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Vol. II
Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, July 8, 1910
No. 46
REGULAR PORTLAND LETTER
Burned-over Timber May be
Made Use Of
PORTLAND 2ND IN WHEAT EXPORTATION
Attention Called to Growth of
Live Stock in the Pacific
North West
Portland, Or., July 5-T he out
come of an experiment to be tried
with burned-over timber in Coos
County by the Santa Fe Railroad
will be watched with interest
throughout the Northwest. If
successful, it will mean that large
areas of forest, formerly consid
ered useless, will become valua
ble for the burned-over timber
yet remaining. The Santa Fe
has contracted for 1,200 cedar
piling from such a tract in Coos
County. If the charred piling
proves a success, much more of
the same material will be bought
by the Santa Fe and a wide
market will be found for this now
apparently wor hless timber.
Portland ends the cerial ship
ping year May 31, holding second
place in the entire country as a
wheat exporting city. New York
alone has a greater number to its
credit. During the past twelve
months Portland has sent away
6,350,033 bushels of wheat, valu
ed at $5,791,304.
Large appropriations for Ore
gon waterway improvements are
available by the passage of the
Rivers and Harbors bill by the
recent Congress. More than
$1,000,000 will be spent in per
fecting the jetty at the mouth of
the Columbia River and addition
al funds are provided for dredg
ing the Lower Willamette and
Columbia rivers. The improve
ment of the upper Willamette
and Columbia is provided for, as
is Celilo Canal, which gets $600,
000. Together with the Great North
ern, the Northern Pacific will
carry on a work of exploitation
of Oregon. Writers and publici
ty men are now being enlisted by
the line to work up material to
be used throughout the country
in spreading the knowledge of
Oregon broadcast. With the
Hill lines actively engaged in the
work of publicity, large results
can be expected.
Attention is called by The
Oregonian to the growth of the
livestock industry in the Pacific
Northwest. On one day of last
week it says ten carloads of
wheat were received at Portland
and 40 carloads of livestock. It
is maintained that the stock grow
er will become a more important
factor in the prosperity of the
state than the wheat grower
within the coming ten years.
There will be more wheat grown
than at present but the livestock
industry will have expanded to a
remarkable degree by that time,
due to Portland having the great
est stockyard and packing plant
on the Pacific Coast. This means
much to the city's future, it is
believed.
Salem, the capital city, will
hold its annual cherry fair on
July 7, 8 and 9. The event
promises to be a big affair and is
being widely advertised. People
from the entire valley will attend
and unusual preparations are be
ing made to entertain them.
There will be keen competition
between the valley counties for
prizes in the eherry exhibits and
amusement features of the fair
will be better than ever.
That high prices for food pro
ducts are driving many people
back to the farm is the belief of
those who have given the matter
attention. It is contended that
not for years has the movement
been so noticeable as now. All
parts of the Pacific Northwest
are being benefitted, it is said,
by this desertion of the cities and
return to the soil. Confidence is
expressed that this , will balance
production and consumption and
bring prices of farm products
down to lower levels. ,
union wTanceIeeting
A Union Temperance meeting
will be held at the Evangelical
church next Sunday mornins, Ju
ly 10th, at 11 o'clock.
Dr. Pratt, a business man of '
Portland, will speak. Dt. Pratt
speaks as a business man, and
treats the saloon from a business
standpoint. "Dollars and Cents"
is his subject.
The Young Peoples' Alliance
Select Officers
This is a union service of the
city churches.
The Young Peoples Alliance of
the Evangelical Church, met to
hold their semi-annual election of
officers on Friday evening, July
1st.
The following officers were
elected: president, Delia Brant;
vice pres, Douglas Parkes; re
cording secretary, Bessie Gra
ham; corresponding secretary,
L. C. Hoover; treasurer, Edna
Parkes; librarian, Myrtle Withe
row. Mary Murdock and Ray Chute
will attend the annual Branch
Convention of this organization,
which will be held at Jennings
Lodge July 21st to 23rd.
Rev. L. C. Hoover will also at
tend, being president of the
Branch which covers the territory
of Oregon and Western Washing
ton; The Salem Journal, whose edi
tor, Col. Hofer, is a strong anti
prohibition wrorker, and the Or
egonian, no less antagonistic to
the prohibition movement, ought
to take particular note of the fact
that Brownsville, a dry town for
the past fifteen years, e "tertained
no less than 20,000 visitors dur
ing the Linn County Pioneers'
Reunion last week and not a
single arrest was made for drunk
ennessin fact, among all that
immense cosmopolitan crowd,
only three men were seen under
the influence of liquor. The
reason is easily explained.
Brownsville elects men to office
who have a high regard for their
oath and enforce the law. Al
though dry for fifteen years,
Brownsville is progressive and is
making rapid strides forward.
The city has no debt, bonded or
otherwise. Can any wet town
say as much? Brownsville
Times.
TEMPERANCE LECTURE
On Friday evening, July 8th,
Aaron S. Watkins the candidate
in 1908 for the vice presidency on
the Prohibition party ticket, who
is now touring Oregon, will be in
Dallas and speak in the court
house on some phrase of the liq
uor traffic. Mi. Watkins comes to
us highly spoken of as a public
speaker, being ranked among the
foremost present-day orators of
this country and the strongest
champion of the prohipition re
form movement. Every one
should if possible hear him at
that time, whether in sympathy
with the cause he represents or
not. All are urged to come from
far and near. Remember the
date, and place. At the court
house, Friday evening, July the
eighth, at 8:15 p. m.
news TnoTclin seat
Court House Notes.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Allen B Stout and Isabel F
Ray; Earl Groblebi and Pheriton
McCollum: Guy Simkins and El
sie Neiger.
John R Billups and Louise Col
lins; Alton J Zuver and Viola
Weiser, Elmer Guild and Josie
Bingham, Walter Cunningham
and Moudie Bennett.
PROBATE
Estate of Amanda Irene Tup
per, a minor bond filed and ap
proved. Estate of Franklin A Link, de-ceaSed-T
P Bevens, R M Fowle
R A Hastings appointed apprais
ers. Guardianship of John F Leach
D C Walker appointed guard
ian; bond fixed at $700; T J Mer
rick, T B Stone and E C Hillis
appointed appraisers.
Estate of Milanda Syron, de
ceasedpetition to sell real estate
set for hearing July 16, at 1 p m.
Estate of John Jay Smith, de
ceasedWilliam Bogue, Isaac
Stroud and W P. Lafferty ap
pointed appraisers.
REAL ESTATE
Charles Rheude to M D Wilson
105 acres, t 7 s, r 5 w, $10.
A Bush to Dallas City Bank,
100 acres, t 7 s, r 5 w, $10.
J M Grant, sheriff, to V A
Kersey and J L Brown, lots in
West Salem, tax deed, $7.66.
L W Hampton et ux to W C
Slattery, 160 acres, t 9 s, r 8 w,
$10.
D W Sears et ux to Martin
Sacre. lots in Polk County Land
Company's addition to Monmouth
$85.
Polk County Land Company to
Martin Sacre, 35.34 acres, 1 8 s,
r 4 w, $1943.70.
Oregon Timber Company to
Howard Morley, 1360 acres, t7s,
r 8 w, and t 9 s, r 8 w, $1.
Howard Morley, to Grand
Rapids Timber Co, same, $1.
Susie Noel and hd to D W Ran
dolph, 160 acres, t 6 s, r7 w. $10.
Charles Robertson and Walter
Cox to George P Dekum, land in
1 8 s, r 6 w, $1.
A P Akins to J F Thomas and
wf, 1 acre, 1 8 s, r 6 w, $400.
Wilbur P Lewis et ux to Elmer
R Lewis, land in t 8 s, r 6 w,
$100.
NORMALJETITIONS
Experience of Circulators in
Willamette Sections
J. A. Bish and Claude Down
ing were in the Willamette valley
last week attending the educa
tional convention held at the
University of Oregon and getting
signatures for the Ashland State
normal school initiative petition.
Mr. Downing remained in Eu
gene to take the summer high
school course at the. university,
from which he graduated. He
will be employed at the Ashland
high school the coming year. Mr.
Bish returned to Ashland Satur
day and gave the reporter an ac
j count of the expedition of the
solicitors in the various sections
visited. Some localities were
fair and cordial and had a broad
idea about educational matters
and other localities were covered
with moss. Mr. Bish got the im
pression that the great prepon
derance of opposition will come
from the voters who are morbidly
opposed to anything that will
cost a few cents in taxes, and
not against the normal schools
particularly. A striking feature
of the trip observed by Mr. Bish
was the reception the , solicitors
received in the two cities of Eu
gene and Salem. k the state
capital the petition was received
with interest and enthusiasm and
ten names could be secured in the
time it required to secure one at
Eugene, the home of the Univer
sity of Oregon. Mr. Bish was
greatly surprised at the attitude
of many of the prominent people
of Eugene in view of the 7 to 1
majority Ashland turned in to
save the university from its death
at the last election and the fur
ther fact that Jackson county
was second to Lane county in the
majority for the university,
which had a bare 3000 majority
in the entire state. Mr. Bish
could not understand the feeling
there. However, he reports that
among the people at the univer
sity there is a fine feeling for the
normal schools and a friendliness
toward Ashland. Taking the
entire field together, Mr. Bish
reports the situation as very en
couraging and he believes that
the normal schools will receive a
good support in many places in
the Willamette valley and be
lieve that the normal schools will
make a better showing in the
ballot box than the overwhelm
ing majorities cast against the
university appropriation at the
last election would indicate. He
feels more encouraged at the out
look for the success of the nor
mals than he did before entering
the Willamette valley counties.
A. C. Caldwell went down in
the Willamette valley last week
to visit the scenes of his youth
and secured many, signatures to
the Ashland state normal school
initative petitions and did lots of
missionary work.
Petitions are rolling in from all
quarters and will be gone over
and carefully verified before be
ing filed.
The date of filing with the sec
retary of state expires July 7th.
The number of signatures will be
INDEPENDENCE MS BUDGET
From Our Regular Correspondent.
DAILY HAPPENINGS IN OUR SISTER CITY
Scan This Column For News of
Importance From the
Riverside.
Miss Maud Iliff is visiting her
brother of this city.
Mrs. Claud Hubbard is visiting
her mother at Astoria.
Rev. J. N. Mulkey of Bethel
was in town last Saturday.
Mr. Walker, proprietor of the
hotel of this city spent the 4th
in Falls City.
Dallas won the base ball game
from the Indian boys, at Falls
City Monday.
Mrs. Ed Clodfelter of Portland
was the guest of Mrs. C. A.
Moore last week.
The free library is being looked
after by Mrs. Eaton who will be
in charge every afternoon from
two to five o'clock.
Howard Heath of Portland has
returned home for a visit of sev-.
eral weeks' duration with his
mother, Mrs. Heath
Dr. MacVeigh, superintendent
of the Men's Resort at 4th and
Burnside, Portland, preached in
the Preabj terian church Sunday.
Mrs. Fred Chambers has re
turned to her home at Eugene
having spent several days in vis
iting her mother, Mrs. Susan
Johnson of this city.
Dr. Dunsmore was a passenger
to Corvallis last Saturday having
gone there to fill the pulpit in the
First Presbyterian church i.i the
absence of Rev. J. R. N. Bell.
Mr. and Mrs. McKinney and
family of Bridgeport, Nebraska,
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Drex
ler of this place. Mesdames Mc
Kinney and Drexlerare sisters.
W. J. Weber, pastor of the
Methodist Church, preached the
first sermon in the new church
Sunday. It will be some time
before the church is finished and
ready to dedicate.
Lee Whitcomb, Lloyd Hutley,
Orin Damon and Jim Huntley
were the four boys from Talmage
that left last week to spend a
few days fishing in the moun
tains above Blackrock. They
were to return the 4th.
Two car loads went from here
to Falls City Monday to attend
the celebration. Among the
crowd were Dr. Butler and wife,
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hubbard, Mr.
and Mrs. Bice and Mr. and Mrs.
Damon. Mr. Damon was one
of the marshals and had the hon
or of riding with George and
Martha Washington at the head
of the parade, to the grove in the
morning.
Dr. Allin, dentist, Cooper
Building Independence Oregon.
Both phones. 19-tf.
over ten thousand, the required
number being 8000. Besides the
Ashland state normal, the nor
mal schools located at Weston
and Monmouth will appear on the
ballot, each carrying the same
appropriation. Valley Record.