Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-07-31
PETITION.

In the County Court Of the State Of
Oregon, for Polk County.
In the Matter of the adoption Of
Dorothy Maebelle johnson,
The petition Of G. R. Stafford and
l.. Dae Stafford respectfully shows !:
That said petitioners have been for
a period of about thirteen years, and
are at the present time, husband and
wife.
That for a period of about three
said petitioners have been and now
are residents and inhabitants of the
County of Polk, State of Oregon.
That Dorothy Maebelle johnson is
female child of the age of three
years and said petitioners are desir-
Gus of adopting said minor child, and
make said child their own, and said
child has been residing with your pc
titioners for more than three years
last past.
That The name of the mother of said
child is Joyce Johnson, but her where
abouts is unknown, said child being
born at the Willamette Sanatorium
at Salem, Marion County, Oregon, on
the 5th day of April, 1911, and soon
after the birth of said child the moth
er of the same disappeared, and your
petitioners after due diligence are un-
able to ascertain her whereabouts and
said mother gave said child to your
petitioners soon after its birth.
That the name of the father of
said minor child is unknown to your
petitioners and after inquiry upon the
part of said petitioners of DR.. R. Cart
wright who had charge of the sana-
torium in which said minor child was
born and who would be most likely
to know the parents of said child
your petitioners are unable to ascer-
tain the name of the father of said
child, and your petitioners believe that
said parents were never married to
each other.
That said parents, both father and
mother, have wilfully deserted and
neglected to provide proper care and
maintenance for said minor child for
more than one year last proceeding
the time of the filing of this petition
and your petitioners believe that said
parents are either concealed within
said state or are not at present within
the boundaries of the State of Ore
gon.
That your petitioners for the reas-
ons above stated are unable to Sc
cure the consent of the parents OF
said minor child but desire this court
to exercise its discretion and appoint
some suitable person to act in this
proceeding as next friend OF said
minor child to give or withhold the
consent to the adoption of said minor
infant.
That Mabel A. DeLong is a suitable
person to act in this proceeding as
next friend of the child and to give
or withhold the consent aforesaid.
That your petitioners are of suf-
fcient ability to bring up the child
and furnish suitable nurture and ed
ucation for said little one.
That said petitioners desire the
name of said child to be changed from
Dorothy Maebelle Johnson to Dorothy
Maebelle Stafford.
Wherefore, your petitioners pray
for an order of this court directing
that copy of the petition and order
therein be served upon the parents OF
the said Dorothy Maebelle johnson by
publication thereof, once a week fol
three successive weeks in newspaper
printed in Polk County, Oregon, name
| iy: Polk County Observer, and said
order to provide that the last publica-
ton thereof shall be made at least foui
weeks before the time appointed fol-
the final hearing of this matter, to-
wit; four weeks prior to the fourth
day of September, 1914, said order
also to require the parents of said
child to appear and show cause, if any
there be, why the said Dorothy Mae
belle johnson should not be adopted
by your petitioners and changing the
name of said minor child to Dorothy
I Maebelle Stafford, and for such other
and different relief as this court sees
fit to allow.
M'NARY, SMITH & SHIELDS,
Attorneys for Petitioners
G. r. STAFFORD,
L. DAE STAFFORD,
Petitioners. Fri.July24-Aug.7