Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1917-02-16
TERsE TALES OF TOWN
LOCAL NEWS OF DALLAS AND
THIS NEIGHBORHoOD.
Personal Paragraphs Pertaining to
People and Their Movements,
Cleaned by Observer.

Lew A. Gates is driving a 191,
model Velie Six Forty touring CA
which he received from Portland thii
week.
T. W. Scott left Tuesday evening
for his home in Roseburg after Wis
it of a few days with relatives al
Gillian. He has just returned from
an extensive trip through Idaho ant
Montana.
Oliver Smith was up from Portland
this week looking after the surveying
of his old home place near Lewis.
vile.
Claude Richardson has returned
from Sacramento, where he has been
qualifying as motorman on gasoline
motor cars. He has been placed on
the run between Salem and Dallas.
Joe Helgerson was in McMinnville
the latter part of the week on bust
ness.
l.. D. Brown, F. E. Kersey, Judge
Coad, Alvie Morton, and Chas. Greg
ory were in Salem Tuesday attending
the legislature.
Mrs. Pauline Aulen went to Salem
Tuesday to acquaint herself with the
machinery and topics of legislation.
Floyd Ellis of 0. A. C. will spend
the weekend with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. M. d. Ellis.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. d. Hubbard and
sons spent last week at Scots mills
with the families of Claude Stanton
and August Percy, old-time friends of
the Hubbards. Mr.. Hubbard likes the
country around Scots Mills and may
locate there in the near future.
Probably no motion picture ever
shown in Dallas has received the at
tendance that is promised for the be-
loved Grimm fairy tale, "SnoU
White" which is to be shown at the
Orpheum on Sunday and Monday.
This is one of the new Paramount pic
tnres in which charming Marguerite
Clark takes the leading role. Three
weeks ago it was shown to nearly a
half million people in Kansas City
N two days. Mr.. Smith has arranged
10 have four shows on Sunday at
2:15, 4:15, 7:15 and 9:15 to accommo-
date the large number of people from
all parts of Polk county, as well as
from Dallas, who are planning to see
it.
Lawman Conner of Perrydale un-
derwent an operation at the Dallas
hospital Tuesday afternoon. DR.. A.
B. Starbuck, assisted by DR.. B. H. |
MeCallon performed the operation.
Harold Frink of Falls City was in
iured in the Falls City sawmill Mon
day. Mr., Frink was taken to the
Dallas hospital Tuesday, where he
will receive medical attention.
Ernest MeCallon was in Indepen-
dence Wednesday evening.
Ray Smith visited with friends in
Independence Wednesday.
Elwyn Craven was an Independence
visitor Wednesday.
+. NJ. Tankersley returned the fore
part OF the week from Portland with
q Hudson-six touring ear, which he
purchased there.
Mr., and Mrs. Hood Craven left
Wednesday morning for Portland af-
ter a visit with Dallas relatives and
friends.
Mrs. H. f. Muscott has been visit
ing at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. L.
J. Chaplin in Salem this week.
Mrs. Henry Stats visited in Falls
City Wednesday.
Mrs. W. V. Fuller returned Tues
day afternoon from Salem, where she
visited her husband and the legisla-
ltI
Mrs. George Hawkins spent Tues
iay in Portland.
Mrs. A. A. Newbill viii undergo
In operation at the Dallas hospital
his morning: DR.. V. =. Stats is the
Ittending physician.
Mr.. and Mrs. Manly Bevens Of Air