marriage at
the home of the bride s parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. A. Dempsey, at Rickre-
all, Wednesday evening. Only the
near relatives were present to wit
ness the ceremony.
On Wednesday morning, June z,
at the home of the brides father,
in the presence of few invited
friends, Mr. A. J. Rhodes and Miss
Hattie B. Williams were united in
marriage, Rev. George Gillespie offic-
iating Mr.. Rhodes was the travel
ing representative of the firm Of M.
Seller & Co., of Portland. The cou-
pie left on the afternoon train for
Portland and Tacoma at which lat
ter place they intended to make their
future home.
The following officers were elected
at the meeting of the fire depart
ment: President, F. A. Stiles; re-
cording secretary, Ralph Williams;
financial secretary, II. G. Campbell;
treasurer, Fred Toner; foreman, Will
son Webb; first assistant, Frank
second assistant, Irve
Wood
DR.. and Mrs. Mark Hayter re-
turned from their visit to Chicago
md the World IS Fair
While splitting kindling wood on
Wednesday, JamesMattison cut his
right arm almost to the bone.
M. M. Ellis was appointed to act
rs president of the day at the Fourth
IF July celebration; Nat Holman as
MARSHAL and N. l.. Butler orator on
he third and Governor Pennoyer on
he fourth.
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