Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1917-01-05
TERSE TALES OF TOWN
LOCAL NEWS OF DALLAS AND
THIS NEIGHBoRHooD.
Personal Paragraphs Pertaining TO
People and Their Movements,
Cleaned by Observer.

guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Rollo
in Salem.
Mrs. Fred Suver has recovered
from an attack of the grip.
Miss Ethel Van Nortwick and Ma
than Manock returned Tuesday after
noon from a ten days. visit in Cottage
Grove.
Miss Carrie Seaman has returned
to her Independence home after va
cation in this city.
County Commissioner c. W. Beck
ett was in the city the first part OF
the week to attend the sessions OF
the county court.
Mrs. C. C. Garfield of New Haven,
Conn, was Hotel Gail visitor Tues
day.
Miss Edith Anderson returned
Tuesday from her parents home in
Carlton, Oregon.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Riser return
ed Monday night from their honey
moon trip.
Mrs. Charlie Gregory returned
Tuesday from Portland.
Miss Bob McCallon returned Mon
day night from Portland.
Miss Ruth Num- of Portland spent
New Years day here with her parents.
John Birks and Lawrence Birks OF
Ballston registered at the Hotel Gail
Tuesday.
Mrs. Henry Stump left Thursday
for a visit with friends in Albany.
S. F. Kingsbury of Independence
and Lafe Edwards of Airlie were iD
the city Tuesday.
Leslie Wells was a recent salem Wis
itor.
w. r. Hinshaw and wife Of Falls
City spent the fore part Of the week
with County School Superintendent
and Mrs Crowley. Mr. Hinshaw is a
brother of Mrs. Crowley.
Miss Helen Baird has returned to
Portland, where she is taking busi-
ness course, after spending the Christ
mas holidays with her mother, Mrs.
N. Baird and her grandmother, Mrs.
Nellie Webb.
Walter L. Tooze was in Falls City
on business Tuesday evening.
W. F. Nichols, formerly of Falls
City, but now of Portland, was in
the city on business one day last
week.
Miss Gladys Cartwright, a member
of the Dallas high school faculty, is
seriously i'll at her home in Salem.
Mrs. Bonnie Smith is teaching in Miss
Cartwright's place during her Rb-
sence.
Marshall Blessing of Portland
spent New Years at the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Sol Blessing.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Fiddaman
and children, Of Albany, visited over
New Years at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Stump.
Miss Ella Moffet has returned to
this city after few days visit at
the home of friends in Salem.
r. U. Steelquist was in Albany
Tuesday to confer with District Man
ager White of the Byllesby Oregon
Power company.
Roy Farley is one of the men who
is trying for a place on the university
of Oregon basketball team.
Walter Hooker of Independence
was a New Years day visitor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wolverton of Mon
mouth visited at the John W. Orr
home New Years day Mr.. Wolver-
ton returned Tuesday and Mrs. VOL
verton Wednesday.
J. r. Evans of Monmouth on We'd
nesday visited at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. d. A. JaIman.
Maurice Schwab has returned to
his home in Fairview, after spending |
New Years at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Marshall in this city.
J.,D. Smith is improving after an
illness of several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter l.. Tooze, Jr.,
returned the first of the week from a
visit at the home of +. D. Barrett
in Eugene.
William F. Lee Of Falls City was in
the city Wednesday to attend the
first meeting of the county court and
to collect bounty for wild eat which
he shot recently. Not long ago Mr..
Lee brought down a bear. He attrib-
utes much of his success to his dogs,
foxhounds. which he proudly says are
as good as any in the valley.
Miss Grace Porter has assumed her
duties as assistant to County School
Superintendent Crowley.
U. S. Grant, eornet, D. V. Polling,
piano, and John C. Uglow, cello, are
members of an orchestra which will
play at the installation of the officers
of the Eastern Star Tuesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Fl. Hicok return
ed Tuesday evening to their home in
Colusa. California, after attending
the Lucas-Hicok wedding.
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