Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-16
TERSE TALES or TOWN
LOCAL NEWS OF DALLAS AND
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD
Personal Paragraphs Pertaining to
People and Their Movements,
Cleaned by Observer.

The High School Athletic club ask
The Observer to announce that al
persons who purchased season tickets
for the basketball games will receive
a refund for unplayed games by leav
ing their tickets with Superintendent
Ford or Jack Eakin.
Miss Nora Seifarth is slowly recov.
ering from severe attack Of pneu-
monia.
Barham & Sellers have begun work
in dead earnest on the two houses for
George Brown on east Main street.
The mumps, that have been so prev
aent of late in these parts, have been
giving Assessor Myers more than his
quota the past few days.
Salem has no skating rink and her
young people are coming over to Dal-
las every few evenings to enjoy them
selves an hour or two on the floor of
our rink, get a drink or two of our
pure water and inhale the invigOrating
atmosphere waited down from the
mountains. An auto truck load was
over Thursday evening.
Miss Opal Wells spent Sunday with
her brother at Lebanon.
Mr.. Wayne Henry of Spring Valley
was Dallas visitor on Saturday. He
went to Portland yesterday to serve
on the United States jury.
Sheriff Orr made an automobile trip
to Ballston on Friday, but he won't
do it again until there is improvement
in the roads. He mired five times 60
ing and four times coming.
Joseph Isaac of Grand Ronde IS
wearing crutches as a result OF having
severely cut his foot while manipulate
ing an axe.
Willamina has lady barber. There
is no complaint from that establish
ment about business being dull.
The business men Of Amity are
working for a school fair, to be held
at the high school building there next
fall.
Mr.. Riley will break ground next
week for concrete building on Wash
ington street, and will rush it to com
pletion as fast as possible.
Judge Teal spent Sunday at his
home near Falls City, as is his Gus
tom.
C. ]. Shreeve is planning to secure
additional room for his garage.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Martin enter
tanned a number Of friends at cards
last Friday evening.
The Dallas chautauqua will open
this year on July 3, few days later
than last season.
Mr. M. D. Ellis will commence the
erection of a handsome new bungalow
as soon as weather will permit.
Mr.. George Gerlinger has returned
from business trip to San Francisco.
The "musical comedy" at the
Grand theater Saturday night, given
by number of itinerant damsels, was
pronounced as being the worse ever.
Mrs. Winnie Braden, secretary OF
the County Fair association, has re-
Gently visited several towns Of the
county in the interest Of the fall
event.
Mrs. Wayne Henry of Spring Val
lev has returned from Illinois, where
she spent several weeks visiting her
parents.
A. V. R. Snyder is not looking for
the appointment of district deputy
sealer of weights and measures. He
says the territory is too large for one
man to cover.
The last of the material for the
change in the lighting system has ar
rived and the new order of things will
prevail in the near future.
Mr.. H. c. Eallin and family will
move to their ranch as soon as their
new residence thereon can be com
pleted.
Mr., Uglow is painting his one-story
store buildings OH Mill street.
7. j. Merricl, of Buell. was in Dal-
las the other day trying to induce the
county court to locate a rock crusher
in that section There is said to be
much rock easy of access in that To-
cality. while river gravel is difficult
to get.
Mrs. Ed. White of Buell. recently
met with an accident while driving. in
which she suffered quite serious bruis-
es. The yoke strap broke, and the
team she was driving ran away.
Mr.. w. J. Burns of Monmouth was
a Dallas business visitor yesterday.
Dallas eetion is rapidly develop
ing the oairy industry. There are
several registered herds, and more ,
coming.
State Will Choose Route.
1t now develops that the selection
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