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Local and Personal News from Polk County
Polk county items note visits by Ira C. Powell to Salem and by J. Murdock in the East planning spring moves to Oregon. Town improvements include a new fire engine house, and Mrs Beezley assists in the post office office. Thanksgiving and harvest talk mix with local business moves and odd jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Adlen
Cooper
Independence
Oregon
Ira C. Powell
Polk County Bank
Salem
T. J. Pettit
Corvallis
Mr. Pettit
Monmouth
Frank Westfall
Amity
J. M
A. B. Westfall
Edward Smith
Polk County
R. M. Smith
G. T. McKinney
T. A. Riggs
Mr. McKinney
Alice Grant
Dallas
A.S. Doughty
Grant
Ferrydale
L. C. Hoover
Tigardville
Portland
A. Winter
Dallas College
Evangelical Church
Herald Force
N. W. Heffley
Herald
J. M. Murdock
East
Nebraska
New York
Ira Love
John E. Beezley
Frank Valliers
Independence Fruit Farm District
Roy H. Campbell
Central Point
Campbell
G. A. Peterson
David Foulkes
The
Oregonian
L. Grounds