Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-19
TERSE TALES OF TOWN
LOCAL NEWS OF DALLAS AND
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
Personal Paragraphs Pertaining to
People and Their Movements,
Cleaned by Observer.


l, 1914, there were five bobcats and
three cougar killed in Polk county,
for which a bounty of $50 was paid.
During last year 60,520 game fish
were liberated in the streams of the
county, surely very poor showing.
During the same period there were
eleven violations of the game laws
and ten convictions, the fines imposed
being $780,
The Camp Fire Girls are kept very
busy nowadays preparing for the big
event which will be advertised later
in this paper. The Camp Fire girls
meet at the home of Mrs. H. A.
Woods Monday evening for social
and business meeting combined.
Mr.. Petre of Airlie was a Dallas
visitor on Wednesday.
The Observer erred on Tuesday in
stating that DR.. Cherrington is ma
tive of Pennsylvania, and in so doing
subjected itself to an action for libel.
The gentleman is an Ohioan, sab.
Mr.. L. d. Brown is busily engaged
in making repairs to his farm house
Immediately beyond the city limits
on the Salem road. Lot will soon be-
come a granger.
Sheriff Orr has this week thorough
ly renovated the county Jail. The in
terror has been cleaned and repainted.
Deputy Sheriff Hooker was bus
mess visitor to Falls City on Wednes-
day.
+. M. Shuck of Airlie was a Dal-
las visitor on Tuesday.
Mrs. l.. B. Hixon, Jr., has been
guest of her mother, Mrs. Bessie
Lloyd of Salem, portion of the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Horn of Port
land, parents of C. M. Horn, are in
the city to reside until the first of
June.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Tedrow are at
home from Monmouth, after spending
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city, where their son, C. E. Tedrow,
and family, former Corvallisites, now
reside.-Corvalli Times.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Cleveland of
Falls City mourn the loss of their
seven-months-old son, death having
occurred on Wednesday. They have
many sympathizing friends in their
bereavement.
Mr.. Cal. Shepherd is recovering
from a case Of the mumps.
Miss Nora Siefarth, who has been
seriously i'll with pneumonia, is re-
ported to be some better today.
The Ladies Aid society of Rickre-
all gave an entertainment at Artisan
hall last Wednesday evening, which
was well attended and much enjoyed
by those present.
Only ten days more in which to Ii
quidate one half of your taxes to save
the penalty.
The state had ordered six hundred
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give that industry trial.
Tillamook county poultry fanciers
have organized an association.
Mrs. Emma Hinshaw represented
the Falls City Pythian Sisters in
the grand lodge meeting at Albany
this week.
Mr.. Shreve has sold an automobile
each day during the past week, and |
hopes to make the seventh deal to-
day. And yet we complain that |
times are hard.
Mrs. Hattie Tice of Falls City was
in the city yesterday.
The Dallas Mercantile company has
moved portion of its stock into the
building recently occupied by Fidler.
Attorney McNary of Salem trans
acted business at the court house yes
terday.
Mrs. A. j. Goodman of Portland
has been a guest at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. J. r. Craven this week.
l.. II. Schultz of Sellwood, formerly
a resident of this city, was a visitor
here this week.
The Sterling Furniture company
has a change of advertisement today,
to which your attention is directed.
The farmers of the Rickreall dis
trict will probably have direct tele
l,lln ]
Under present conditions they are
compelled to "get" Dallas through
Independence.
J. J. Gillian, a native of Polk coun-
ty, died at Roseburg on Wednesday,
aged &C years. He had suffered with
paralysis for some time.