Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-08-17
day, having left here early this morn

day, having left here early this morn
ing.
Mrs. 0. H. Osmond and daughter,
Hazelle, of Newark, ILL.,, arrived Sun
day for a few days visit with Rev.
Geo. H. Bennett and family.
State Forester Elliott was in town
on Monday, having come hither from
Newport by automobile, making the
trip via Blodgett in five hours.
Prof. F. G. Chute and wife of Bel
lingham, Washington, where the pro-
fessor is member of the Normal fac
ulty, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. H.
C. Seymour last Saturday. Prof.
Chute was formerly principal of the
Independence schools.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. C. Seymour and
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. W. Meyers left this
morning by automobile for Bar View,
on the Tillamook coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert McNeal of
Walla Walla, Washington, arrived in
Dallas today to visit friends and rel
atives. Mrs. Neal has ranch near
town, on which a hop house is being
built by Curt Hubbard.
S. B. Taylor, Jr., aged ten years,
underwent an operation for adenoids
by DR.. Starbuck yesterday.
Claude Shaw, formerly of Dallas,
and now of Payette, Idaho, where he
is an instructor in the Y. M. C. A., is
here visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Shaw.
S. P. Dalton of Columbia, Mo-, is
visiting his uncle, E. V. Dalton, in
Dallas for few days. Mr.. Dalton
has been away from home since May
2S, and will return about September
Is, after having travelled through all
the western states. He is engaged
principally in acquiring collegiate de-
grees and will enter the University OF
Missouri this fell to take law course
that will entitle him to his fifth di-
ploma.
The Star Transfer company com
pleted its rock-hauling contract for
the county on Saturday, and returned
its auto trucks from Falls City on
that day.
The harvesting of fall grains will
be practically finished by the close
Of the week.
Fred G. Buchtel, deputy state seal
er of weights and measures, was in
Dallas Friday transacting business in
connection with the bureau he repre-
sents.
Miss Left Bulger Of Sheridan was
guest last week of Miss Pauline
Snyder. Miss Bulger is now visiting
Professor Teats and family near
Black Rock, where the professor is II
fire warden.
. Miss Georgiana Fiske returned on
Monday from Newport, where she
had been spending a pleasant vaca-
ton with her mother and sister, who
are expected home today.
Thomas Stockwell, c. G. Coad and
John Grant returned yesterday FROM
hunting trip. The trio brought sew
eral fine deer they had killed in the
l1lls near Black Rock.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. T. Bolton and lit
tie children, Margaret and Floyd,
with Mrs. G. Spilman as their guest,
passed through Dallas yesterday en-
route from Portland to Newport,
where they will spend week s vaca-
ton. Mr. Bolton is driving an auto
mobile which he rebuilt and put in al
most new condition after it was ap-
parently hopelessly destroyed by fire.
Mr.. Bolton is superintendent OF the
Northwest Auto company Of Port
land.
Mrs. A. M. McNicol' s father and
brother, Andrew and Theodore Berge,
who have been visiting here for over
week, left Monday for their home
near Tampico, Ill. On their way
home they expect to visit relatives at
La Parte, MINI.
George Swinderman has sold his
confectionery store on Court street
to Mr.. Reed of Woodburn, who will
take charge of the business next
week.
Florence A. Hofer, Alice NJ. Dab
ney, Allan A. BynOn and Kenneth
Moores, all of Salem, made up an au-
tomobile party that visited in Dallas
last evening.
Drs. A. A. and F. E. Griff Of Port
land spent Monday in Dallas looking
after their farm near this city, and
proceeded to Newport, where they
will spend a vacation.
George Swinderman has a huge
spider of some tropical species which
he found in bunch of bananas he
unpacked in his store last week. The
spider offered the folks in the store
little excitement when they first
tried to catch and bottle it.
Misses Lucy and Florence kopan
and Gertrude Pollow left on Monday
/ for Washington, where they will