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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1915)
THE POLK COUNTY OBSERVER, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1915. MAKES SCHOOL REPORT ATTENDANCE LAST MONTH WAS EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD. Sixteen Schools Were Standardized, and a Considerable Number of Improvements Were Made. Following is a report of the schools of 1 oik county tor the school month ending December 3rd, as given out for publication by superintendent bey moiir: Number of school reporting correct ly and on time, rfU; schools not re porting correctly and one time, Har mony ; number of pupils remaining at time of last report, 3153 ; number of pupils registered new during the month, 43 ; number of pupils register ed secondary, 38; number of pupils readmitted, 1!7; total number of pu pils on register during the month, 3311 ; number of pupils dropped dur ing the month, 245; total number on register at time of this report, 3 14 (5 ; number of days taught during the month, 17.77; whole number of days attendance, 55,324.70; whole number of clays absence, 1813.70; whole num ber of times late, 430; number of pu pils neither absent nor late, 2029; av erage number of pupils belonging, 3215; average daily attendance, 3113; per Wnt of attendance, !)0.8; number of visits by parents, 1033; number of visits by members of school boards, 23. 3 The following schools have been placed on the roll of honor for hav ing made 95 per cent in attendance or over: Aena, Unllns, amitunelu, aula, Pedee, Red Prairie, Bridgeport, Lew isville, Ballston, Salt Creek, Parker, Valley View, Sfonmouth high school, Monmouth public school, Urchanls, Bethel, Polk Station, Oakgrove, Per- Jrydale, rairview, Gooseneck, Hutlcr, SRickreall, Oakpoint, Elkins, Indepeu frlence, Antioch, Brush College, West f Salem, Bnena Vista, Spring Valley, Upper Salt Creek, Montgomery, Un Jcoln, North Dallas, Crowley, Fir ;(lrove, Sunnyslope, Concord, Oakd de, McCoy, Guthrie, Black Rock, Liberty, 'Falls City, Pioneer, Cherry Grove, jOakhurst, Mountainview, Highland, I'Mistletoe, Valley Junction, liroad rmead, Rose Garden. The following schools have been 'placed on the roll of honor for hav ing made no tardies during the imcinth: Valley View, Polk Station, , Kain'iew, Butler, Oakpoint, Brush College, Lincoln, Crowley, MeTim Jnonds Valley, Fir Grove, Concord, .Liberty, Pioneer, Rose Garden. I The following schools have become standard : Fern, Aii lie. Perrvdule. Bnena Vista, Pedee, Elkins, Onk ftwint, Gooseneck, West Salem. Har mony, Butler, Lincoln, Red Prairie, ICola, McCoy and Mistletoe. 4 The following speakers have taken Jpnrt in different meetinsrs in Polk jeounty this month : L. P. Harrington, fctnte field worker in Industrial clubs, five meetings; F. I Grillin, state leader of boys' and girls' club woik of the 0. A. C, six meetings; J. J I. Ackerman, president of the Oregon Kormal school, one meeting; Miss Helen Cowgill, state field worker in Industrial clubs of the O. A. ('., one meeting; H. C. Ostine, O. N. S one meeting; Miss Kntherine Arhiithnot. J. N. S., one meeting; F. K. Welles, assistant state school superintendent, two meetings; Miss Rose B. Panvtt. 0. N. S., one meeting; J. B. Horner, 0. A. C, one meeting. Following are the items of impor tance that have been reported to this omee ilunng tlie month: cently raised at a pie social which will be used tor school supplies. Falls City The Parent-Teachers' association is doing some mighty good work. At a recent meeting Miss Rosa is. Parrot of the Normal school gave an excellent illustrated lecture.' Cherry Grove The Cherry Grove school has recently raised $10.50, which will be used to purchase an or gan. They have also installed a trav eling library. STONE LIKES TO ADVERTISE. Rush of Holiday Business Tells on Popular Photographer. C. B. Stone, "the photographer in our town," has an idea that he is one of the few persons in Dallas who can properly spell "busy," if actual work and hours spent at any occupation count in one's orthographic ability. Mr. Stone freely admits that The Ob server is greatly responsible for his teaching, and in the process of learn ing he is growing thin. Some weeks ago Mr. Stone mapped out a really clever advertising campaign, and the success he has had in educating the puoiic to use ptiotogrnphs for Christ mas gifts has not only been a surprise to him, but has kept him at his stu dio from early mornino- until latn n,t night for several weeks. His business this year has been far in excess of any Christmas business of previous years he has done more advertising. Therefore he gives credit where credit is due. although he is entitled to much credit himself for the style of his ad vertising. Where advertising matter is nmn- erly prepared and published in The Observer it brings results. Mr. Stone thinks ot this perhap as he lahors over an order until one or two o' clock in the morning and goes home to rest until live. The Christmas rush is over, but the quality of the work of "the photographer 'in our town" remains firmly fixed in the minds of the hundre Is v ho have patronized Mr. Stone this holiday season, and it is no more than reasonable to be lieve that the effect will be the im provement and increase of the pho tographer's business throughout the year. BOOKS TO OPEN SOON VOTERS MAY REGISTER COM MENCING JANUARY THREE. Requirements and Status of Families of Aliens Registrars Yet to . Be Appointed. PROFUSE IN HIS THANKS. Efforts of Dr. Dunsmore at Exposi tion Highly Appreciated. On the eve of Dr. C. H. Dunsmone 's departure from San Francisco, where he represented Polk county during the exposition, George M. Hyland, manag ing secretary of the Oregon commis sion, addressed him a communication in which he thanked him profusely for his co-operation throughout the fair. Among other things Mr. Hy land said: "The interests of your dis tinct have certainly been well taken care of by you, and you have added materially and substantially to the fame and distinction won by the Ore gon organization. We have found you at all times to be amiable, en thusiastic and anxious to do all that could be done to advance our mutual interests. This line of appreciation is to thank j'ou on behalf of the com mission, as well as the writer, for all that you have done as a representative of Polk county." MR. HOLMAN GETS PRESENT. Falls City Japanese Remembers Treasurer Each Christmas. Fred J. Holman has a Japanese friend at Falls City. And Mr. Hol man greatly appreciates his Japanese friend for he is seldom forgotten bv '.that celestial when the Cbns'mas season comes round each year. Though he may be heathen he has a warm spot in his heart for Christian wavs Zena The school rally at Zena was iand seasons, tor this I hnstmas Mr. ? decided success. A program was urnished by the pupils of the school, community dinner was served at the Boon hour and an address was given by Mr. Harrington from the state superintendent's office and many ?uestions of importance discussed. An ndustrial' club has been organized and all are doing good work. The matter of warm lunches for the school has been adopted. Four standard pic tures, nicely framed, have been pur chased and many other needed im provements such asy lamps, etc.. will be secured at once. An organ has been loaned to the school, which is of much benefit to it. 1 Kola The parent-teachers' meet ing gave a pie social, making $10.50, which will be used for supplies for the community Christmas tree. Parker A most excellent program was given by the pupils and patrons of the community on Thanksgiving day, after which a dinner was served in the basement of the school, at which over sixty neonle took turf. Several people outside of Parker were in manual present. We have organized a strong training work in Oiegon is valued at Holman received from the Japanase a contraption to carry cigarettes. Jt is a Japanese box with a Stork stand ing guard above. By pressing a but ton the lip flies open and the itork stoops over and picks up a cigarette with his bill. The idea is an exhibi tion of Japanese ingenuity, and the donor has received the thanks of his friend, Mr. Holman. But, as the po ets say,, "the cause ot it is because the popular county treasurer does not smoke cigarettes. MANY IN VOCATIONAL WORK. Manual Training and Commercial Courses Popular in Schools. Pursuing one or more of the five vocational courses offered in t'lie high schools of the state "there are 17,38!) students, according to a rejwirt just issued by J. A. Churchill, superin tendent of- public instruction. The records of the educational department show that the manual training and commercial courses are the most pop ular. Equipment used Industrial club. The directors of the school met a short tyme ago on Satur day and made many good improve ments around the building. Valley View A community Thanks giving dinner was given at the school and many improvements were planned as the result of this meetine. i Monmouth The Parent-Teachers' sasocia are planning for a public, li brary, and at the last meeting di fttssed the school building as the so cial center. Spring Valley The Spring Valley people have erected a new flag pole. Two bird houses have been built hv Delbert Shepherd. North Dallas , new furnace, iipw play ground apparatus have recently Wn installed. A strong Industrial -lob has been organized. Concord Play apparatus made by (He teacher and pupils has been plac ed on the ground, and the children ! ave recently taken up the home cred it work. Fir firove Seven dollars wa. re- $01,754, while commercial cours? equipment is worth $40,505. Get Your License Now. Motorcycle and automobile licenses will be red in 1916 and unless there is a big rush to obtain them there will be many who will be liable to arrest after January first. To date, the interest in getting licenses has not been vey great. The licenses cost from $3 to $10, according to the The registration of voters opsns Monday, January 3, and closes thirty days next preceding the primary elec tion next May. The card index sys tem will be used, and the full name of the elector must be given. County Clerk Robinson has not as yet ap pointed registrars in the county, but will do so within a few days. The state constitutional amend ment passed by the people at the uist election requires that all aliens must have become tully naturalized before being allowed to vote in this state. Therefore, those persons who ha-'e only their "Declaration of Intention" (commonly known as first papers), cannot legally register for elections in this state, this law requires that "Final Citizenship Papers" (jom monly known as second papers), be exhibited to the registration officer Derore he can register them. bome contusion may result unless (registering officers are careful in this respect, as in many of the old forms of naturalization papers the first pa pelr8, or " Declarations, " are very simitar to the second or t inal ' pa pers. Under the former laws of Oie gon, second papers were not required; declaration of intention, or first pa pers, being sufficient. Former reg istrations in this county do not. show which were exhibited. The following will give the require ments, also the status of the families of a liens: Naturalized citizens must exhibit Final" citizenship paper's. If the father of an alien liecame naturalized before he (the child) be came of age, he is a naturalized citi zen, but must exhibit the father's pa pers or a copy of the same from the court issuing them. A foreign woman, maraud to a citi zen of the United States, is a cilir zen. An American woman who marries a foreigner, takes the nationality of her husband, and must exhibit his papers if he becomes a naturalize 1 citizen ; at the termination of the marital re lation, if she continues to reside here, she may resume her citizenship. J) oreign-bom unmarried' women must be naturalized themselves after they become 21 years of age, -or bVI tiieir fattier betore they became or age; if married to a foreigner who is naturalized, she must exhibit his "Final" papers. Any toreign woman who acquires citizenship by marriage to an Amer ican retains the same after the ter mination of marital relation.;, if she continues to reside here, and unless she make formal ren incialion of citizenship. Service in the U. S. armv or naiv of aliens does not', as is c?nerai'.y be lieved, imply citizenship, unless peti tion for final papers has been made and papers issued, such service elim inating only the necessity of "First" papers. Speedometer Sets Limit The ordinary functions of a speed ometer indicating rate of travel and mileage already covered have been augmented by a third in a machine recently evolved by an eastern mail' ufacturer. The new instrument is arranged to govern the speed of the car as the additional feature, and this is accomplished in a simple way. In the base of t'he speedometer frame is a small barrel containing tumblers and other mechanism of a Yale lock. Inserting the proper key in this lock permits a dial at the top to be revolv ed and set at any desiied figure. This figure will thereafter represent the fclpeed above which the automobile cannot go, and withdrawing the key effectually prevents the numbers be ing changed. tion, and the sewing club of which Nellie was the president had a worir derful Christmas entertainment, fur nished mostly from the White house. Sheriff Motors and Floats. Sheriff John Oir had a merry time during the heavy rains of the first part of the week in traveling around the county in his Ford. There WOTe sale notices to post at Independence on Tuesday, a trip to Monmouth the same day, a little jaunt to Brunk's corners and a side trip to several oth er places. In the couise of his trav els the sheriff found many road con ditions, but the most displeasing were those through which his car floated. In more than one case the water came up over the running boards of his car, and it was with great difficulty that lie executed the duties that he assigned to himself. In fact he had to discard the machine altogether for one trip and revert to the old reli able horse and buggy. Buy Red Cross CL I ADMINISTRATOR'S OR EXECU TOR'S NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL ACCOUNT. Notice is hereby given that the final account of Alice E. Page as admin- lstnx or the estate of t, J. Page, de ceased, has been filed in the County Uourt or folk County, state of Ore gon, and that the 31st day of Janu ary, 1916, at the hour of 9io 'clock a , has been duly appointfd by such Court for the hearing of bjections to such final accountftend Ufe settlement thereof, at which ffne May person in terested in such eitale may appear and nie objections fflereto in writing ana contest tne same. ALICE E. PAGE. Administratrix of the Estate. D24-J21 West Side Marble WorRs G. L. HAWKINS, Proprietor. MONUMENTS. HEADSTONES AND CURBING School Meeting at Buena Vista. With the assistance of Ijeonard J. Allen of the O. A. C, IL H. Parsons, rural schxI supervisor, conducted a very successful and interesting meet ing at the Buena Vista school house on Tuesday. The children took i great interest in the plans for carry ing on school club work this year. and listened intently to talks by Mr. Parsons and Mr. Allen, who was one of the judges at the county fair here last fall. Mr. Allen is workimr it tllie interest of the Boys' and Girls ciuos in the valley, and it was as part of the campaign of betterment in this line conducted through the county school office that he assisted Mr. Parsons on Tuesday. Mistletoe Superstitions. What superstitions cluster, thick as rts berries, round the mistletoe! In old times such were its magic powers that it was worn as an amulet and potent love potions were brewed from it It cured wounds, enabled any who range of horse power. Those automo- held it not only to see ghosts but to biles of 26 horse power pay $3 and compel them to spealt. And that its the price increases up to 40, which magic is not all lost will be proved costs $7.50. All over 40 horse power "'is Christmastide in thousands of must pay $10. Motorcycles are charg-!ur homes, where its white berries O. A. C. iiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiitiMitniiiiiimiiii FARMERS' AND HOME-MAKERS' WEEK and RURAL LIFE CONFERENCES January 3 to 8. 1916 Live Information, Practical Help for the Horn the Farm, the Community. Convention of Oregon 1 Greatest Industrie Conferences on Oregon's Most Vital Problems LECTURES DEMONSTRATIONS EXHIBITIONS ENTERTAINMENTS Two thousand people attended last year. It Is 1 thinkers and live thoughts, good workers, and good work. WINTER SHORT COURSE January 10 to February 4, 1916 A Practical Agricultural Course In a Nut Shell, Appiiea science in aciubi worn oi the Farm and Household. Courses in FRUIT RAISING, FARM CROPS, SOILS. STOCK RAISING. DAIRY WORK, POULTRY RAISING, GARDENING, COOK ING, SEWING, HOUSEHOLD ARTS, HOME NURSING, BUSINESS METHODS, ROAD BUILDING. FARM ENGINEERING, RURAL ORGANIZATIONS, MARKETING. Correspondence Courses Without Tuitloi Expert Instruction in Music Reduced railroad rates. For program write to The Coders Exchange, Oregon Agricultural College. Corvalils. Iw-12-i tof-l) IMJMBE1& I I OFFICE ed $3 each. Trapper Getting Resulta. Trappers from the vicinity of the Luckiamnte river are reporting many lend sanction to the oscillatory horn- ape paid to pretty faces. Grant's Christmas. In 1870 President (irant's father larse catches tSiis year of muskrat.lsnent Christmas at die White hom. mink, coon and skunk, and owinsr to The sons came bome from college, the increase in price on all raw furs and Nellie and her friends made the most of the trappers are busy and old houe rim? with good times. Mrs. doing well. j Fremont gave them a dancing reeep- When We Hand You Our Estimates of the cost of the lumber yon requlr yon can depend upon it that the fig urea will be as low as first-class, well seasoned lumber can be sold for hon estly. If yon pay mors yon pay tot much. If yon pay less yon get lev either in Quality or quantity. Willamette Valley Lumber Co. Oik 'dn.vy i" ply o 1 worth drug s' store,! is a ' is called eradic-.itiu ajrgieg ate . dollars. Mis. Ella , &j in chniffc, of must do its pj FOR CHRISTMAS Tour photograph. It carries the personal thought of the giver, is simple, appropriate and creates no greater obligation than the kindly thought it bears. ORDER TOUR CHRISTMAS FH0T0S AT ONCE The more time, the better work , C. B. STONE The Photographer in your town (THE.yTA.Ka ADVANTAGE OF TMt OOOOUUPOC j 1 OOSMIHOPIIFINO JlHOT N THE OUODE'S VEST.I . , . 10000 PEKFtCTOj f A POUCH CT W- CUT l f7 Si S Nfl oW fvtTTLISITOPTMeHeW nl'ff-, BSWWW IcUTMAlTOBMCOCHEW 1 THEN you run across men wno are search ing for better chewing tobacco tell them to get W-B GUT Chewingpthe Real Tobacco Chew, new cut, long shred) It tastes better and lasts longer than the ordinary kind. It cuts down the grinding. A small chew is plenty it is rich tobacco. ) "Notk. how tlx uh brlan oat Ik. rick kbc Uttm" t' r"'ZlL; M.J. hf WETMAN-BRUTOW COMPANY SO Drfw Sm, New T Off ' Star Transfer Co; WE MOVE ANYTHING v THAT IS MOVEABLE PROMPT SERVICE f G. A. & L. C. MUSCOTT & A. P. STARR, Props. Ellin' Confectionery 1062 f Phone Stands: Webster's Confectionery 6U Barn 1074 ONE CENT A WORD, EACH IN SERTION, WILL REACH 6000 OB SERVER READERS EVERY WEEK. mm Don't Get Wet and carry around a load ot water and a cold. Tower's Fish Brand Reflex Slicker S3.00 cheds every drop. Eaey fitting and strong at every point RcflacEdga stop every drop from running in at the front Protector H ?? centt Satisfaction Gitarmtnd 'r01.X2'J Seas for caaktt 1 l A. J. TOWER CO.' V"' n BOSTON liSBttSF ALL TOYS AT COST TODAY OUR LARGE STOCK OF CHRISTMAS TOT!? 18 ON 8 ALE TO-" DAY AT COST PRICE, AND EVERY DAY TJNTIV ALL ARE BOLD. YOU WILL HAVE TO HURRY PLEASE. VOTH VARIETY STORE, Phona 902 iOrinting THE KIND TH There's nothing too large, nor too i tackle. Our facilities are unequal tion, while our workmen have that essary In the execution of "good worj THE POLK CGlif "