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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 27, 1908)
. Vol.I Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, November 27, 1908. No. 13 a Gathered By Our Corps Of College Reporters INTERESTING STUDENT PERSONAL ITEMS Weekly Reports From the Va rious College Fraternal tie. geant-at-arms; Esther Spillman, organist; Hazel Dunahoo, chor ister; Mrs. Fargo, critic. Two new members were then added to the society. VESPERTINE SOCIETY The Vespertine Society met Friday evening with . the usual number in attendance. The fol lowing program was rendered. Song Society Roll Call-Quotations from Wash- INDEPENDENCE, NEWS BUDGET From Our Regular Corres pondent. Character Sketch f Wng M Mr. fmm left m loriiay for laker City, where he will be a speaker in the institute there, President Ressler and Prin cipal Traver both attended the institute held in Salem last week, Miss Loretta Smith, who was a member of our faculty for many years, but who is this year Libra rian at Weston, returned to her home in Monmouth on Sunday for a week's Thanksgiving va cation. Miss Smith reports a pleasant position, and takes a great deal of enjoyment in her Library. She says it seems a great deal like "home" in Wes ton because there are more than half a dozen Monmouth people there. In the death of Mrs. Ira C, Powell, the Alumni loses one of its most valuable members. Mrs. Powell was always & loyal sup porter of school interests and added very materially to good record of our graduates, having taught a number of years in Salem with the privilege of con tinuing her work as long as she was so disposed. Not only as a teacher, was she true to her name but also as a mother and a neigh bor. Mrs. Powell was Lena G. Butler of the class of '88. NORMAL SOCIETY NOTES Last Friday evening's session was an important landmark in the history of the Normal Society. Five new members were taken through the mysterious form of initiation that is so well to the members of the society, The new members are: Darrel Stump, John Bogynska, Albert Sacre Tay Seer and Ercell Hedrick. The list of the members is now swelled to twenty-six. After the business meeting and a brief parlimentary practice the evening's program was conclud ed by the initiation of the mem bers mentioned. The three mem bers who will try for the Inter collegiate Debating Team are: David Henry, Albert Sacre and Erwin Montague. DELPHIANS. 'The society met in regular ses sion last Friday evening. The following program was rendered: Song, Society. Recitation, Sadie Boughy. Paper, Lillian Gardner. Solo, Hattie Cooper. Story, Anna Addison. Reading, "The Celebriety," May Whitney. Song, Society. At the business meeting held directly after, the regular quart erly election was held, and the following officers elected : Shirley Dorsey, president; Esther Lar son, vice-president; Susie Hoff man, Secretary; Adele LaLonde, treasurer; "Ruth Fugate, ser- DAILY HAPPENINGS IN OUR SISTER CITY. Scan This Column Por News of lFnip;ortanee From thie Oa minute spteefe en mj current event-Each raerabe Quartette "In the Starlight" -Mrs. Stroud, Miss White, Miss Baker, Miss Spencer Debate Resolved that the mar riage of American ladies to noble men is detrimental to America-. Affirmative Negative Miss Powell Miss Olsen Miss Hixon Miss Shepherd Miss Troedson Miss Rasmussen Song-Society The debate put forth some ex cellent argument. The judges decided in favor of the negative, The program was followed by a business meeting. The follow ing officers were elected. President-Mrs. P. M. Stroud Vice President-Incy Baker Secretary-Mary White Treasurer-Louise Huber Organist-Leila Spencer Sargeantat Arms-Clara Hartzog Chorister-Bessie Western and Effie Shore Critic-Miss Shearer FOOT-BALL Once more the Normal Team suffered defeat by the superior playing of the Albany High School team. Saturday the 21st, as had been arranged, Albany High School met the 0. S. N. S. boys on the Normal Gridiron. The game was intensely interesting from the beginning notwithstanding the fact that the rain came down heavily. The first half was score less but in the second half 0. S. N. S. scored immediately which was quickly followed by Albany scoring to six points thereby gain ing one point The lead ' thus taken was desperately held until the whistle announced the close of the game. The victors accepted an invi tation given to attend the student ball given in the evening and proved themselves' worthy of the victory by their true marks as gentlemen on the foot-ball field and their social good nature at the ball Some Who Were. Thankful. Joe Radek and Roy Smith that their new bakery is completed. V. 0. Boots was thankful that insurance has been brisk this fall. Albert Sacre was thankful that he was able to walk without a crutch. Ray Chute was thankful that he has progressed so nicely in the millinery business. Pete Cornwell and his neigh bors for the beautiful music furn ished every morning by his John donkey. Postmaster Wolverton was thankful that the thieves who robbed the post office did not carry off his stamps. Yel Mil speTMl Itoiwwiliay Ftortkt&d. Laws Waram aredfe wfeSe we-re Salem visiters Wednesday. J.M. St&ats, of Airlie, was a visitor in the city this jr-ee-k Grover Mattison left Sund-ay for Astoria for a short visit, Mrs. W. R. Allin visited re lative's in Portland over Sunday. H. Huston, of The Pacific Tele phone Co-., was in th. city TueS' day. G. A. Cobb, of Portland, is transacting business- in this eity this week. Mrs. G. L. Hawkins, of Dal las. visited friends here the last of the week. Miss Bertha Bohannon return ed Wednesday after a week's visit in Albany. A. M. Holt and wife, of Al bany, visited friends here the first of the week. . Mrs. and Mrs. J. E. Hubbard attended the foot ball game at Portland Saturday. J. D. Evans, a hop man of Salem, was transacting business here the first of the week. H. H. Wagoner, of Portland, is visiting at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. R. Allin. C. H. Underwood, of Klamath Falls, visited at the home of H. C. Chamberlain over Sunday. J. Z. Kilpaek, of Portland, rep resenting the Childrens Aid So ciety was in the city, this week. Chas. Gardner," who has been visiting Dr. Allin for several weeks, left Saturday for Port land. ( Pres. P. L. Campbell and wife of Eugene passed through here Sunday on their way to Mon mouth. P. 0. Taylor has moved his barber shop from C Street into the building recently vacated by the First State Bank. Mrs. E. J. Hosier has returned to her home in'Olympia, Wash., after several weeks visit with friends in the city. Mrs. S. A. Mulkey, of Sheri dan, passed through here Wed nesday on her way to Monmouth to spend Thanksgiving", was a guest of Herman Wunder first of the week. James Goodman, of the Oak lill ranch, made a special trip to i'alls City Thursday. Wunder disposed of his fine porkers to Geo. Heck, of Inde pendence, last week. Eddie Wunder, wife and small child, of .Independence, visited his parents here Sunday. Egleston, of Elkins, spent Sun day at the home of his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bosley. It. M. Bosky, William Herren, Grover Pitzer and.John Walker, were trading in Monmouth Fri- Blown to Pieces With Nitro glycerin Monmouth Heights. A. J. Shipley was a county seat visitor Sunday. R. L. Fisback returned home from Dayton Thursday. Miss Fay Shipley is attending school near Corvallis this winter. Charlie McDonald, formerly of this vicinity, is now located at Toledo. A number from the Heights attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Ira Powell. Homer Foster, of Perrydale, Little Nellie Shipley writes from Monroe that she will finish the eighth grade there in the spring. Thomas Moreland, of Albany, was here the middle of the past week working for the Albany nursery. The fall weather has been quite favorable for sowing grain and a large acreage has been sown, especially to vetch. Homer Foster and cousin, Miss Ida Duignan, were pleasant visi tors at the James Burns home, near Bridgeport Sunday last. Allen Johnson and wife, of the Herald city, visited Dan. M. Cal- breath and wife, at the Blue An dalusian Poultry farm, Thursday, Edward Rogers and family were Sunday visitors in Mon mouth at the home of Mrs. Rogers parents, Mr. and Mrs. Treat. Mrs. John Walker and daugh ter, Mrs. Verna Marks and daugh ter were south bound passengers Friday on an extended visit with relatives at Albany and Halsey. Miss Duignan, the popular and pleasing teacher of the Sun ny Slope school, is making prep aration for a Christmas tree, and all of the young folks are willing to take part in the program. OST OFFICE SAFE LOOTED WORK DONE BY EXPERT SAFECRACKERS No Stamps Were Taken, But No Money Wat Left No Clue Yet Found. A Pioneer Incident. T. O. Waller called at the Her ald office last week and had his name added to our list of sub scribers. It was his 86th birth day, but one would never sus pect that he was that old as he is much younger looking. Mr. Waller was one of the pioneer merchants in Monmouth and can tell many interesting happenings of the early days. As showing the difference between pioneer methods of business and those of the present an incident he related of how himself and J. B. V. But ler, Sr. both started out to pur chase ten bushels of apples. At that time apples were worth $10 a bushel and there were few of them to be had. A man out of town a mile or so had ten bushels and they both started out one morning to buy them, neither knowing the other had gone. Mr. Waller went on horseback and Mr. Butler afoot. Mr. Waller arriving first purchased the apples, but on arrival of Mr. But ler and finding he had started out to buy the same apples he divided the lot, each taking five bushels. These two men were engaged in the same line of busi ness. How many rivals in busi ness these days would divide in that manner? When postmaster Wolverton came down to the post office Wed nesday morning he found the safe shattered into many frag ments and the money gone. The floor was litered with pinch bars wrenches and other tools that had been used in breaking into the building, but the work of opening the safe was done with out tools other than those carried in the pockets of the parties who did the job. No mere amatuer ever did as neat a piece of work as was done on the safe for it was opened with nitro-glycerin or some other powerful liquid explosive which was run into the safe just below the upper hinge, the safe being an old style one there was a small crack where the door did not fit as snugly as some of the modern ones do. The opening below the hinge had been puttied so as to confine the explosive in an air tight compartment, it was then fired by means known to the pro fession. To deaden the noise the safe had been covered with the empty mail sacks. The money drawer at the stamp window was rifled of the silver in it, but the pennies were left. Another fact proving it to have been the work of experts, is that no stamps were taken. The gov ernment is watching every place so closely now that it is very hard to dispose of stamps so that it frequently happens where post offices are robbed that the stamps are not disturbed. Amatuers however generally take every thing of value. So far as can be learned this is the first time this office has been robbed. Four years ago the bank was robbed of about $350, but the robbers failed to get into the main money chest which con tained $15,000 in gold. No trace of the robbers has been obtained, but it is thought that it was done by a couple of strangers who were in town Tuesday evening. The post office department at Portland was notified immediate ly, but inspector was out of town consequently did not come out at once. Entrance to the building was effected by raising the side win dow and prying off the shutter on the inside. Mr. B. Foster was a pleasant visitor at the Herald office Mon day. Mr. Foster is among the many old people of this part of the state. He is past 82, but looks much younger. We doubt if there is any other part of this Nation that can boast of as many old people as can Polk county, that is to say people whose ages run from 80 to 96.