Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1917-01-02
TERsE TALES OF TOWN
LOCAL NEWS OF DALLAS AND
THIS NEIGHBoRHooD.
Personal Paragraphs Pertaining to
People and Their Movements,
Cleaned by Observer.

Among the men who attended the
budget meeting Friday at the court
house were G. W. McCamey of Inde-
pendence, 0. E. Focht of Ballston, c.
V. johnson of Airlie and L. Grice of
the Eola hills.
L. S. Finseth and T. E. Campbell
were weekend visitors in Portland,
Wash, where they attended D. O.
X. K. ceremonial.
Miss Retta Claggett of Salem is
spending the week with her aunt,
Mrs. Roy Savage.
Mrs. Walter Reynolds of Rosedale
spent Sunday with her brother, Roy
Savage.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Goodrich of
Salem visited last week with their
daughter, Mrs. Roy Savage.
Mrs. Rose Pratt Of Salem is visit
ing for few days with Mrs. Roy
Savage.
Misses Florence Kopan Of Corvallis,
/. N. Kopan, and Miss Elizabetl Ko-
pan were guests of MI. and Mrs. 0. L.
Chenoweth yesterday.
WILDER L. Rogers of Great Falls,
Montana, visited over the weekend
in this city.
Wally Caldwell of Pomona, Califor-
mia, was in the city over the weekend.
Max Flannery of Perrydale was in
the city Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Campbell visit
ed over the New Year with relatives
in Salem.
Among the recent guests at the Ho-
tel Gail were Horace N. Steele of Sa-
lem, Edith johnson of Falls City, v.
L. Guild of Independence and C. E.
Short of Albany.
Ed. Hines is in Monmouth today to
make final estimate upon the cost
of the Monmouth paving.
Paul Bilyeu returned to Portland
Sunday after several days. visit
with his father, Charles Bilyeu. Mrs.
Sena Bilyeu was the guest of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. V. Lynch, and
with friends in Bridgeport.
Miss Adella Piasecki of Portland,
sister of r. X. Piasecki, has been at
the Piasecki home the past week. Mrs.
Piasecki is improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Gettlman and
child and Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hart
ing and child were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Gerlinger December a. G..
J, Bayless and Eugene Bayless, Of
San Francisco, were Christmas din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Ger
linger.
Mrs. Jim Hunter and daughter.
Margaret, went to Portland Friday
for couple of days.
Claude Richardson has left for Sac
ramento, California. to take the S. P.
examination for motorman.
Louie Husser and daughter. Miss
Marguerite Husser. spent Sunday
with Salem friends.
Jacob Mehl and family arrived last
week from Camas, Idaho, and are
moving onto their S3-acre farm locat-
ed near the cement plant west of
town. He expects to put a small saw
mill on the place this winter
George Gerlinger spent the week.
end in Portland >
Mr.. and Mrs D. E. Elements of
Portland visited over Christmas week
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. L. J.
Clements. Mr. Clements returned to
Portland and Mrs. Clements will re-
main for a longer visit.
Mr. and Mrs. George Gerlinger were
patrons for the university of Oregon
alumni dance in Portland last week
and are also patrons for the Kappa
Gamma fraternity dance this week in
Portland.
Sheriff John W. Orr was a Sunday |
visitor in Portland.
f. X. Piaseeki. district attorney for
Polk county, opened his office in the
court house today and will handle pri.
vate practice as well as matters per-
tanning to the duties of his office.
Mrs. Fay Gregory of Dallas was
registered at Hotel Portland. Port
land, Oregon, yesterday.
DIR. R. C. Virgil is in Portland to
attend the meeting of the state ex-
aminers of candidates for osteopathie
Miss Norma Holman left the hos
pital this morning after eonfine-
ment of several days.
W. 7. Foster, father of DR.. C. L.
Foster, was operated upon yesterday
at the Dallas hospital. Mr..
Foster rallied splendidly from the
shock.
A ten-pound boy was born Wednes-
iay to Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Klassen in
north Dallas.
High school classes resumed this
This is "class" day in the court
house. Fred ]. Holman is tutoring
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