Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-03-31

health after a recent illness, and hef
many friends will be pleased to learn
that she will soon be about.
Elmer Peterson has recovered from
severe attack of rheumatism, which
!, lasted about a month and has resumed
his studies in high school,
+. Il. Davis returned Sunday even
ing after visiting Mr.. and Mrs. J. f.
Horn in Portland He reports that
4 Mrs. Horn is very sick.
Rev. Hicks of Albany delivered a
very good sermon at the Baptist
Church last evening. Mr.. Hicks is
a good talker and he breaches again
tonight.
Miss Zella Dyer who has been max
ing her home here during the winter
has gone to Ballston, Polk County,
where her mother resides.-Forest
Grove News.
NHNA Drs. Lowe & Tnrner, eye
e. specialists of Portland will be
in Dallas again Friday and Sat
urday, April 3rd and 4th, at the Hotel
Gail. Call and let them show you the
new Keyptok double-vision glasses,
which have no unsightly lines or
seams to catch dust, strain the eyes,
or come apart. They enable you to
read, or do close work and see dis
tant objects perfectly. Don't fail to
see them. Scores of references. Re-
member the date.
Mr.. G. E. Curtis has been visiting
with his brother, C. C. Curtis for the
past week and is to engage in revival
work with him during April at Sher-
idan, Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs Walter L. Tooze, Jr,
went to Portland Saturday for a
pleasure trip. Mrs. Tooze has a
pleasing soprano voice and will be-
come a vocal student of Mrs. Rose
Block Bauer while in that city.
The Christian Church will hold its
District Convention in Dallas, May
2Gth to 29th. This district is COM
plised of eight counties and will send
probably between seventy-five and
one hundred delegates.
Next Friday evening at the Lent
services held in the Catholic chapel
an instruction will be given on "The
Christian Family" Remember next
Sunday is Palm Sunday. Mass at
9 a. m.
Let no one but educated, highly
skilled long experienced, exclusive
eye specialists examine and fit glass
es to your eyes. Drs. Lowe & Tur-
ner have the necessary qualifications.
Consult them Friday and Saturday,
April 3rd and 4th at Hotel Gail.
C. E. Cooper, who has been blowing
stumps preparatory to improving the
roads, 212 miles northwest of Dal-
las, was in town Saturday with his.
son Fred. He is making extensive
improvements on his place and ex-
poets to set out an orchard soon.
Randolph Butler, prosperous
young farmer of Falls City, Polk
County, was in Forest Grove over
Sunday visiting at the home of w.
X. Sparks. The farmers of that sec
tion are looking for bumper crops
this year-Forest Grove News.
Miss Nora Kittleson of Dallas has
accepted a position in the Grimm
bakery. Her first name might be
Irish but she's Norwegian The ed
itor has Norwegian daughterinlaw
and he knows that Norwegian girls
are just the sweetest girls.-Lafay
ette Citizen.
Thos. Catherwood returned to Dal-
las Friday evening, after a business
trip to Portland. He also took time
to 60 to Troutdae during the recent
smclt run and reports he pulled out
over hundred of the little fish in 20
minutes, using nothing but a wire dip
net.
DIR. Frank Owen of Eugene and his
sons, James +. Owen of San Francis
co and VIM. Owen of Ketnueky. were
in Dallas Saturday enroute to the
home of Mrs. Harrington, who is a
daughter of DR.. Owen, and resides
miles southwest of Dallas. They ex-
pect to have very pleasant visit.
Chickens or rather hens are at the
top price now. A chicken dinner
costs in proportion to an egg sand
wich last winter. Where are the
China hensl better ship them in in
stead of eggs. The Oregon farmers
could use their live stock better than
the hen fruit.
Mr.. W. p. Miller called at the OBJ
server Office yesterday and in the
course of his conversation it devel-
oped that he had been constant res
ident of Polk County, within 2 miles
of Dallas for 40 years and has been
out of the state just once and then
for only 4 days on a visit.