 APRIL 18, 1914 "Dick Whittington and His Cat" (3-reel Solax feature production.) 
"Down in Dixie" tonight. Dance at Joe Gage's, tonight. Polk County Fair, Sept. 17, 18, 19 The best show at the Gem tonight. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. A. Marson, April 14, a girl. Special council meeting, next Monday night. C. L. Starr was a Falls City visitor, yesterday. Job printing "as you like it" at The News office. Mrs. C. E. McPherren has been very ill, this week. Fritz Droege, of the Falls City hotel, went to Eugene last Sunday, on business. He returned home, yesterday Women of Woodcraft dance at Black Rock, April 25. For sale, 2 in. rough lumber; $7 per 1000. B. F. Young. Mrs. C. W. Lee returned home from Portland, Wednesday. Carl Anderson has resigned as chef at the Falls City hotel. Mrs. Fuller, of Salem, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. N. A. Lunde. High school show - "Down in Dixie" - in Wagner hall tonight. Cheap, nearly new Washing Machine. Inquire of Persey, Jeweler. W. H. Dorman is preparing 1 1/2 acres of his place for loganberries. To rent, fine little office, Mitchell street at 5th. Inquire at News office. Milk and Cream, delivered morning or evening. Call phone Blue35. One cow, fresh next week, $50 - if taken at once. J. E. Beezley, phone 271. For sale, settings of eggs; 15 for 50 cents. Inquire of Mrs. Frank Butler. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Robison visited friends in Falls City, last Sunday. Miss Murray was at Portland, Monday, replenishing her millinery stock. Vernon Estelle will visit his brother Everett, at Roseburg, about May 1. Easter services in the Falls City churches were well attended, last Sunday. Mrs. Sheldon, of Grand Junction, Colo., is visiting her sister Mrs. N. A. Lunde. Fresh Bread, Cakes, Cookies, Pies, etc., every day, at the Falls City Bakery. Roy Bowman was at home a few days this week, from the Monmouth normal school. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Krebs, April 11, a 9 pound boy, name Glenn LeRoy. Mrs. E. Gilliam, of Salem, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Moyer, last Saturday. The K. of P. home-talent show last Saturday night, was a grand success, in every way. Claude Cleaveland and wife returned Tuesday from a week's visit with relatives at Buell. Mrs. W. A. Persey and Rosie Otterbein visited friends at Salem and McCleay, over Easter. Mayor F. K. Hubbard was at Black Rock Wednesday and Thursday, registering voters. Found, finger ring; owner may have same by describing, and paying 30 cents. L. B. Wonderly. Bert Robison, owner of the old Starr place east of town, has planted four acres of loganberries. Several of our citizens have been very busy, up to the 15th, circulating petitions for candidates. Why pay rent, when you can buy a home cheap, on payments? For particulars, address 8, box Q. Abstracts of title promptly furnished. Rates reasonable. Brown & Sibley, 610 Mill St., Dallas, Or. Mr. Bird moved to Falls City this week, from Independence, and has rented M. L. Thompson's house. Mr. Race, of Portland, bridge engineer for the Dallas Lumber Co. was a Falls City visitor, Tuesday. Found, pair of spectacles in case; owner can have same by describing, and paying 15 cents for this notice. News Wanted: 50 men to buy our $10 guaranteed 17-jewel adjusted Seth Thomas Watches. Persey, Jeweler. Order your Spring Suit now, at Hartung's Talbott offers a mop, with floor polish, at $1.50, as a special for one week. Numerous other items at attractive prices. A. B. Graham returned Friday of last week, from a two weeks stay at the Portland sanitarium. He is still in poor health. Mrs. Anna Elkins celebrated her 50th birthday anniversary, last Sunday. A number of her friends and neighbors were callers. Two loggers were held up in Black Rock a few nights ago, by two strangers, and robbed of their valuables, except $50 that was over looked. The Falls City hotel property has been cleaned up and fenced and made more attractive than it has been since Tom Hollowell was forty years of age. The school directors will hold a special meeting at Talbott's store next Monday evening, for the purpose of hiring teachers and a janitor for 1914-15. The Art Club met at the residence of Mrs. Albert Teal, Tuesday. The meeting on Tuesday of next week will be held at the home of Mrs. S. H. Tetherow. Mrs. D. D. Mitchell, of Washburn, N. D., who had been visiting the Perseys for several weeks, went to Portland, Thursday of last week, to visit friends in that city. That the popular ladies of Falls City use good judgement, is shown by their selection of Hats at the Fashion Milliney, located at McPherren's photograph gallery. "It is whispered" that Irving Matthews will put up another building to front on the footbridge for a barber shop. "It's a cinch" that three barber shops in Falls City are two too many. Miss Romine, teacher of the 7th and 8th grades, resigned last Friday, and returned to her home in Washington. Mr. Carly, of the Monmouth normal, is now teaching the 7th and 8th grades. J. S. S. Powell helped Mrs. Meyer organize the Oakhurst school, Monday, for work in preparing to make exhibits at the county fair. Mr. Powell also visited the Falls City school for the same purpose. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. S. Powell gave an Easter-day dinner, which was attended by the following: Mrs. C. O'Brien and children, of Philomath; C. E. Powell and family; Cleve Powell and wife; Mrs. Hulburt. It was in the nature of a family reunion. W. E. Newsom was in Falls City Wednesday and Thursday, making final settlement of his business here. He still owns the strip of ground along the river east of Bridge street, and intends, this Summer, to clear up the rubbish, prune the young fir trees and make it an attractive place. We will then name it Newsom Park.
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