Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-30
TERsE TALES OF TOWN
LOCAL NEWS OF DALLAS AND
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
Personal Paragraphs Pertaining to
People and Their Movements,
Cleaned by Observer.

lands near Dallas, VIII soon engage III
the hotel business at Corvallis.
Governor Withycombe has been in
vited by Henry Ford to become a
member Of the party of 100 who will
soon visit Europe on mission OF
peace, but the chief executive has
declined to join the excursion.
W. E. Shafer of Mccoy was Dali
las business visitor on Friday and
Saturday.
Mrs. William Kaerth was Salem
visitor on Saturday, and as a conse-
quence "Bill" was forced to dine out.
Carl Fenton, teaching at Eugene,
spent the weekend with his parents
in this city.
A. N. Halleck Of Monmouth, one of
the republican wheelhorses of that
section, was business visitor to Dali
las on Saturday.
A magician claiming to be nephew
of Hermann, the great, gave per-
formance at The Grand last Friday
night, bringing out many clever old
chestnuts in that line.
Mr.. Chapman has practically com
pleted the garage building on Main
street, and within a few days it will
be occupied by Mr.. Shreeve, agent
for Ford automobiles in this section.
Holmes & Grant were the builders.
G. W. McGowan of Hopville was
a Dallas visitor on Saturday, as was
also his son, Warren, winner OF the
state championship ON sow and litter
of pigs at the Oregon fair last fall.
Mrs. E. E. Paddock of Indepen-
dence spent last Friday in Dallas, the
guest of friends.
The family of Mr.. Tankersley, who
recently purchased the Simonton &
Scott stock, will move hither from
Corvallis this week. They will re-
side in the Uglow house on Court
street.
Mrs. H. I. Price returned yester-
day from Woodburn, where she spent
the weekend with her parents.
Mrs. Monroe Mulkey Of Monmouth
spent the weekend with Mrs. Chas
II. Morris.
Thos. Cathe1wood expects to leave
in few days for his former home
in North Dakota, whittier he goes or
a visit to his aged mother and to
play "svenskitch' with some of his
old Swedish neighbors.
Miss Helen May Scott, who has
been guest in the family of hei
sister, Mrs. A. L. Martin, for some
weeks past, departed on Friday fol
her home in Ashland.
H. Hirschberg of Independence was
transacting business in Dallas on Fri
day.
o. I. Chenoweth of the high sehoo
faculty spent the Thanksgiving holi
days as guest of Salem friends.
Miss Gladys Cartwright of the higf
school faculty spent the Thanksgiv
ing holidays with her parents at Sa
lem.
Cleve Burch was a recent McMinn
vile visitor.
Cassius Sibley, a student at O. A
c., was a guest of his cousin, j. E
Sibley, during the weekend. Hi:
home is in California.
Mrs. A. j. Hastings and Miss
Gladys Martin have gone to Califor'
MIA to spend the winter.
Mrs. o. C. Ramsdale spent las
week with Hillsboro relatives.
Nathan Manock, a student at o. A
c., spent the latter days of the week
with his brother, Carl Manock, OF
this city
Mrs. C. s. Chaplin was the recen
guest of her son, Luther j. Chaplin oi
Salem.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. j. Craven returned tC
4 Dallas on Friday, after having spen
Thanksgiving with relatives at Sheri
dan.
Mrs. George Hodges spent portioi
of last week with her mother at New
berg.
Mrs. C. B. Sundberg is at hom
from two months visit in Sal
Francisco.
Mrs. Peter Boscow and daughter
Miss Stella. of Hillsboro. were reeen
guests in the home of Mr.. and Mrs
d. P. Patterson.
Miss Gertrude Pollow was a Port
land visitor on Saturday.
H. C. Seymour, county school su
perintendent, and II. II. Parsons, rur
al school supervisor. attended a meet
ing of the Parent Teachers associa
tion at Greenwood on Friday evening
The department IS lantern and man.
interesting slides were taken L
Greenwood and Mr., Seymour's tall
in connection with the pictures wa
an interesting feature of the meet
ing.
Mrs. II. z. Tharp of Rainier, Ore
gon. is guest of her sister-in-law
Mrs. Charles Gregory.
Miss Sadie Linn. who is teaehin
at the Montavilla school at Portland
spent the Thanksgiving holidays wit
her parents here.
Miss Ella Carpenter was at tn
home of her parents here during III
Thanksgiving holidays. Miss Carper
ter. who is teaching at the Montavill
school. had as her guest, Miss N.Y.
tie Davis, who teaches at the sam
school.