THE CHRISTMAS SPIR DEMONSTATED BY LARGE TRADE
Stores Crowded to Their Fullest Capacity, Additional Clerks Requirgd, Rost Office Swawped, and -the Little Children Happy
BBPENDENCE
INDEPENDENCE, FOLK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DEC. 26 1912
NO. 32
mimth wpwn I ppfivr A SIMMARY OF
MON
TOR
ON
f a TVTI TA DV
D E V E LO PM E NTINANDA
SOUTHERM PACIFIC PLANS
NEEDED IMPROVEMENT HERE
A EEW MEMORIES OF THE
PAST IN A BUSINESS WAY
The City Changes Fast and the Old Faces Are
Giving Away to the New and the Old;
Haunts are Dissapearing Every Hay
This short Story is but a Tickler to the Memory, an
Xmas Reminder that will cause us to Stop a Mo-
ment and Relect.
The Portland, Eugene and
Eastern Railway has offered
$o0 for4 the most suitable
nick name lor the. new road.
The na-me is to be sent to the
company by March. 31. The
first prehni.naiy contest re
sulted in " Webf. ot Route"
being favored, but' that
found objections so the new
contest was instigated. We
suggest "Masoma Laleol" be
ing the combined first letters
of Multnomah, rolk, Marion,
Lane, Be,. ton, Clakamas. "
STATE NORMAL
CORNERSTONE
. .
Grand Lodge Masons As
sisted by IfldRpen-; ;
deuce Lodges '
New $50,000 Dormitory
to be a Fine Building
Big Improvement ,
AsthH vears come and so our minds naturally reflect
back over the past. , It is good to take tock of the past,
now and then, to let the camara ot our mnui pinuie on
blank space before us, faint, dim,N almost forgotten faces.
The association of ideas brings other tho ghts and one
face brought r before our mind, reaches cut and
brings forth its corillary, another face that comes ,by rea
son of association. ". j .
Looking down Main street in our rt collection we see,
Shelley & Vanduyn where Conkey &, Walker now hold
forth. II. Shelley and Marion Vanduyn. Where Reeves
Grocery store now is; we see tha West Side Trading Com
pany, with Ira Smith, Stump, Graves, and Hale, later fuc
ceeded by J. L. Stockton. J. F. O'Do inell first occupied
the corner brick where Dresler & Alexander now hold
forth and where F. S. Wilson was in charge for a number
of years. O'Donnell moves to the Mason's block, where
R. M..VVade succeeds him and J. D. Hibbs &t0o. now hold
the fort. The Independence National Bank was in tha old
Wwln building that burned recently and where Wether
bee & Jones now occupy the new brick structure. Henry
Patterson was chief druggist in tho old sU.ui no occu
pied by Williams Drug Co. F. A: Douty had the building
now occupied by U. iv. jvreamer aim u. vian u.u
MONMOUTH
NEWS BUDGET
GLristmas Tree Exercises
Held Monday I
! -
Fire Department Organized
City Council to Sue Geo.
C. Will
A party of young people ; of
the normal and high school went
to Salem Thursday evening ' to
hear David Bispham, the famous
baritone singer.
E. E. Arant, principal of the
Island City high school came
Friday aud will spend . the two
weeks vacation at home
The children of, the Christian
Sunday School hold an Xmas tree
and exercises in tne Christian
was known as the W. E. Cressy property. The Tost Oflice Church Monday . evening.. An
TTSrat "Vat inn a I TUnk..'The old West side was in
WaS A. HDV mv.w-
a wooden building where the Lerona Hoiel now stands,
and the Enterprise in about three different build iugs be
tween the Masonic corner to the Post Oflice building. Hera
the old paper gave away to the management of Wagner
Brothers. One mill floated down the rivr in high t water
and another built in its place Prescott and Vanessownnig
the mills, they leavit.g this field later when Douty stai ted
a mill at the mouth of Ash creek followed by ). A Hodge
which later was taken over by the Spiiuldings, thier mill
burning. Of the old timers J. It. Cooper and a: w . ivmk
land stand almost alonu in business. The old and mark
"GarrigUB Hotel" gave away to several concrete buildings,
while opposite the new hotel is'a new monument of late
orogress. Hanna Brothers have the hardware etore on
C street which F.E.Chambers had in the past years....,, Gee
Skinuer built the flour mill which w now managed by IV
Hoffman. Prat Murphy was the' old shoe cobbler.! J. Vf
Van Orsdel had the m ilk route., ,
R H Wilcov, D- B. 1 ajW.andll H. Knox all had
a turn atthe grocery stand of Fluke and Johnson.
Duke" Hirichrg w,i tin old tim-J ax it-dealer. U
Eli Johneon ran the livery stable where Mr.
Dickinson now has his tation, and Newt Jones had the or
position stable: The city water eyslent was at the stub end
Main street, recently vacated for the. new uioyiog picture
show building of Nelson and Henkle, , and a hand pump
fire apparatus furnished the water to quench the fires A
three room school house gave away to the public school
building, the former being moved to make the hotel lodging
house opposite the de ot. These historical remembrance
date backless than 25 years. In rot
son was the pioneer, Dr.. Lee and Babbr, followed. A
have died in practice here. Dr. Pruden and Dr m, well
e old timers-The first physicians, But er and ketchum
r.mai.,8. Among the dentists we report the de,.r u r- o
Dr W 0 Brown to Bum,, who was succeeded b3 Dr
Nehrb and who left hi location to be.filled byDr Duganne
in tne same office. S. A, Mulkey was succ,Je5 by Dr.
Ahin who has remained. Dr. J.-hmon wos the pioneer w
dentists here. ; " Q .,
In 1837 A. M. Hurley opened a Uw ofhee, G. A. mitb
followed in a few years, while Culbert.on and Jonos spent
time in this city before our present attorney ,
. . i,.,- up tirm was urir iui
excellent program was given by
the children of the pnmrry de-
Dartment. after which -Santa
Claus distributed :: the presents
among the audience. - '
The students of the Monmouth
higK school gave a program 'and
social in the auditorium of, the
high'school building Friday eve
ning P H. Johnson, propietor of
the- i Monmouth Nor mar - Book
Store reeently recieved a prize of
$25 in a contest of advertlse&ient
writing, ' ' S
One of the best plays ever
given here was shown at the
local moving picture theatre Sat
urday y evening., ; It was '.'The
Advlnturesand Hardships of
Daniel Boone."
A movement has been started
by the high school to secure large
quantities of flowers, shrubs and
bulbs and make the high school
the civic center of the city. ,
."The schools of Monmouth
closed Friday for a two weeks
Christmas and New Year's , va
cation. P Burton Arrant of , Forest
Grove is spending his vacation at
home near Monmouth. ., ; '
II. K. Sicafoose, janitor of the
Central school building Was pre
sented with two costly presents
bv the boys .of the high school
and faculty of the training school
Miss Grace Davis critic of the
third and fourth grades of the
training school, is in California
Spending the Christmas vacation.
,f Dr. J. M. Powell, of Spokane
who has been visiting atthe home
ol his parents. F. S. Powell ' and
wife, has decided to spend the
winterin the Willamette valley, j
Monmouth, : Oregon, , Dec' 24
The corner, stone for ihe new
$50,000 dormitory for the Oregon
State Normal School at Mon
mouth was laid last Friday after
noon at 2:30 . o'clock by Grand
Master Justice Gewe H. Burnett
of the Grand Lodge of Oregon.
The members of the order of
Masons at I n d e p e ndence and
Monmouth surrounded the stone
durincr the ceremony of the laying
and the schools of Mon rrl o n t h
were ajourned for the afternoon
to observe the occasion, . Many
of the members of the alumni of
the normal school, citizens of
Monmouth an d-the people of the
surrounding country attended in
a bodv on the p I a t f o rrn of the
new building .which is being rush
ed to comuletion so that it might
he readv to accomodate thy stu
dents attending ' Summer school
during, July and August, the
students of the Normal under the
direction of the musical instruct
or. Miss Mannette E. Harlan,
rpndfred several songs to com
memorate the laying or the'stone.
The school hymn,. "Live, Normal,
live., composed by two former
students of the school, was sung
by the students shortly after the
address by Grand Master Bur
nett. . ,
The ceremony in laying tne
stone was very brief, however
and the only number on the short
anKiiia rt iwtod hv the urana
Master was the reading of the
names which wei'e placed in the
cavity in the stone fixed for that
purpose. The Grand 1 reasurer
of the order. II. Hirsehberg, of
Independence placed the metal
box containing the names in us
proper place in' the stone after
the reading of the names by the
secretary. ; ; , i "
The citiz e n s b f Mo nmouth,
students and faeulty of the Nor-mal.-high
an i training school
removed to the auditorium of the
,.mni imil.tincr soon after the
I1W1 lilt .. - ,
close of the ceremony and ad-i
dresses were given there by pres
ident Ackerman of the normal
school; Hon.C. L. Hawley; Rep
resentative Verd Hill ot ( rout
nmmt.v. and the president of the
student body of the normal. Io
each address was emphasized the
necessity of the new building,
and one speaker placed great
Prtnfidonce in the contractor in
charge of the work, saying that
he would erect a building that
we will well deserve to be proud
of. ... . ''-
The new dormitory will have a
capacity of nearly 200 students
and will be occupied by tne gr is
only. At a recent meeting of the
Educational Board tor tne jNormai
f Salem it was estimated that
fully $20,000 more is required to
pr perly. equip the bui'ding win
up-to-date furniture and fixtures
An attempt will probably be
made to pass a bill at the next
nwtinirof the 'Oregon legis
lature appropriating the needed
amount for such purpose, ine
normal school has at present an
attendance numbering 175 stu
rUntP. an increase of over 100
students over the attendance at
the same time last . year. At jtjie
present rate of increase the dor
mitory will soon be occupied to
its fullest cabacity by the girls
of the school.
Local Yards to be Treated to Plenty of Gravel
. : and Granite and Mud Mires' on Railroad
: " Street to. be a Tig of "tha Past
Enjjnieers Survey Local Yards and the Temporary Work
- Now Being JJone May De Maue rermaneni wucu
.- the Line Is Electrified. v.:.'
The Monitor is reliably inform
ed . that 1 the ; Southern Pacific
plan3 limproving the passenger
station landing and rail road
street considerable at once. Six
carloads of crushed granite are
being ordered for this location.
The granite now at the station,
which has become muddy will be
..removed and nevy granite will be
'- - - - u
nut on the street to make it pas
sable for traffic.; .- 44
Surveycrs were here last week
getting grades for the street
work, but whether they intended
they .intended to lower the grade
at this time io that required by
the city Burvey, was not given
out. ".,
TRACKLAY1NG ON PORTLAND EUGENE 7
, LINE WILL .REjAGH THIS G1TY VERY SOON
Crew Workinr Tbis Way' From McCoy and Will Soou
" t. i i i
Keacn inacpenotu
The Monitor is informed that1
the track laylngof ther. r,.
will be in Independence in about
two weeks on the west side line
f fart .land to Corvallis." 1 hey
are now' working this way from
McCoy and have quite extensive
crews at work, -Heavy steel; i
Chas. K. Spaulditig of Uii
Cha-. K. Spauhlin I.omg
go., was in the' city Friday
visiting 'thflcompiny liore.
COMMERCIAL CLUB GATHERS DATA FOR
DEEPER WILLAMETTE ' RIVER, THIS WEE".
The Independence Commercial
Club deep water committee met
this week and secured data avail
able regarding the tonage of
flour, grain, hops, hay, potatoes,
live stock.' merchandise, milk,
butter, wood, hides, etc. that is
handled from this snipping puinu
This information Is to be trans-
miHoH tn the phairman of that
lllibkvu w v. -
enmmittee at Corvallis, who will
tranmsit all data to the diffirent
sources that can be of benefit iri
getting the matter before con
gressi
r Wvman. contractor of the
normal dormitnry, has directed
the work of the construction of
the new puilding in such a way
an tn i-ause persons through-out
Monrnouth to praise the splendid
workmanship. . -
MissViolette Khonke and Les
ter E. Stone were married in
Salem last week and have gone
to California on their honeymoon
trip.
The striking of oil at the VVhit
aker well between this place and
Dallas caused much enthusiasm
in this section.
A good fire department has
been organized here and the city
has further assisted by purchas
ing additional supplies - with
whieh to fight the fires. .
Affor a nleen of 220 hours a
sister of A. N. Halleck of Mon
mouth, passed away at Corvallis
jine last, ox me ween..
Most of the members of the! Cnares Chaney has sold his
took upthe pracucH . , . .... . to Fort t ' , J7i-Z,(k ri'Z Pin Eastern Oregon and has
Butler Towiisenu anu t oiiei . - scuuui are m hiuuhwuhi
Townsend has ditd and Potter now is a travelling j of the Xm? vacation of
lian on the road for a FortUnd concern. freedom from school work.
making semi weekly trips to this
plaoe
Miss Ida Strong has entered
school again after an extended
illness.
rimrW PowpII is wiring the
high school building for electric
class bells which will be ready
for operation after the , holidays,
A sewing class has been or
ganiz ed among the girls of Hit
high school here.
rw master O. A. Wolverton
has recieved information from
fhe nostal authorities in regard
to the parcel post s.vstem which
will tro into effect on January
1913, and he is reading up on that
line of the post ounce depart
ment
Mrs. Charles E. Herren has re-
from California where
uhP h-AA been visiting her daush
ter, Mr3. Ernest Kiddle of Mo
desto
Miss McCoskey, Latin and En
heinor ulaced on tho track and
new ties put" in. f Poles to carry
the L'iwine transmission lines
is being, placed and the sub-station,
being built. A sub-station
l,as been arranged to be placed at
McCoy.
REPORT OF SCHOOLS OF POLK COUNTY, OREG.
for Ihe count! (or-hvle mane !' """".. or.mek.
morc: Smith,, rvZ.
liutlor, KicKruaii, tt u rrM,k Montgomery,
Spring Valley, Por,corn, Harmony Uprb Ut eStafi
Lincoln (100 percent), Enterprise 0ak-
McCoy,' Cuthrie, Laomy, i " , Mistletoe. Fern.
HurstUOO W cent) Mountain View HnJ the
The following schools were placed on H roi o h
county for not havig made W J J lhtBl I College,
field, Red Prairie, Orchards W.rd. VJ ) Concord,Oak
Spring Valley, Lincoln, Crowley Mc P monda V iy. . 0ak.
Orchard,
' n ,r r fyvKnr Mountain V lew,
Zena, Guthrie, Lu.com, v. . , . . t h ents as we
The report this montn snow M,n; of the school
have reported 126 while last week we l a Jthe school
rallies have been held and have wn j - -
officers convention was well airZu.
Il'UIB vt:i J '
' ' II. C. Seymour,
County School 8uirintendnnt; Polk e
mouse in train. Her attendant,
Mrs. Meeker, the mother of
i w ittPi.ker west of town is
ill ' '
seriously ill there. .
The city council will proceed
to bring suit against Geo. C. Will
of Salem for refusing to put m
concrete walks in front of hm
property here west of the. bank
building.'
Mioa Unrtpnse Eppley, was at
tired in net trimmed with tatting
over'nink messaline. Scott Haw
ley served ss brat man, The home
was prettily decorated with smil
ax and chrysitnthnms. The
wedding march from 'Lohengrin
.,.-, ,,infi hv Miss Cuba Amick,
" I A' dainty wedding luncheon fol-
I . " ... 1 . . HJ.l O
. i .t i,L., ...mnnv finlv reia-
J'W Livingston, principal oil loweu mc-...mw..,..
theMonmouth. high school is in tiVK3 a'a u few close friends wit
Fr.rest Grove visiting his. family . , tjie Weddinff.
and many friends there.
LUNN ACKERMAN
Tho Vmmaof Mr. and Mrs. J.
II. Ackerman was the scene of a
pretty wedding on baturaay rnpn
Ti..pprr.her 21. when Isabella Yiv-
in Ackerman, me juu.
M ss McGoskey, laiin anu r.n- -
returned to Monmouth,
Dr. E. J. Scheetz
is
K.tnrnPf! to her home in
McMinnville Sunday where! she
again will spend the vacation.
iri,l(. of Alfred G. Ijjnn
p.. W fi. Eliot was officiating
clergyman, The gride wore char-1
Dance New Year's eve.
Makt Porter spent
XroaH.at lur home in Salem.
. Mm' Ktta Welsh spen
Xnm at her home in Salem
1). K. Shiith left Friday
!'f,,r To'edo where ho will spenu
hi Xintis' vacation.