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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1924)
DIVERSITY EDITIONS-FEBRUARY, 1924 "4 THE OREGON - STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON - . - - . . .....,,...1,m..uiiiiiii.iii,iiH "-hi-. mni'iMiuiiiuiiniiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiMniiiiiiiu4iiiiia i ir i i 41 ' 11 18' BiHa.ttaiiilwCTiSiiiiinttiK i3!:sn:iin:rHr.!;i!.iifi 1:11 w mxmm m m-mwikmm: a teswFi m m ir fs m w mi c w.'iii:riKiir st ): !i ; n::r"ni:n,:!ii;l i'Tt.:i i;; i.rwnu Mi nn (W ni wwm W hui;; c: ii'i.iiii (Minmiiflii'uii! iut:iw.iinw; l o v 1 ; j r --. - a i f: . . b ; . ' . S : ! u ; & i. ft; -., i . A .l -Jf t - M 11 I f I 's ' '-I-; iff:'.- i' . il v Lit: 3 ..'1 :' 1 : i 3 ; S. '4 ..,!.- . if -A In the heart ot the Willamette valley and .15 miles front Salem, -' on theipaved West Side highway, la "Monmouth in Folk county, a town of an estimated 800 perman ent -residents. According to a firmly rooted story, the town is ' the realization ot a dream which came to a group of men in Illinois, bidding them come to Oregon and j establish an educational institu tion and a Christian town.! Monmouth was surveyed in the spring of 1855 at the direction of the trustees of the Monmouth Uni versity which was granted; a char ter as a denominational school of the Christian chnrch, by theater ritorial legislature. In 1836. r;ln 1865 the Monmouth university be-, came the Christian college and Q 1882 It was accepted by the state 1 legislature as a gift and &med the Oregon Normal school. The town site Va dedicated in 1881. In 1909 the normal at Mon mouth was left with three other . normaU. in the state without an- - - - i - propriatlon, to struggle? for ejfls- I! f tence, but in 1910 a popular initia- v tiTft meaiu.re established the Ore " goo formal school at Moirmbuth as "the only , normal in the state and since that time it's growth has been steady except during the ft". - A. ' ' K - M I'- ' -i i . . . . .zzz , , '-r f.4.B. - Modern'IIigh School period :, of : Interruption occasioned by the war. During this time; the attendance was much reduced, es pecially, among the young P1 Since thenar recovefy ,has t?ei rapid.'- .-Several factors have con- fn4 tnffchfeed on the paved West Side growth.. The return of '-young ,.... women to the ranks of teaching after an experience In othSt ffeldi I " of activity during the war, "ambl- I , tlon of both young men an(J vwoiu- , y " T 'i Sf :r cm.to'Becore ia-.bettex edncatlon! L the laws of certification requiring normal training of all high school graduates entering the profession, and the efficient work done by! the institution, all have had their in fluence in securing a larger stu-. - dent body! The - growth 'the T last ' two years has been greater ' .than any other institution' of like nature-on -the coast. -The atten- -dance for the fall term ol 1920 ws-22;- that of the fall rtipm-of 'j 1921 was S73; of the saflis term for 1922 was 537. This increased attendance necessitated the engag ing; of Humber of new instruc tors. Four new critic . teachers added In the training school atj In dependence', and two at RickrealU Other Instructors have beqivqrfdiej ?j in the departments of Art, Commerce,- Kducat ftm, English, Jlis- , tory,, Library, Music, 1'hys.iral Ed ucation, making's present.' tot at of 19 critic teachers and 26 heads of departments and instructors. j ' Coincident -with the Increased ,. studenijbody and additional per sonnet ' In? teaching force of the normal school, other courses of ' stHdy, havo been provided 1, and " sonic of those formerly In use have beeji.tnlaj,ged and strengthened.. . SpedS Hwtiffcitesanglveul ? I o studcnti'5,tnalrine' in,:ArtA tiuwiZS mcFpe. f.MU5tc-orT rnysicar KCBca. '."llori "arid nn crariuatirm 4tnr ' t cmu. ins may icaca noi oniy in.. iiwcjeuieniary grades hot also, in high -echool. The school is e.ndea- .' -I "V -oTIhk, to keep pace with th'grow- r PJ iffi :'tiS-ieds the Mat? 4nd Jt hvj : : artbltrn: of tbe offlctl 'JMl' By ered in the institution and to transform the normal into a full fledged Teachers college. The Monmouth high school Is rated a standard school and is said to be one of the best small town schools in western Oregon. Com mercial courses are offered in con junction with the practice teaching of the students of the Normal school. The school is housed in a new three story brick building of the most modern type and is well equipped. Athletics are giveh at tention through a coach who is a member of the faculty. The gym nasium facilites ot the normal are at the disposal of the' high school teams during certain hours .of the day and an adequate athletic field is owned by the student body near the school grounds. Munmouth is supplied with wa ter by a municipal gravity pipe system running from Teal creek in the Coast mountains 11 miles west of the city to a 300.000 gallon reservoir on the top ot "Cupid's Knoll' in the1 edge of, town' As en emergency auxiliary to this j'jgravjjty pipe a deep well witji a puflipreapable of throwing 6$ 'gal lons of water per minute is held in reserve. Electric lights and pow er la furnished the city by the. at Ionmouthi Oregon Mountain States Power Company which has recently connected a high voltage power line with a company in California, creating a reseryfe for both companies. r As has been mentioned, the city , from-Portland on the North and goinjr to Corvalli's and on South , in the other way.t Stubs of this highway lead to Dallas, and Jnde ' "pendence and Polk county is now laying several miles of hardsur faced market roads making prac tically all of the main traveled roads in the vicinity hard surface. . To the west of Monmouth is a large range of hills which . has proved very adaptable to fruit raiding, especially prunes. Pears I apples, plums, and peaches are. also grown as well as several English walnut and filbert orchards.. A dryer- is operated ' - - - in Monmouth for curing the prunes grown in the vi cinity for the mar ket but most of r the growers own I -.and 'operate dry--kret with Htntii chardrf. The Mon mouth orchards, three xrtiles South of town, which is operated by a stock company, is composed of 70 acres ofvprunes and operates its i own dryer. The mild clim ate and rich soil or the Polk county (ffHnn nt h Wit- makes', possible - a f dIversKied i farm Ing. j Local, arin- ,.crs have URod-'thistf, ? possibility to good J? ad vantage QntWro-'i I HERBERT B. POWELL, Monmouth, Oregon 1 s """" One of the IJuslnows Streets, Monmouth, Oregon i plies, pork and dairy products. Dairying is conceded to be the. most important industry of the section and is gradually assuming more importance. Up-to-date me thods of testing and weighing the milk and of keeping the barns in a sanitary condition are usedv ! aid a large number of dairymen of the section are now using milking ma chines. The dairy farmers of the com munity operate the .Monmouth Co operative Creamery which haa at tained a state wide reputation for its butter. The creamery was or ganized as a private corporation in 1908 and was merged into a farmers cooperative organization in irlf,. During 1!23 this cream ery churned 433,5.15 pounds of butter and paid an average of 46 cents per pound for butterfat. Routes are maintained by ti'tfeks of the creamery which pick up the cream at the dairy. Thoroughbred stock raising has proved a decided success in the vicinity of MonmouthL, ndVW .records are-claimed, to be held -by local breeders than anywhere else in the valley. J. I1. StrfUpv start ed registered dairy stock YSising fn Polk county several years ago when he sent to the Isfe otic for a pure blooded herd. At the present time Laughary , .Son. south of Monmouth andF1. and P. O. Powell north of Monmouth are among the most prominent pure bred Jersey herd owners. G. G. Hewitt of the Luckiamute district south of the city is building up a registered herd al though he recently sold out a top- ' notch assortment. William Riddle and Sons have had remarkable success with reg istered Angora Goats and Lincoln ; Sheep.' They hold many prijses and havo sold some of their ani mals at close to two thousand dol- la i s. All grain shipped through Mon mouth is hauled in bulk from the separator to the rail shipments, due to the modern equipment of the Oregon Milling company's iarge warehouse, of 100,000 bush els capacity, which is operated in conjunction with the cofiipany's flour mill in Independence and it's large farm north of Monmouth. Although Monmouth has; grown liljiiOSiUSNItil 1 v;' r7i Otfgoii, Normal frainlng " LI -i T TMIiJHi, r up as a religious and educational center it is fast becoming a sub stantial business town as is shown by he fact that during the past year and a half there was an in crease of business blocks and buildings costing an aggregate of fr; apnroximately $75,000. The First Xatjornl Rank of Monmouth erect ed a new building of Uoman-Gothic design at the intersection of Main iind Knox street which cost $25t 000 aud said to be the most ar tistic in the valley which provides a community room for the con venience of patrons. This bank was for many year a small state institution and became a part of the federal reserve system of nat ional banks in 1911. At the pres ent time the paid capital and sur plus is $50,000 with total resour ces of $400,000. The institution is noted for it's conservative man agement and it's willingness to help farmers of the section. During 1923 Morlan and Son completed a new brick building L J00-forner of Main street and Monmouth avenue for their con fectionery and school supply bus iness, which cost approximately $10,000. The building is h'eated by hot water and is fitted to ca fef tb the student trade of the town. P. H. Johnnon who oper ates the Normal Hook Store in the same line of business,' carrying a complete line of school supplies and confectionery goods, recently moved his business into larger quarters on Main street. Graham and Calbreath, Star car agents and dealers in Samson pro ducts built substantial addition to their garage providing room for storage of some 30 or more cars and additional shop space. S. C. Ualliday also enlarged his garage with tile building, giving more storage space and additional shop space for his repair work. Both of these garages are on Main street facing the state highway and are enlarging their facilities continually to accommodate the increasing business brought by tourists and the almost universal use. of gasoline power in the vicin ity. In a new brick and tile building next door to the nsv bank build ing on Main street, which was .built by P. H. Johnson few I XM MM YAM i Siiool, Moumouth, Orrgon months ago, Fred J. Hill has in stalled a ton refrigerating machine which augments his fresh and cured meat business. This equip ment insures a complete and well kept supply of meat for the town at all times. Outside of the Mon mouth hotel dining room, restaur ant facilities are well taken care of by C. E. Fetzer's Electric Res taurant which fits especially the needs of the students,of the town and of visiting tourists. The pro prietor maintains menus of home cooking and serves meals at any time during the day. The sign of the . Rose Bakery and Tea Shop operated by E. B. Arnold supplies practically all of the bread and pastry used in Mon mouth as" welLas shipping a quan tity out to surrounding towns daily. Confections and light lunches are also served. Modern machinery and sanitary methods are used. The good roads in Polk county have made gasoline transportation very popular and several truck owners in Monmouth are kept busy with produce, hauling. Polan Bros., who are engaged in this business do moving with a well equipped truck. Others in the field are Guy Coffin and W. Eg- jx& i tiu n nr til 'Mlm tzM ph Ad First National Bank of gloston.1 Local carpenters, con tractors and .tradesmen are busy at all times of the year with their trades! G. A. Nestler, recently; of Idaho, is a new arrival who is busy with the carpentry and con tracting business. During the early part of 1923 the locaf I. O. O. F. lodge compleU ed a $25,000 hall and business block, on the opposite side of the street from the First National bank at the intersection of Main and Kjiox streets. This business block Is operated by the . Miller Mercantile company department store and the Perkins Pharmacy. The Miller Company's store is one of a chain of seven stores through out the valley and is up to date and modern throughout. Two oth er grocery stores, C. C. Mulkey & Son and X. W. Arnold are in the field in Monmouth. Located at Monmouth is the home plant of the Central Clay Products company which supplies - practically the en tire amount of the. building and drain tile used in Polk county. Modern machinery and burning method maketheco m pany's products1 rank with the best. Various sizes of tile are made for use by local farmers and rough and smooth build ing tile are pro duced. The build ing tile, which were first used in silos on the dairy farms, havi been - found so success ful in all typojs of . b u 1 1 d i n g a that ' they are largely supplanting brick except for the fan- - ing of buildings. T h ' c o m p a n y . maintains brick , plant at McMinn . villc.and Monroe. A third - clues po;;t office' handles - ntV the mail at Monmouth and the amount of material handled Is steadily increasing. Street t signs, have been oVdere'd for the' town and all houses have been number ed malting it only a step to a. city mail delivery which is expected in a short time. Daily mail . deliv eries are made from the post off ice to the farmers of the southern part of Polk county. The religious Influence 'Which founded the town of Monmouth survives and . five different churches hold regular services -throughout the year. The First Christian church which was the first church to be established in the town, now occupies a larger building at the corner of Mon mouth avenue and Clay 6treets, The Baptist Congregation occu pies a Community House which they erected for the use . of the town at the corner of Monmouth avenue and Main streets, embody ing a dignified chapel with a bdild ing suited to the needs of the community in holding meetings Monmouth, Oregon anL social affairs. The Evangell-. cal church has moved it's building to Mcfnmouth avenue and enlarged it to handle adequately a crowd . of several , hundred people. The Christian Science church of Mon mouth meets in the new I. O, O. F. building where it has unexcelled facilities for service. The Church of the Nazarene worships in the hall of the Monmouth Improve ment Company's post office block. As a step towards greater spir itual influence in the community the men of all of these churches have organized a religious broth- , erhood which is to carry on prac tical Christian work, to any needy , in the town and to foster religious discussion and study. Th community is rich in live soctaland business organizations. The Monmouth Commercial Club is an active organization'' of the business men of town and" gives f special attention to satisfying Hie tourist and the new settler: The women of the town have a civic club whose activities correspond to the commercial club. Normal Lodge No. 204. I. O. O. F. has In the vicinity of 150 members and a Rebekah auxiliary lodge besides connections with the County Mus covite and Camp organizations. The Monmouth Herald, the loc al weekly newspaper, has develop ed steadily the last few years un der the guidance of U. B. Swenscn, it's editor and publisher, and is recognized as one of the live wire small town papers of the Willam ette valley. Mr. Swenson has modern equipment including -linotype machinery and up to date job press equipment. Evpry phase of the life of the city of Monmouth has shown ad vancement during 1923 and as tho state highway is bring completed and all of the roads of the county placed in first class shape .the far mers and business men look for ward to the troming year, with re.at 'optimism. vNew settlers are arriving constantly In Polk' 'OUh ty from other parts of the country . and are finding conditions f avora v; bio aud satisfactory. i g-' I i "3 E S ; 3S- s B I i 3 u if? 3 I i i i 5 i i j 3 r P. D 1 I n KS. i If i - r f-: 3 s J ; m ri ri I I I e 3 -a ."1 e 3 i s m I VfoWUhe two years: fc(vtantltTpoUlit!s; ira-n J-JS--umaf iaMruction, no wJbyiuft--T thick -garden "supV 'r- "' : . r - 1-..- - r ,;:; - ,n ::ij:'U:iji!i!iti!"iii.i,tOJ; fflWfl,"li 'Li: it ,'::,!ii!f,. iti.il i' l:Hi,.4,((l-,ilM(niU .., 4