Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-15
TERSE TALES OF TOWN
LOCAL NEWS OF DALLAS AND
THIS NEIGHBoRHoOD.
Personal Paragraphs Pertaining to
People and Their Movements,
Cleaned by Observer.

secretary of the Oswego-Portland Ce
ment company, regarding the engin
eering work in connection with th'
company's railroad work here and a
Roseburg.
o. B. Stauff, partner of c. A. Nc
Arthur in the ownership and opera
tion of the Macarthur & Stautf stocl
ranch, was in the city on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Boals have re
turned from two weeks trip to Sar
Francisco, where they attended the
exposition and visited friends.
Prof. and Mrs. j. V. B. Butler o1
Monmouth were in Dallas on Monday
evening enroute home, after a busl-
ness trip ITO Salem.
Mr. Livermore is having lumber
hauled to his farm just north OF
Smithfeld for the erection of a sub
stantial addition to his house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Elliott left on
Tuesday to visit the fairs at Sar
Francisco and San Diego, and expect
to return in about three weeks.
Clarence Butts, Newberg attorney
and former member of the state legis-
lature, was transacting business in
the city early in the week.
William Riddle of Monmouth trans
acted business in Dallas on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Mannock spent
Sunday with friends at Woodburn.
Bernard Friesen has traded his prop
erty on Burch street for the property
of Heinrich Paul on Hayter street.
Both are good pieces of realty.
FL. G. Campbell spent several days
this week transacting business in
Portland.
Joe Brown, the sage of Salt Creek,
was in town Tuesday, spinning his old
yarns and some new ones to the
"boys.
Mayor George Frazure of West Sa-
lem is recovering from an operation
for stomach trouble.
Word has been received from the
bedside of G.. P. MacGregor, who is
i'll at Portland hospital, that his
condition is very much improved and
hopes are entertained for his speedy
recovery.
Eugene R. Houston of Salem was
in Dallas on Tuesday afternoon, trans
acting business.
Neil Burton Baldwin, of Salem, per-
sonal stenographer to the governor,
was Dallas visitor on Tuesday after
noon.
Mrs. Conrad Stafrin, as head of the
civic department, announces that a sill
yer tea will be held in the club rooms
Tuesday afternoon, October 18th, to
which the women of Dallas are cordi-
ally invited.
"The Birth of the Nation" as
shown by the movies, has been booked
for Dallas, but it will probably be
ninety days before it will be present
ed here for one day only. This photo
play has attracted no little attention
at Portland, where is has been seen
by many Dallasites.
Road work throughout the county
is fast coming to close for the
present season. Roadmaster Finn will
probably be retained by the county
court during the winter.
Jack Eakin is playing on the o. A.
Q. second football team, and we pre-
lict that he will be a headliner next
,eason.
The European war as shown by the
.amera attracted large audiences at
he Grand Wednesday night. The pie
ures were taken so near to the real
'attles as to give startling effect.
The training building at the Mon
mouth normal is now under roof, and
s being rushed to completion with
'emarkable rapiditN 1
J. IL. Foster of this city registered
It the Perkins in Portland on Tues
lay
c, H. nrask of Falls City spent the
week with Corvallis relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. McCready of
corvallis spent Sunday with Mon
mouth friends.
Miss Vera Burns. Portland school
eacher. spent the weekend at the
Iome of her mother, Mrs. Martha
Burns, in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Boyer of Bear
amp were in Dallas yesterday, re-
urning home in the afternoon. The
'oyer family recently made an au-
omobile trip to Eastern Oregon,
there they spent several weeks very
Judge John B. Teal has been in his
flee the greater part of the week,
etmning to his home in Falls City
ach evening, where he is being nurs-
d back to health by Mrs. Teal. The :
idge is feeling pretty ''limp."
Eighteen carloads of hops, gathered
rom points between Independence !
nd Corvallis, were shipped direct to
Iew York this week.
l.. s. Finseth of Dallas has beer
ppointed district deputy, X. of p,
,r the counties of Polk and Marion.
The Tri-County Medical society will a
eet at the hospital for the insane, \
alem, next Tuesday evening. when
ie dentists of Polk. Marion and a
amhill counties will attend.
s. L. Stewart of Mccoy was a Dal. a
5 visitor yesterday. +
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