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Vol. II
Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, June 10, 1910
No. 42
REGULAR PORTLAND LETTER
Portland Entertains Festival
Visiting Crowd
PLEASURE RELEGATES BUSINESS CARES
New Through Railroad Service
Established Between Port
land and Chicago
Portland, Or., June 7-Portland
is host this week for thous
ands of visitors from all parts of
the country who are in attend
ance at the annual Rose Festival.
Never before did Portland look
so handsome, the extensive dec
orations put up generally about
the city being unusually elab
orate. The attendance is
greater than any formal festival
and the parades are outdoing
anything previously attempted.
Business cares are generally
being delegated during the week.
The people of the city are gener
ally devoting thir attention to
entertaining out of town visitors
and are participating in the
week's festivities to the fullest
extent. As usual, the parades
and the competitive rose show
are the big events, attracting the
most attention. Many people of
the Northwest visit Portland
during the Rose Festival if at no
other time during the year and
to these, the tremendous growth
of the city during the past year
is more impressive even than the
festival pageants. The city's
progress merely reflects the gen
eral prosperity of the whole Pa
cific Northwest and is increasing
in population and wealth because
the same is true of the tributary
country.
Uncertainty surrounding the
future of the annual fair and
livestock show on the country
club grounds near this city was
dispelled during the week when
stockholders decided to continue
the organization. The usual ex
position will be held this Fall.
The Portland Fair & Livestock
Association has not yet become a
money maker and some doubted
that the annual show and racing
meet would be continued. A
special meeting of stockholders
was held to consider this quest
ion and it was decided not to let
the project to lapse. Big plans
are being made for the coming
show this Fall, and it is the in
tention of those behind the affair
to make it as big an attraction
for that season of the year as the
Rose Festival is in the , Spring.
It will certainly be a great benefit
for the whole Northwest to have
the livestock show continued an
nually. New through Northern Pacific
service between Portland and
Chicago has been established
via the North Bank Road, the
new train having a running time
of 72 hours, the same as the
North Coaft Limited. A read
justment of the time schedules
on the Northern Pacific line be
tween Portland and Seattle,
allowing for the joint use of a
part of the track by the Oregon
& Washington, the new Harri
man line, will be made within a
few days.
The 0. R. & N. Co. will run a
farming demonstration train
through Southeastern Washing
ton, starting from Colfax June
20, and ending the trip at Pome
roy June 25. During the jour
ney 22 stops of about two hours
each will be made. Proffessors
from the staff of the State Col
lege at Pullman will accompany
the train and deliver the lectures
on improved farming methods.
Residents of the sections of
Washington to be visited 1 are
much interested in the coming
trip.
An Oregon shingle mill in
Tillamook County worked 33
days on one mammoth cedar log,
cutting from it 141,000 shingles.
This is almost unbelievable to the
people not familiar with the Pa
cific Coast, where big trees and
vast timber resources are accepted
quite as a matter of course.
- Save the Normal Schools
From the Klamath Falls Herald
Members of the Alumni Asso
ciation of the Ashland State Nor
mal School are today circulating
the petitions, which have al
ready received several hundred
signatures. It is planned to get
1000 votes in Klamath County.
The tax necessary to support
the Ashland Normal will only be
4 cents on $1,000. It is planned
by this law to take the matter
out of the hands of the legisla
ture, which, it is claimed, has
been too responsive, to the influ
ence of the Portland . agitation
for closing the three normal
schools at Ashland, Monmouth
and Weston and centering them
at Portland.
All three normals are closed
this year owing to the action of
the legislature, and the citizens
last year subscribed enough mon
ey to put the graduating classes
through.
"Last year Washington ap
propriated $350,000 for normal
schools, "said Stanley, Wood, one
of the circulators at the Herald
office to-day," while Oregon has
run her scools for the last
twenty-five years on a total of
about $500,000. It cannot be
be said we spend too much on
the normals, yet the legislature
has starved the normals out of
existence and the state of Ore
gon has no schools for the train
ing of its teachers."
Monument Unveiled.
. With appropriate ceremony the
monument, erected at the grave
in commemoration of the late H.
D. Whitman, by the Woodmen of
the World, was unveiled last Sun
day by the members of Camp
No. 49.
Mr. Whitman was a member
of Monmouth camp for a number
cf years, having filled the chair
as Council Commander for sev
eral terms, and was captain of
the degree team which he suc
cessfully drilled, and which won
several handsome prizes in the
county and was one of the best
drilled teams of the state, having
given exhibition drills at Port
land and other places. He took
a great interest in Woodcraft,
and his work still lives and keeps
him in remembrance while he re
poses in the sleep called death.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H Givin are
attending the Rose Eestival at
Portland this week.
NEWS FROM COUNTY SEAT
Court House Notes.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Louis Villwock and Annie G j
Voth;Care A Kohle to Marga
ret M Rohde.
Harry Blodgett and Mary Kemp;
Frand Kurre and Belle Hiatt;
James H Alleman and Irene B
Hegging.
PROBATE
Estate oe Sara McQuerry, de
ceasedordered that executor
pay certain sums to heirs under
the terms of last will of the de
ceased. Estate and guardianship of
Robert Travis Farley, Herma
Farley and Wanda Farley, min
orspetition to sell real estate
granted; bond of $1000 required.
Guardianship of Wendell Hill
Denlinge, a minor second annu
al report filed.
REAL ESTATE
Wilbur P Lewis etux to. L E
and Theresa Tichenor, land iVt
8 s, r 6 w, $150.
Laura Byron et al to L M Riggs
40 acres, t 8 s, r 6 w, $150.
A E Huber et ux to Eunice B
Putnam, 2 acres in Monmouth,
$ 400.
JH McConnell to Albert R
Hadley, 160 acres, t 9 s, r 8 w,
$1.00.
F M Robertson et ux to
Ginnis, 75 acres -1 7 s, r
$1000.
J J Howell et ux to L L
Mary
5 w,
Hew-
itt, lots in independence, $2000
James P Altizen et ux to Inde
pendence National Bank, lots in
Independence, $10.
E M Young to John I Hanna,
land in Independence, $1000.
A E Campbell and hd to Hen
ry shafer et ux, land in Dallas,
$2500.
Absolom Byerly to II W Farn
ham, land in Dallas, $800.
Samuel Orr et ux to Willie D
Eoff, 8.98 acres, t 7 and 8 s, r 4
5 w, $1.
E M Smith et ux to Joseph
Murphy, land in t 8 s, r 6 w, $1.
G H and W J Coy et ux to Fan
nie E Allen, 40 acres, t 7 s, r 6
w, $500.
U L Frazier et ux to Minnie K
Mack, lots in Monmouth, $125.
A R Cooke et ux to J W Finn,
lots in Ballston, $500.
A Pleasant Surprise.
A pleasant evening was spent
at the home of I. C. Powell on
Monday night when a number of
Clares' friends surprised him, it
beiner his 14th birthday. Games
were played on the lawn which
was lighted by Japanese lanterns
after which refreshments were
served, consisting of ice cream
and cake. Those present were:
Misses Butler, Ruth Murdock,
Elva Lucas, Blanche Clarke,
Ruth Davis, Tennie Chaney, Ida
Strong, Lulu Peterson, Myrtle
Withrow, Marian McDonald,
Myrtle Hyde, Frances Quisen
berry, Sara Hyde and Emma
Parker, and Messrs. Clarence
Daniel, Harold Haley, Earl Mc
Neil, Paul Cross, Lucien Arant,
Harold Withrow, Dewey Burt,
Jennings, Lorence, Braxton, Wil-
1-v T 1 1
mer, ferry, uares ana neroert
Powell, Ivan and Oak Wood, and
Mesdames Hyde and McMillan
Polk County Letter Carriers Met
The Polk County Rural Mail
Carriers met in Monmouth, May
5th, in annual session to have a
general discussion of matters per
taining to the rural delivery serv
ice which is becoming a very im
portant factor in the way of sup
plying daily mail to farming com
munities. Among other questions to re
ceive attention was that of "Bet
ter Roads," a subject that inter
ests both the farmer and the car
rier as well as other persons, and
in which farmers are taking
great interest in order to have
better service.
The mail carriers are looking
forward to reprentation by send
ing delegates to the National
Convention to urge congress for
an increase of salaries, as the re
muneration is now so low that
the. best men will not stay in the
service, as is evidenced by so
many carriers sending in their
resignations.
Following is a report of the of
ficers chosen: President, A
rarker. ot Independence; vice
president, Guy Metcalf, of
Air
Milt lie; secretary and treasurer,
Grant, of Dallas.
The members present were A.
Parker, Independence, route 1;
J. P. Dickinson, Independence,
route 2; Guy Metcalf, of Airlie;
J. R. Martin, of Rickreall; Bert
Wells Dallas, route 1; Milt
Grant Dallas, route 2; A. F. Hu
ber, Monmouth, and Ira Williams,
sub of Airlie.
Visiting carriers present from
other counties were H. C. Cum-
mings, president of State Asso
ciation, Corvallis; J. H. Gains,
secretary and treasurer of State
Association, Albany; C. Levee,
of Corvallis; G. Cornett, of Alba
ny; C. Loop, of McMinnville, and
Postmaster O. A. Wolverton, of
Monmouth.
Showers of Blessi g.
A miscellaneous shower was
given Miss Kutn wood at ner
home Wednesday evening, in
honor of her approaching mar
riage. She received many beau
tiful and useful presents and a
very enjoyable time was spent.
Light refreshments were served,
and after wishing Ruth much joy
and happiness the girls were
chaperoned home by Mrs. Hyde
and Mrs. McKinney.
Those present were: Sara
Hyde, Emma Parker, Lydia Pow
ell, Nettie McNeil, Ethel Lucas,
Louella and Lorena Daniel and
Anna Wood.
Surprised Him.
Quite a pleasant surprise was
given Mr. E. D. Mason Tuesday
evening when about twenty rela
tives and friends gathered at his
home to celebrate his 68th birth
day.
The evening was enjoyably
spent in conversation and music,
after which refreshments were
served.
At a late hour the guests de
parted for their homes, wishing
him many more such pleasant
evenings.
J. E. Winegar and wife visited
Portland Wednesday. Mrs. Wi
negar returned home in the even
ing but Mr. W. remained a day
longer.
INDEPENDENCE NEWS BUDGET
From Our Regular Corres
pondent.
DAILY HAPPENINGS IN OUR SISTER CITY
Scan This Column For News of
Importance From the
Riverside.
Miss Susie Darst is visiting
friends at Newberg. ,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Walker
will attend the Rose Festival in
Portland this week.
Miss Olive Williams has re
turned from Ballston where she
taught school last winter.
Hugh Hanna and Ernest Irvine
left last week for Burns, Harney
county, to look after their claims.
Postmaster Merwin and wife
left Monday for Portland and
other places to visit for several
days.
Asa Robinson has returned
home for a visit from Tillamook,
where he is employed in a drug
store.
At the regular meeting of the
city council last Wednesday even
ing, Mr. Ewing was elected , city
marshal. -
Misses Nola Owens and Bertha
Bohannon attended the Modern
Woodman picnic in Salem last
Saturday.
Miss Rogers, who has been
sewing for Mrs. Henkle, leaves
this week for Portland where she
will continue her occupation.
Mr. Brakefield, of Pennsylva
nia, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
P. M. Kirkland. From here Mr.
Brakefield will go to California.
Rev. Swander, of Portland,
will preach in the Christian
church next Sunday morning dur
ing the absence of Rev. Thomp
son. Mr. and Mrs. II. F. McGrath
and daughter Irene, of Portland,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Mc
Grath's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Richardson Sr.
Miss Emma Henkle has re
turned from Condon where she
has finished her term of school.
Miss Emma will return next fall
to teach another term.
Mr. Claud Johnson and Miss
C.ara Tforharr. will ht. marripfl
next Sunday evening at the
home of the bride's parents. The
young couple will make their
home here.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Whiteaker,
Frank Whiteaker and Miss Erma
Brown have gone to Cascadia for
a two-week's outing. . Miss Er
ma is "hello" girl in the Bell
telephone office, and Miss Bertha
Collins will answer calls during
her absence.
School closes Friday, the 10th
of June. A program will be giv
en by the high school and eighth
grades in the opera house Satur
day evening, when the eighth
grade will be presented with
their diplomas. The same teach
ers have been elected for another
year except the principal, and
Mr. Crowley has been elected to
that position. One teacher has
resigned to accept another posi
tion. Travel is light here this week.