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Program Held for
Constitution Day
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v Senator Byron G. Carney,
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Lauds Document
'.' DALLAS A program, com
.memorating the 450th annlver
"j. aary of the signing of the canatl
4 tationwas' given Friday night at
;" tb Dallas high school auditorium
S' with Senator Byron C Carney of
MUwaukle laa the speaker.
' R. R. Turner,' superintendent ot
. schools here, introduced Circa It
'judge Arlle G. Walker who pre
aided at the ; meeting;. The pro
gram included: Patriotic selec
I tions by the Dallas city band led
! by H. Stondenmeyer; invoc
i'tiofa byRer. James A.. Linn; pa
triotic songs led by Mrs. Homer
Dashlell, with band accoropaui--!
ment and Daniel. Abel at the pi
i ano: song by male chorus accom-
panied by Miss Catherine Leitch :
benediction by Rev F. A. Lens.
; - Senator Carey gaye ta interest
t Ins talk In; which he outlined the
' need for the formation, of the cor
;. 8titution, pointing out the chaotic
J conditions in the colonies .under
the articles of confederation, and
1 the need for a strong central go?
i eminent which was established
under the constitution. ,4
- - Contains Compromise T ;,
Senator Carey stated: that " the
constitution was a series of com
l promises between groups having
t opposing views. As an example of
this he gaye the struggle between
; representatives 'from -the large
; and the smalt states and their fin
ical compromise on a congress com
' y. posed of two ' houses one house
'whose membership wjjs based on
population and one having eqnal
. representation from each$tate-
; He lauded the. founders of the
constitution for creating "living
' i document" i which is capable of
meeting the changing needs of the
i country. ' ..
Three Complaints
For Divorce Filed
!. DALLAS Three suits for di
vorce were filed in the circuit
' court of Polk county recently.
Mary J. Lepley has filed suit
against Carl Roy Lepley. They
' were married at Lang. Saskatch
ewan, Canada. The plaintiff asks
the custody of their child. On
- August 4 the plaintiff claims
the defendant deserted and
. abandoned her.
' Kathern Thelma "SjuBbieson is
sqing for a divorce from James
Monroe Tumbleson, charging
i cruel and inhuman treatment.
: She asks that her maiden name
of Kathern Thelma Hartman be
: restored. There are no children
involved in the suit nor are
J there any property rights in-
volved. . The couple was married
- at, Salem November 26, 1?36.
. Ethel F. Shepherd has filed
! snit for divorce from Forest Lr
i fcnepnera. charging cruel, and in
i .human treatment. They wert
! married at Baker, December 29,
1935. Shepherd now lives at
i Pine, nearj Halfway.
Onion Mart Drops
25 Cents Cental
CAEISH CENTER -The steady
! drone of fruck motors in evi
i dence all j last week - as onion
i growers were busily engaged in
; hauling their crops into the
j storage houses was silenced late
' Saturday afternoon by rain. How
ever, many growers were, able to
t get a large share of their crop
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. Hauling; 'cannot be resumed
; now until the onions are dry
i again, and it will probahly he
' necessary to turn the onions -In
- crder that they may dry- thor
i oughly. ,
A-few carloads of Labish on
ions are being topped and sold,
: with the market price now said
; to be 75c a cental. . Previously
contracts jfor one and three-quar-'
ter inch jminimum size bulbs
were being made at one dollar.
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Paul Beeves, i"v, and his sister, Emma, t, are shown with their pet
poodle in the pretty Iselin, N. J, homo where police say Margaret Dren
nan, 20. shot and killed their father who, she said, attempted to force bis
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Slapstick Revived in Hollywood
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A j I Mabel Normand
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Hollywood is reviving- the art of slapstick. Success of such comedies
aa "It Happened One Night" and "Theodora Goes Wild" has
prompted the film colony to go in for broad comedy. Carole Lom
bard and Constance Bennett have won new prestige for their clown
ing. Many of the first-rank stars, who formerly disdained such
horseplay as made Mabel Normand and others famous in the days
of Mack Sennett, are now seeking comedy roles and prospects for
he coming season indicate that Hollywood will be wooing the
comic muse with real ardor.
Gain of Nearly 100
In Silverton
SILVERTON Silverton senior
high school showed a gain cf 89
pupils and the junior high school
a gain of 21 pupils today as
the first day of the 1937-38
school term was opened.
Registration in the grade
school "appears to equal and pos
sibly ran slightly ahead of the
opening tay last year, and the
grade roles, like those of the
high school, show a number of
new families.1
Turnidge Enters
School in Seattle
TALBOT Eldon .Turnidge left
Monday for Seattle where he will
attend - the Seattle Pacific col
lege.' ThfS will be his second
year.
Talbot school opened Monday
morning with Mrs. Nellie Wied
erkehr as teacher. .
Virgil and Clair Calavan left
Monday morning for TJorvallis
where they will attend Oregon
State college.
"Mrs., Edna Reeves has as her
guests Mrg. Hazel Sloan, Mr. and
Mrs. E. F. Doty, Francis Mc
Cormick and Eva Long all of
Portland.
Amity Woman Improves
After Serious Illness
AMITY Mrs. E. T. Lee who
has been seriously ill in the hos
pital at Hillsboro; for several
weeks was now brought to her
home here last week. She is
slowly regaining her strength.
Her husband is Amity's rural
mail carrier.
Pupils Found
Senior High School
In the senior high, enrollment
today was 322 boys and girls,
contrasted to 233 the first day.
last year. In the junior high
school, 321 pupils registered,
against 300 last year.
The senior high is expected to
chow a gain of 100 pupils when
all youths report. Of the 322
already on hand, 31 are from
families new to Silverton.
Half Polk School
Doors Are Opened
DALLAS Many schools . in
Polk county opened their1 doors
for the new school year Monday.
With these openings half of the
schools in the county are under
way.
County Superintendent Josiah
Wills States these schools started
Monday: Arlie, Bethel, Grand
Ronde, Independence, Monmouth,
Rlckreall, Pedee, Pedee union
high school, Gooseneck, Gold
Creek, Brush College, Montgom
ery, Suver, Oakhurst, Valley
Junction, Mountain View, Bjoad-
mead, Cochran, Kola, zena, uax
Grove, and Greenwood.
Three j schools opened last
Monday. Perrydale, Valseti and
West Salem.
Masons Observe
Diamond Jubilee
JEFFERSON A delightful af
fair of last week was the Diamond
Jubilee celebration of the local
Masonic lodge, at the special
meeting September 16 at the Ma
sonic hall. The lodge, room was
beautifully decorated with baskets
of fall flowers. Guy Aupperle,
master, presided at the meeting.'
.v D. E. Beatty, of Corvallis, dis
tiict deputy' grand master, gave an
interesting history of the local
lodge. Rex Hartley sang, accom
panied by. Mrs. Guy Aupperle.
An interesting feature was the
burning of the mortgage against
the building.
Representatives from the Stay-
ton, Albany, Corvallis aEd Salem
lodges were present. t -
Rasmussens Return From
North Dakota Trip With
. Word of Fine Rains There
OAK POINT Mr. and Mrs. Jor-
gen Rasranssen arrived home Sun
day - night from Werner, N. : D
where they went . to dispose of
rtheir farm machinery and house
hold goods by auction sale Sept
11. They still own their 7,-acre
tract in werner. Mr. ana Mrs.
Rasmussen came to Oregon three
years ago.' and have lived on the
Mr. JEL Black farm for, theaBt
year ana a nan. - - .
They. found things fair in North
Dakota, where considerable rain
fell during the summer. Tfiere is
feed for stock, although grasshep
pers and " storms caused loss of
crops. , . r "
Livestock. Brings Fair
Price, at Amity Auction ;
" Wyatt Sells Farm Home
... AMITY-The joint auction
sale held by Dwight Wyatt and
H. W, Freuing Thursday on the
A. H. Wyatt place south of Ami
ty was well attended. All live
stock; sold, at' a, fair price. The
Frewing farm of 200 acres has
been'eold to the government for
reaettlement work.
A.k H. sWiatt sold his place
recently to Ira White of -McCoy
who ' will take - possession : this
falL
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Proposed Bnildin
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JEFFERSON At the meeting
of the city council,- a communi
cation from J. :H. Hasleti state
corporation commissioner, . re
garding . the Pendergraft prop
erty, known as the old hotel
property, was read and placed
on file. , Later a motion was
made that the city purchase the
property at, f 1,177.91 asked by
the state. ,
This property will be the site
for the new city hall if one
should be built. It extends west
from -Main street to the river,
and will make an ideal place for
a city park and picnic ground.
The following were named as
the budget committee to meet
with the city council Monday
night, September 27, to prepare
the city budget for 1938:. L. L.
Shields, -W. Fv Gatchell, J. H.
Roland, Dr. 3. O. Van Winkle, K.
S. Thurston, and W. L. Jones.
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Elkins Farm .
Leaves Hands
Ot Tetlierbw8
MONMODTH -A. K. Teth
erow ot the Elkins section, 4
miles southwest of Monmonth,
' has sold Ms 2 farm, of 171
v acres to a Mr. - Stone . of " Mc-.
Coy. " - ; ;
This land includes the orig
inal old Tetherow homestead
' taken by Tetherow 's grand
father in the '40s, and farmed
by some of ; the - family ever'
'since. " ' '
A. F. Hieber handled the
deal. Immediate possession
will be given. Mr. and Mrs.
Tetherow wHl make their
home In Monmouth where they
own a house.
Groye Folk at Aurora
AURORA Guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Manock
are her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Van Nortwlck of Cottage Grove
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Special Levy for
School Is Voted
? LABISH CENTER The school
budget meeting Tuesday' night
evinced ' little interest -from, tax
payers of the. district, v The bud
get, totalling $4,115.07 was ftp-proved.-
Of this ; . amount, 1,
5J7.91 is to b raised by spe
cial tax above the six per cent
limitation. f -
Thirty-nine pupils were , en
rolled In the local school at the
close of the first week's work.
The upper grades, taught by
Mrs. John BIsanz, had 17 pupils,
while the lower four grades,
taught by' Mrs. J. W. Burr, had
22. More are expected to enroll
later; as this attendance is much
lower than last year. '
Mrs. W. A. Starker, president
of the Ladies' Aid organization,
announces that the group's meet
ing has been postponed one
week, and will be held Wednes
day, September 29, at the home
of Mrs. Nicholas Kurth.
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Morning
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Housebote! Goods
; Scattered as Car
Smashes Trailer
JEFFERSON Mllo " D e b.o r a
and family of Hubbard werese
vprelr ahaken1 Snndayjwhen their
r car and trailer were . hit by a
car driven by Arthur mac oi
Portland. Theaccident happened
near the Goin farmy. north of
Jeffereon and demolished the
trailer ejid scattered household
goods all over the highway.
Debora bad stopped for a tow
car which was pulling another
car from the ditch when Black
hit the rear of the trailer.
No one was Injured according
to State Policeman Benninghoff.
Sherwood Camp Cook
JEFFERSON Frank Sherwood
left Sundav for the CCC camp
near Drain, where he Is employed
as cook. He has been visiting his
parents Mr. and Mrs.. Frank Sher
wood.
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Program Honors
Constitution Day
HUBBARD A unique service
observing the,. l&Oth anniversary
of the constitution "was b 1 d
Sunday mornlng'at the Federated
church.- .Walter Shrock, .the Sun
day school superintendent, gave
the -address. A 'series of similar
cervices are being arranged by
the, pastor.
ptnv and Larendar . club
la resuming activities and will
meet with Mrs. Catharine Schllt
tenhart Thursday afternoon, Sep
tember 23.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Hoc li
stener of Kokomo, Indiana are
spending several months with hia
brother Daniel Hocbstetler who
lives east of Hubbard.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Farmauld
or Nappanee. Indiana, are visit
ing friends and relatives in and
near Hubbard.
MONEY!'
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By CLIFF STERRETT