Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-24

edly garnering fish flesh from tn
sparkling Rickreall. The first repor
was that the trio came home with full
baskets, but when they came back +
normal way of thinking they admit
ted that the three of them brough
home thirteen trout.
O. Snyder and wife returned from
Portland on Sunday after a visit Of
several days.
Harry Buyers came down from
Portland Sunday to visit his family
here.
Miss Alice Blake of Salem was a
Sunday visitor at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. A. C. Peterson.
Miss Edith Holbrook returned from
Newport with Mr.. and Mrs. w. j.
Kaerth and is visiting at their home
for few. days.
c. Z. Herren of Monmouth was in
Dallas yesterday. He has twelve acres
of hops there, from which he expects
to harvest 1000 pounds to the acre.
He also has a yard near Indepen-
dence.
An eight-pomd boy has frightened
the nome OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Webster. The little stranger arrived
at five O'Clock Saturday evening.
Judge H. H. Belt and Oscar Hayter
left for Portland yesterday to attend
the joint meeting of the Oregon and
Washington Bar associations.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Dykstra of Bu-
ena Vista have just returned from
Neskowin, where they have been
spending their vacation.
w. C. Cook and family and Miss
Clara Peterson of McMinnville mo-
tored to Dallas and spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. A. V. R. Snyder,
who also entertained Mrs. G. Z. l..
Snyder and son of Salem on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Croisant, who
have spent several days with Mr.. and
MIS-. Charles Hays, left Sunday for
their home at Coweta, Oklahoma. Mr..
Croisant is Mrs. Hays brother.
Miss Gertrude Irwin has joined her
sister Mary at Gearhart for stay of
ten days.
Allie Houck Of Salem was in Dallas
yesterday paying taxes on his proper
ty in Polk county.
The Richmond lane, north OF the
city, has been graded and is now be-
ing graveled. Mr.. McCarter of Buena
Vista has the contract for graveling.
Mr.. ]. H. Shepherd and family
will leave Dallas today for Lincoln,
Nebraska, where Mr.. Shepherd will
engage in the real estate business.
He had been in the jewelry business
here for a number of years.
The Cozy Corner, now under new
management, has an announcement in
The Observer today, to which atten-
ton is directed.
If it doesn't rain to scare them out,
Rev. Bennett, Ray Bowles and Claire
Snyder will compose a trio that will
leave Thursday for few days out
ing up at the Rock house, an old
hunters rendezvous that is almost
forgotten in these days of hunting
popular resorts. They will take fire
arms, ammunition and fishing tackle
in abundance, and if, in the course of
few days, you happen to see huge
clusters of fish bones and three fine
heads of spreading antlers vending
their way out on the highways or
down our streets, don t be frightened;
it will be only the gallant nimrods
and sportive anglers returning.
The bad check artist has been at
work in Dallas during the past week,
two business men having been victim
lied out of small amounts.
Alderman Knight has 250 peach
trees of the Charlotte variety that are
just coming into bearing and is now
his crop, which he consid-
ers good for trees of their age.
Rev. Professor L. R. Smith of
Western Union college, LIE Mars, Ia,
will occupy the pulpit of The United
Evangelical church, of this city at the
IL a. m. service, Sunday, August 20.
The Ladies Aid society will meet at
the home of Mrs. Josie Griffin, Levens
street, Wednesday, August %, at
80 p. m.
Edwin Jacobsen is taking advan-
tage of the delightful weather to put |
4 new roof on his fine residence at |
Clay and Main streets.
J. R. Sibley returned from Port
land on Sunday with his brothers-in-
law, E. D. Freshwater and L. c.
Feiger of Fairfield, Illinois. who will
'pend several days visiting here. Mr..
Freshwater and Mr.. Feiger have been
making an extended tour about the
country and included the California
'airs.