THE POLK COUNTY OBSERVER, TUESDAY. JANUARY 4, 1916
HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE
MONMOUTH TRAINING SCHOOL
BREAKS RECORD.
History of Institution Since Revival
in 1910 One of Increasing
Yearly Attendance.
After a four weeks ' session in Jan
nary, during which time 40 students
will be graduated, ithe Oregon Normal
school, now on record with an enroll
ment unparalleled in its history, will
complete four 4V2 iterms of school
work since its revival in 1911. Dur
ing this period equipment valued at
$1.10,000 has been added. In 1012 a
$60,000 girls' dormitory was erected
to meet an imperative demand. A
central heating plant, costing $4000,
was built. A three-acre tract of land,
lying between the main normal build
ing and the Monmouth high school,
was purchased for $5000.
The old gymnasium, in use for more
than a quarter century, became in
adequate, and a new structure, mod
em in all its details, rose on the cam
pus. Its coat was $10,000. The grow
ing size of the senior classes, which
demanded teaching practice, and the
inadequacy of the old training schoo!
structure, led to an appropriation of
$90,000 (asp year tor a separate struc
tnnre. The new building" will be com
pleted in one month.
The attendance of the winter ses
sions since the opening has more than
quadrupled. The term of 1911-12 had
a closing attendance of 143, with 26
graduates, while that of 1914-15 had
an attendance of 327, with 123 grad
uate. The correspondence of the ad
ministration office indicates that the
senior class will be swelled to large
'proportions each successive year, as
many students plan to enter who have
had teaching experience.
"Demands for teachers are grow
ing. Annually scores of letters from
. school boards in country and city dis
trict pour in to the Normal office
asking for teachers who can lead in
the community. The increasing calls
from country districts and the plac
ing of almost one-half of the 1915
senior class in those positions show
that the tide has turned to the rural
schools," said President Ackerman.
INDIAN FIGHTER PASSES.
Henry Tillery Was Veteran of the
Mexican War.
Henry Tillery, whose death at Ball-
ston last week was briefly recorded
in Friday's Observer, was a veteran
of the Mexican war of '46-'48. He
was a native of Clay county, Mis
souri, having been born at that place
September 21, 1828. At the age of
Seventeen he enlisted in the First
Missouri Mounted Volunteers and
was mustered into service at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, and with that
regiment made a march of more than
5000 miles, passing through Santa Fc.
El Paso, Buena Vista and Monterey,
and finally back ' to New Orleans,
where they were mustered out. Thu
soldiers did not receive a cent of pay
until their service was completed. He
was in the battles of Brazeto and
Sacramento Pass. At the latter place
bis regiment of only 800 men was afc
tacked by 3500 Mexicans, whom they
defeated in three hours, with a Iojs
of only two men. Mr. Tillery had
been resident of Polk county since
1864, having crossed the plains with
an ox team from Missouri, local ins
near McCoy. Prior to that he spent,
several years in California, most of
the time in the gold fields. In 1012
he purchased property in Ballston.
where he had since resided.
EVAN KEMP KILLS HIMSELF.
Former Dallas Prisoner Fonnd Dead
in Portland Suburb.
Evan B. Kemp, alleged perpetrator
of a fiendish crime against a
Portland young woman last week, and
who is known in Dallas where his
crimintl habits landed him in jail, was
found dead in Portland on Friday.
He said that he would kill himself
rather than bear the blame for the
crime he was alleged to have commit
ted A bullet from the same revolver
with which he shot Mrs. Mabel Myers
put an end (to Kemp s evil lite. In a
letter to his mother Kemp confessed
the crime with which he was charged
and said "I die in the oien, where
my ghost will run free."
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Falls City Celebrates With Dance.
A manlier of Dallas young eople
.Mended the New Year's eve dance at
Falls City on Friday night. The even
ing trains carried most of the merry
makers, bit in addition there were
many automobile parties who braved
the road conditions to make the trip.
Other owns of Hie county, including
Independence and Monmouth, wen
well represented at the affair which
was probably the most successful of
the many that have been held at Falls
Citv within the year.
is believed to have been the cause.
Mrs. Pout's home was at Casseltmi,
N. D., bull she had been in Salem for
two months visiting her daughters,
Mrs. Fred Bailey and Miss Caroline
Port.
WANTS A BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE.
Salemite Would Have Inter-County
Structure of Costly Design.
Mr B. Hofer of Salem wanjts a
bridge across the Willamette river at
Salem that will be a beauty and a
joy for ever. In a communication to
The Journal of that city Mr. Hofer
hn the followine to say on the suo
ject, all of which has merit, but the
question naturally arises, wuere is whs
mnnfiv to come from :
"The procedure for adopting plans
for a new bridge across the Willam
ette makes it possible to get a fine
permanent structure, that will be a
credit to the Capital city. The great
est asset of our city is its Deautinu
locait ion on the river and its magnifi
cent streets and public buildings and
grounds. The new bridge can and
should be made a beautiM structure,
adding to the charms ot our city. We
should not, for the sake of cheapness,
duplicate the present unsightly Midge.
The new bridge should be the full
widith of our streets, have wide walks,
with cluster lights and room for two
street car tracks.
' ' Such a bridge would be a great as
set. It would draw tourist travel and
stimulate the growith of a fine city
where West Salem now stands. It
would add ten times its cost to the
assessed rolls of the two counties in
a few years. I attended the dedica
tion of a new bridge in California
across the Yuba river, recently, and
it is a beautiful structure. It is full
width of the state highway, of low
concrete arches, with a lift to let
boats through. The concrete is fin
ished in white so it never need be
painted. There is no wooden floor to
rot. It has beautiful electric cluster
lights and is named the White Way
a thing of beauty by day and by
night. Why can't we do something
like that?
A word from our concrete industry.
Oregon is developing Portland cement
plants at Gold Hill and Oswego. Is
not this material entitled to consider
ation in erecting such a bridge at the
state capital? Washington and Cali
fornia have large cement plants and
are building permanent budges on a
larce scale. Why not encourage this
Pacific coast industry f
"At Dallas 50 men are at wonc
building a railroad to the limestone
beds for the Oswego cement plant.
Mr. Burch and his associates have in
vested a quarter of a million in this
industry in Jackson county. Why
not make friends of 'these counties
and use Oreeron material on our new
bridge at Salem? If we want capital
in Oregon to invest in industries, is
anyone to blame but ourselves if we
do not encourage use of the Oregon
product when we have the opportuni
ty t Are we not in honor bound to
give recognition to Pacific coast in
dustries if our own state cannot sup
ply usf If public money, the tax
payers' money, cannot be used to en
courage home industries we would like
to hear a good reason why not."
Some Athlete, This.
A merchant's daughter of Indeien
dence has a most unique way of
teaching young men to conform to her
idea of etiquette. The other evening,
according to the Enterprise, she kick
ed a young man's hat off his head
because he appeared in her parlor
with the head-piece on his nob. This
authority says with some degree of
gusto that "she used her foot, too."
Prominent Jurist Dead.
Joseph Rucker Lamar, associate
justice of the supreme court of the
United States, died at his home in
Washington, D. C, Sunday, after an
illness of several months. He was
58 years old and had been on the su
preme bench live years.
THROW OUT THE LINE.
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AMONG FARMERS
A ivin rr Mai-mot 'a Herd.
W. 0. Morrow, Jersey breeder or
near Independence, has six daughters
of his bull Golden Cicero that have
either finished a year test or quaii
kj ,n. voo-iuter rf merit already,
lieu ni
l.a I rcn p 'a Savior as a two-year-oia
produced 441 pounds of butter in ten
anil a nan monms.
again as a three-year-old and will
make a good record. Cicero's Oxford
vt.-., -a n fnnr-vear-old produced
554 pounds; Cicero's Dorothy 788
pounds as a four-year-old. La Creole s
St. Savior Degan ai iwu jto
eleven months and produced 50o
pounds in ten and a half moni lis. La
Creole's Flossy will finish in March.
Disposes of rnze btock.
i Thinner the cattle show lat Ban
Francisco, F. E. Lynn of Perrydale
sold the baby bull calf of his grand
champion cow, Nashville Susie, Ito
Knnlin Bros., of Gaston. The Messrs.
Koplin in addition to the calf have
purchased from Mr. Lynn two regis
ter of merit cows and two fine young
heifers. The bull calf is St. Mawes
Golden Poppy, Mr. Lynn's herd bull,
ni nf V.A Cnrv's sreat cow, St.
Mawes Poppy, that has a record of
942 pounds ot butter in a year.
Golden Cicero Accepted.
W. 0. Morrow received word from
the American Jersey Cattle club not
long since of Golden Cicero being ac
cepted as a register of merit bull.
And it was Mr. Morrow's cows, with
creditable records, that made him so,
none of the bull's other daughters
having been tested. Mr. Morrow will
have about half a dozen cows in next
spring's Polk County Jersey Breed
ers' sale. They will be high class
register of merit cows and heifers
Rural Spirit.
Makes Good Showing.
Fawn of Amity, one of M. H. Jones'
Jersey cows, recently completed a
year's official test at the Jones farm
neair Peirvdale, 'producing ibfetwieen
500 and 600 pounds of butter. The
official report has not 'as yet been
made public.
OREGON CHAMBER FORMED.
Dallas Club Interested in Reorganiza
tion of League.
Organization of an Oregon Chamber
of Commerce was commenced in Port
land on Friday by representatives of
commercial organizations from vari
ous parts of the state. The purpose
is to stimulate the organization of
strong commercial bodies, one in each
principal community, which shall be
members of the state Chamber of
Commerce, also of seven section or
ganizations. The seven sections are
to be divided consistent with the ito-1
pography and development problems'!
of the state. Four are to be on the
isest side of the Cascade mountains,
three on ithe east side of? the Cascades.
The Oregon Chamber of Commerce
will take the place of the Oregon De
velopment league, will he closely link
ed with the Portland Chamler of
Commerce and will probably affiliate
with the United States Chamber ot
Commerce. Memberships by individ
uals as well as by organizations will
probably be permitted. George E.
Hardy, executive secretary of the
Portland Chamber of Commerce, pre
sented the advantages of such an or
ganization in forwarding the interests
of agricultural, industrial and com
mercial development. Statements sup
porting the idea were made bv O. C.
Young of Culver, H. W. Card of Ma
dras. O. Laurgaard and "Fanner" C.
L. Smith of Portland. The session
was called to order in the parlors of
the Imperial hotel by C. C. Chapman,
chairman of the Oregon development
htireau of the Chamber of Commerce.
H. H. DeArmond of Bend was elect
ed chairman of the gathering.
Bank Employes Do Not Rest
The bank employes were among the
few for whom New Years day was not
one of rest. The first day is the busi
est of the month in the banks and be-
" cause the New Year is observed with
general holiday is not an excuse for
the bank to set aside their work. The
banking houses were closed thmugh-
' out he day. but pens and machines
were busy during the regular hour.
Visitor Dies Suddenly.
While attending service at the
Christian Science church at KaletK
last Sunday. Mrs. Mary Port died
suddenly in her pew. Heart disease
Give Them Help and Many Dallas
People Will Be Happier.
"Throw Out the Life Line"
AVeak kidneys need help.
They're often overworked they
don't get the poison filtered out of
the blood.
Will you help themf
Donn's Kidnev Pills have brought
benefit to thousands of kidney suffer
ers. Dallas testimony proves their worth.
Mrs. J. N. Dull, 815 Lcvens stieet,
Dallas, says: "For a long time one
of my family complained of a lame
and sore bark and pains darted
through the kidneys. Nothing remov
ed the trouble until Dean's Kidney
Pills were used. They brought help
from the first and soon the patient's
back was strong and free from pain
and lameness."
Price 50e at all dealers. Don 't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mrs. Dull recommends. Foster-Mil-burn
Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO
DALLAS FOLKS
We wish to announce we are exclu
sive Dallas agents for the simple mix
ture of buckthorn bark, glycerine,
etc., known as Adler-i-ka. This rem
edy, used successfully for appendi
citis, is the most THOROUGH bowel
cleanser we ever sold. It is so pow
erful that ONE SPOONFUL relieves
almost ANY CASE of constipation,
sour or gassy stomach. Adler-i-ka
never gripes, is safe to nse and the
INSTANT action is surprising. Con
rad Stafnn, druggist. 1-Tues.
A New Year's ban was held at the
Lineola ball.
Stimulates Interest in Schools.
Henry Hirsehberg is responsible
for increasing the interest in scholar
ship among the pupils of the Indepen
dence schools. By offering a prize of
one dollar, awarded monthly, fo the
pupil receiving the hnrhest genernl
average he is stimulating interest in
the schools, and at he same time mak
ing himself decidedly opular with
young America. At Christmas time
Mr. Ilirsehherg supplied the scholars
with fruits and confections.
STOMACH MISERY
QUICKLY VANISHES
Your money back if you want it is
the wav in which Conrad Stafrin, the
popular druggist is selling Mi-o-na, ;
the gretat dyspepsia remedy.
This is an unusual plan, hut Mi-o-na
has so much merit and is so al
most invariably successful in reliev
ing all forms of indigestion that he
runs, but little risk in selling nnder a
guarantee of this kind.
Do not be miserable or make your
friends miserable with your dyspep
sia. Mi-o-na will help you. If it
doesn't, tell Conrad Stafrin that yon
want your money back and he will
cheerfully refund it.
A change for Ihe better will he seen
from the first few doses of Mi-o-na
and its continued nse will soon start
yon on the road to perfect digestion
and erjoyment of food.
Mi-o-na has been so uniformly suc
cessful that every box is sold Bnder
s positive guarantee to refund the
money if it does not relieve. What
fairer proposition could he madef
Conrad Stafrin gives his perianal
guarantee of "money back if you
want it" with every box of Mi-o-na
that be sell A guarantee like this
speaks volumes for the merit of the
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