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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.