Vol.I
Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, May 21, 1909
No. 39
OREGON STATE NORMAL NEWS
Gathered By Our Corps Of
College Reporters
INTERESTING STUDENT PERSONAL ITEMS
Weekly Reports From the Va
rious College Fraternal
Societies.
Miss H. Albee has entered for
summer school work.
Miss Nettie Raulsin will again
fill a position in Salem.
Mr. Fargo made a business trip
to Salem last Saturday.
Wm. Wiest '07, has been elect
ed to a principalship in Seattle.
Miss Hilda Olson went to Salem
on business Saturday of last week.
Miss Agnes Campbell was down
from 0. A. C. for several days
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Stroud
made a business trip to Ballston
last Saturday.
Miss Roma Stafford and Miss
Grace Whitehouse were in Salem
last Saturday.
J. B. V. Butler attended State
Grange at McMinnville several
days last week.
Mrs. McMurphy, of Eugene,
was a visitor at the Normal Tues
day of this week.
Miss Ruth Fugate, who was on
the sick list last week, is again
able to be at school.
Miss Loretta Smith conducted
Mr. Brigg's recitation work dur
ing his absence last week.
Miss Ethel Lafdlaw is at her
home in Portland this week. She
expects to return on Monday.
Mr. Briggs returned from Walla
Walla on Monday of this week.
He made a hurried business trip
to that place.
Wm. A. Petteys, who was a
critic teacher in our school for
several years, has been elected to
a principalship in Salem.
President Ressler has returned
from his institute work in eastern
Oregon. Mr. Ressler reports a
pleasant and profitable trip.
Miss Ellen Nelson, who has
been in Salem since her gradua
tion from the 0. S. N. S. in '07,
has been reelected for the ensuing
year.
Wm. Rutherford '03, who has
been a student at Stanford during
the past year, will take up the
work of the city superintendency
in Tillamook for the coming year.
David Campbell is expected
home tomorrow from Walla
Walla. Mr. Campbell has been
taking special advantage of his
opportunity in the Conservatory
of Music during the past winter.
It will be remembered he won a
scholarship in the spring of '08.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Arant are
expected to be here at commence
ment time. Mr. Arant's school
at Nehalem closes June 4 and
both he and Mrs. Arant will come
to Monmouth immediately upon
its close.
The Courier staff will again rest.
It has been very busy for several
weeks past collecting and classi
fying material for the June issue.
All the classes, literary societies
and other organizations have had
photographs taken for this issue
of the paper. In all there will be
about ten cuts. The class mater
ial will add to its value and on
the whole it promises to be an at
tractive edition.
A number of our old graduates
have, become members of the
Grange. At the state convention
which was held in McMinnville
last week there were several in
attendance. They were: Mrs.
Dr. Ethel Kelty Brown, of Clover
dale; Mrs. Anna Dragseth, of
Hood River: Mr. and Mrs. Ira B.
Shirley (Miss Edith Kirtz) and
Mrs. Beatrice Burkhead, of Crow
foot. Falls City
J. W. Southwell was a Dallas
visitor Monday.
H. Ott was down from Black
Rock Saturday.
Born May 5, to Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Priest, a son.
Mr. and Mrs. McPherson went
to Portland Monday.
E. Myers has sold his dray bus
iness to W. B. McKown.
Mr. Larson and family have
moved to Portland to reside.
Rev. Paul went to Halsey to at-
tend the district conference.
Miss Cecil Dodd went to Cor
vallis last week to visit friends.
F. A. Lucas, who has been to
Chicago, has returned and left
for Portland, accompanied by his
wife.
Arthur Trask has gone to Port
land to arrange for moving there
on account of his daughter's ill
health.
The Gerlinger Mill is now in
operation. This gives good em
ployment to a number of men at
good wages.
W. B. Nichols and wife will
soon return to the Phillipine Is
lands where they will engage in
teaching school.
J. A. Tate, who -has lived in
Polk county all his life, has mov
ed to Willamina, where he will
hereafter reside.
Mrs. A. G. Atwood and son re
turned to Eugene Saturday after
making an extended visit with
friends at this place.
George Gardner has sold his
property here to the Falls City
Lumber Co., as they need more
room for their lumber yard.
Charley Dill, who has been ab
sent from home since last fall
holding down a claim, returned
home Saturday for a short visit.
Rev. C. J. Swander, secretary
of the Christian churches of Ore
gon, was here over Sunday and
preached two excellent sermons.
A number of men have been
working at the planing mill build
ing more platforms along the R.
R. track to give more room for
loading cars.
Mrs. James Chamberlin, who
has been so ill for the past few
weeks, was so much improved in
health as to be able to attend ser
vices at the Christian church last
Sunday.
Mr. Banks, who recently mov
ed to Falls City with the hope of
improving his health, left Mon
day for Hood River. We are
sorry to lose Mr. Banks and wife
from our midst We found them
to be very estimable people.
INDEPENDENCE NEWS BUDGET
From Our Regular Corres
pondent. DAILY HAPPENINGS IN OUR SISTER CITY.
Scan This Column For News of
Importance From the
Riverside.
Frank Cox was a Salem visitor
Saturday.
Mrs. Edd Owen was a Salem
visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. L. Smith was a Salem
visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. Arthur Moore spent Sun
day in Dallas.
C. E. Williams, the blacksmith,
spent Sunday in Portland.
Carl Percival went to Portland
for a few days in the city.
Wm. Campbell spent a few
days of last week in Portland.
Mrs. Dr. Butler spent a few
days of this week in Portland.
Mrs. N. Jones and daughter
were Salem visitors last Saturday.
Ralph Davidson, of Park, visit
ed relatives in this city over Sun
day. Grant McLaughlin, of Corvallis
spent Sunday with friends in this
city. ,
Imogene Thomason is visiting
at the home of G. W. Coach this
week.
Mrs. Geo. Conkey went to Al
bany Tuesday to attend the Grand
Lodge.
R. Jacobson, a merchant of Mc
Minnville, was in our city Wed
nesday. Mrs. Dave Boydston and her
daughter were Salem visitors
Tuesday.
W. E. Kutch and wife, of Cari
ton, visited their son Geo. Kutch,
last week.
Mrs. M. Merwin and Mrs. Jessie
Cromwell, were Salem visitors
last Saturday.
Mrs. Coad, of Dallas, passed
through here Wednesday on her
way to Seattle.
Jess Whiteaker opened up his
place of business on C. street the
first of the week.
Grant Robertson, of Portland,
played with the Independence
base ball team Sunday.
Mrs. C. C. Long and Bertie
Bently made an' automobile trip
to Salem last Saturday.
Miss Laura Miller left for New
berg Monday, after a few days
visit with Mrs. Dr. Butler.
Mrs. S. A. Riggs, of Salem,
came last Saturday to attend the
funeral of Mrs. John McQuerry.
Dr. Duganne went to Portland
the last of the week to spend a
few days with his parents in that
city.
J. S. Cooper and wife left Wed
nesday for a trip to The Dalles
and other places in eastern Ore
gon. Mrs. Mabel Courser, of Port
land, formerly of this city, pass
ed through here the first of the
week.
Dr. Crowley, of Portland, pass
ed through here Saturday on his
way to Monmouth, his former
home.
Mrs. W. R. Allin and Mrs. D.
L. Hodge were delegates to the
Grand lodge at Albany and left
for that city Tuesday.
Miss Ada Ketchum, a nurse at
the Good Samaritan hospital, is
visiting at the home of her father
Dr. Ketchum; this week.
Mrs. W. D. Moreland left Wed
nesday forTac ma, Wash., after
a few weeks visit with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Cooper.
J. H. Alexander and family, of
Montana, came Tuesday evening
to spend several weeks with rel
atives in this city and near here.
Mrs. Asa Robinson left Wed
nesday by the way of Salem, for
Vancouver, Wash., to visit her
daughter, Mrs. H. L. Wood in
that city.
F. L. Hooper, of this city, is
one of the carpenters employed
to help build the big barn belong
ing to B. Chaney north of Inde
pendence. ' Miss Francis Patterson, of
Portland, came last Saturday to
spend several months with her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. D.
L. Hedges.
Miss O'Connell was the guest
of Miss Irma Brown Wednesday.
She was on her way to southern
Oregon where she expects to
teach school.
Dr. Butler returned from Port
land Tuesday evening. He took
Mrs. McFerren, of Falls City, to
the Good Samaritan hospital for
an operation.
Mrs. Eph Young returned the
last of the week from Seattle,
Wash. , where she has been spend
ing several weeks with her sister
Mrs. Townsend.
Mrs. Dr. Calloway, of Rose
burg, formerly of this city, was
brought to Salem last Saturday
to undergo an operation at the
Salem hospital.
Wm. McFadden, of Portland,
came up Tuesday evening. Mr.
McFadden has not been here for
fourteen years. He was former
ly of Monmouth.
The Independence base ball
team played the Corvallis team a
very interesting game Sunday on
their grounds, score was 5 to 7
in favor of Independence.
Jim Johnson, who worked for
the Enterprise office for several
months, left Monday for McMinn
ville to work for Mr. Messner, a
former merchant of this city.
Rev., Dunsmore, pastor of the
Presbyterian church of this city,
returned from Portland Tuesday
evening, where he has been visit
ing a few days with his son.
Cleve Robinson sold his barber
shop on C. street to G. G. Stone
and F. J. Aldridge, of Oregon
City. ' They took possession of
the business Tuesday. Cleve left
for Vancouver to spend a few
days with his sister, Mrs. H. S.
Wood.
D. H. McCarty was given a sur
prise party Monday evening May
17. About 20 men went in auto
mobiles across the river to his
home. Had music and other
amusements after which a delic
ious lunch was served. Those
present were: Sherman Hays,
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LIQUOR DEALERS JOIN HANDS
A Brewers and Wholesalers
Organization.
IMPORT A MANAGER FROM CALIFORNIA
Will Work to Ward Off State
Wide Prohibition at the
Next Election.
Brewers and wholesale liquor
dealers of Portland once more
have joined hands against the
common foe, the Anti-saloon lea
gue and are preparing to take up
the gauntlet cast down by that
organization for the election of
1910. To lead them to victory,
complete or partial, they have im
ported a political general from
San Francisco, who, during tve
coming year, is to manage the
political battle in behalf of the
the liquor people. This political
manager is due in Portland to
morrow and at once to commence
laying his plans of campaign.
Great secrecy is maintained on
all hands concerning the plans
and the movements of the brew
ers and the wholesalers. They
say, for publication, that they
know nothing of any new politi
cal agent, but at the same time
word has come from the brewers
and from the wholesalers, to those
close in, that the new director is
to arrive in the city tomorrow
ready for the fray.
Both the brewers and the whole
sale interests have come to the
firm conclusion that it is time
something was done to dam the
wave of local option which, para
doxically speaking, is drying up
the state. During the past two
years or more the big liquor in
terests have had no central organ
ization and no central political
management.. The Anti-Saloon
league has been steadily plugging
along leaving a wake of dryness
in its path. Now a state wide
campaign of local option is being
planned and the liquor people are
putting on their armor for the de
fense. There is no big consolidated
brewers' and wholesalers' organ
ization, as there used to be. But
there is a Brewers' association
and a Wholesalers', association
and both are working together.
The brewers have hired the new
political manager and the whole
salers are helping pay his ex
penses. In 1904 the Wholsale Brewers
and Liquor Dealers' association
entered into an extensive cam
paign against the local option
movement. At that time the or
ganization employed A. Crofton
to manage their campaign as sec
retary of the association. He
continued in that position for two
years or more. During the time,
however, he incurred the enmity
of the retail men of the city be
cause, foreseeing the trend of
public sentiment, he advocated
the closing of saloons at midnight,
Sunday closing, and theeliminat
tion of the north end dives, which,
he contended, were fostering the
spread of local option by the
breeding of lawlessness.
Out of this hatred of the retail
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