Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-02-10

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assistance, feat that an expert
breads to undertake.
p. j. Peters of Rickreall was in
Dallas this morning on business.
Mr.. Unel Frazier from Vancouver,
Washington, is visiting in Dallas.
Mrs. Hammer Of Independence is
visiting at the Van Orsdel's home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hayden Sage are
pleasantly located on Washington ST.
near Jefferson.
L. f. Bradford who is in Dallas as
Jury man says it makes him little
homesick to be absent from home.
Mr.. VIM. Kerth and family have
moved from their old home on Wash
ington Street to the new residence
recently built by Chas. Westover on
Academy Avenue.
Modern furnished housekeeping
rooms for rent Phone ia Dallas.
9S-2t-x
Mr.. A. R. Leabo of Portland was
seeing how the farm looks that he
owns near Airlie last week. Mr..
Leabo thinks of letting his son-in-law
stay on the farm this summer to see
if the climate of Polk County will
restore him to health.
The wage law has caused consid-
cradle comment among our citizens.
A number of different opinions have
been formed as to how to interpre-
tate the law, in regard as to how you
divide the time and still be in the
meaning of the recent ruling.
Rev. C. C. Curtis left yesterday for
Salem to attend a series of lectures
given under the auspices of the
Christian Church. These lectures
are more school of methods to ad
vance the cause of the Sunday school
and to give certain points of infor-
nation to obtain results.
Saturday night the streets in the
business section of Dallas were
thronged with traffic in fact there
was hardly passage room at times.
We hate to spoil this booster item,
but the reason of the crowd was, they
were returning from an alarm of
fire that was reported to be in the
high school building.
Mr.. H. +. Thayer of Portland was
Gail hotel guest Sunday. Mr..
Thayer has recently purchased al
tract of land near Dallas. He ex-
poets to return to Dallas soon and
make this place his future home. Polk
County welcomes such bright young
men as Mr. Thayer to share its future
prosperity
The Dallas Wood Company is ready
to furnish you with mill wood. Good
loads and good service. All wood
cash on delivery. Phone 492. 96-tf
Mr.. M. L. Boyd of the Itemizer
has rented a house at 812 Clay ST.,
and will live on the fat of the land
in the future. He has previously
been living in furnished rooms on ac-
count of the scarcity of houses to
rent, Mr.. Boyd has marked out his
garden patch and after he works one
day with a spade in cultivating the
ground there will be another back
slider in Dallas.
The county commissioners have
given orders for the building of an
iron bridge across Mill creek near
Baker Bros. place west of Sheridan.
A new bridge has long been needed
there and it is now settled that an
iron one is the cheapest and the best.
The "Byron's Troubadours" will
be in Dallas March 9th, 1914, under
the auspices of the Christian Associ-
alton of Dallas College. This group
of artists was in Dallas about year
ago, and gave a good entertainment
along a musical line.
His Honor, F. X. Hubbard, the
genial mayor of Falls City was Dal-
las visitor Saturday.
Farmers are busy in their hop fields
setting new poles and other work that
is always in order when spring time
comes.
DR.. B. H. McCallon reports the
birth of 10h pound boy on Febru-
ary 9th to Thomas Watson and wife
west of the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Hughes of
Liberty were dinner guests at the
home of Mrs. Morris father, Mr.. G.
W. McBee Saturday last.
Elmer Sellers, Julious Miller, Da-
vid Sellers, L. H. and G. +. McBee
and Walter Bird from Liberty were
Dallas shoppers Saturday.
The cold spell that the weather
man said was coming last Friday got
lost in the foot hills and the daisies
gave him the horse laugh.
Barham Bros. have commenced
work on their large warehouse. 1t
will be completed in time for the
storage of hons this summer and other