Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-27
EERsE TALES OF TOWN
LOCAL NEWS OF DALLAS AND
THIS NEIGHBoRHooD.
Personal Paragraphs Pertaining te
People and Their Movements,
Cleaned by Observer.

Union college, lie Mars, Iowa, wht
will be a guest of Prof. and Mrs
Metzger until sometime next week
when the teachers will return to LIZ
Mars together. On Monday Prof
Metzger, Mr.. Smith, and the Rev. C.
P. Gates of Dayton will journey in
to the Siletz to spend several days
fishing.
The Salem high school graduates
of 1911 held picnic near Indepen-
dence Wednesday night, going up the
river from the capital by boats.
Tracy Stats caught cold on his
recent trip to the beach that has con-
fined him to his home most OF the
time since his return. He has moi
been at the store since last Saturday
night, but his condition is not serious,
according to the ending physician
Fred Zeller, bookkeeper for the
Spalding Lumber company, and first
lieutenant of Company L, O. N. g.,
went to Cottage Grove this week to
look into the moving picture show
business there with view to OPEN
ing new house or taking over one of
those already established. Mr.. Eel
Ter returned satisfied with his inves-
tigation and content to keep out of
the motion picture business.
Prof. and Mrs. James E. Dunton
and son, Leslie, visited in Dallas and
their former home at Falls City on
Tuesday. Prof. Dunton was superin-
tendent of schools at Falls City for a
number of years, and now occupies a
similar position at Cottage Grove.
The family has been motoring
through the state and is returning to
Cottage Grove for school opening.
The ladies of the Christian church
will hold cooked food sale at
Black s grocery Saturday, August %.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Boyer Of Bear
camp, for many years residents Of
Dallas, may again make this city their
home. Mr.. Boyer is now negotiating
for property near town.
Miss Lucy Mayer of Milwaukee,
Wis, is visiting at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Edward j. Hines. Miss
Mayer has visited Yellowstone Ma
tional park and the exposition at San
Francisco, and will return home in
about two weeks, by way of the Ca
madam Pacific.
Mr.. and Mrs. U. S. Grant departed
on Wednesday for Sweet Home, Linn
county, where they will remain until
tnn Intt nd
friends.
Judge Harry H. Belt attended the
joiA meeting of the Washington and
Oregon Bar association, held in Port
land, the first of the week, and was
one of the judges entertained by the
University club.
Mrs. W. P. Miller, treasurer of the
local W. C. T. u, requests all men,
bers who are indebted to the union to
liquidate the same prior to September
10.
Mrs. A. L. Martin has been confin-
ed to her home this week by rheuma-
tism.
A. w. Fletcher. prominent hop
grower of the Buell. neighborhood,
was a Dallas business visitor Monday
afternoon.
Miss Emma Shelton has returned
from a visit with relatives and
friends at Newport and jefferson.
Mrs. j. P. Aldrich of Oregon City
was a guest at the home of her daugh-
ters, Mrs. Chas. Bennett and Mrs. W.
S. Cary, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Riser are spend
ing a few weeks at Newport. They
were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
Jansen and family of Mountain Lake,
Minnesota, who are visiting at the
Riser home. Mrs. Jansen is a daugh-
ter of the Rissers.
Ray Boydston has returned from
an extended visit in Newport.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Ii. Wehrung of
Hillsboro toured through Dallas on
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Therlow Tyler Smith
have returned from a short outing at
DEVILS Lake in the Salmon river
country.
Monte Wax of Salem was an over
Sunday guest at the home of friends
in this city.
DR.. and Mrs. A. B. Starbuck and
little daughter, Mary, returned Mon
day evening from several days out
ing at Ocean Park, in Tillamook coun-
ty.
Miss Ruth McCallom of Portland is
a guest at the home of Miss Maud
Barnes.
Miss Mabel Davis, who has been
visiting Miss Ella Campbell, returned
to Portland on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Withyeombe,
Jr, of Corvallis, a nephew of the
governor. were in Dallas Tuesday en-
route home after spending a vacation
at Tillamook beaches. They we're ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. George
GRAY of Salem.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Collins of
Portland are visiting at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Hart of Salt
Creek.
Miss Myrtle Davis of Mccoy is a
visitor at the home of Miss Ella Car
penter.
Ross Nelson of Independence visit
ed in Dallas Tuesday and attended
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