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onmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, July 7, 1911
No. 45
REGULAR PORTLAND LETTER
to u.3 Scat lie IV,t-
Portland
hpnefit is
Or., July 4 -Great
expected to result to
Interior Oregon from the selec
tion during the past week of an
experiment station site in Harney
County near Burns. The loca
tion was picked by experts from
the Oregon Agricultural College
and a tract of 160 acres was se
lected. A capable man from the
college will be placed in charge
and soil problems' of the interior
will be solved. Proper dry farm
ing methods will be shown and
the'station will serve as a nucle
us for a number of other experi
mental farms throughout Harney
County. Later it is hoped oth
ers will be established in Eastern
Oregon.
A new industry has been
started near Gresham, where a
Japanese woman has a thriving
colony of silk worms that she has
raised from imported cocoons
this spring. The worms are now
spinning their silk and will soon
develop to the butterfly stage.
September 1 is the date set for
opening the railroad from Port
land to Tillamook and people in
that corner of the state will have
a big celebration when the first
train reaches Tillamook Bay from
Portland.
The Pacific Highway Conven
tion will be held in Portland
Augur 4 and - 5 - ad arrange
ments will be made b'y the Port
:pi ciul mvr.s
lalchon ,;i;ly -2. The excursion
wiH be made up of prominent
business and professional men.
Besides, the Automobile Club and
the Press Club will send dele
gations north in a flying squad
ron of autos.
HEWS FMJWy SEAT
Court House Notes.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Lonor S Compton, of Indepen
dence, and Nettie L. McNeil.
Thomas Claud Huston, of
Heppner, and Marietta Phillips.
FARM NAMES REGISTERED.
Cherry Grove -Wes M Elliott.
Dallas.
PROBATE
In the estate of J II Burton,
deceased Ivy G Burton ap
pointed administratrix; bond
fixed at $3000.
REAL ESTATE
Ella S Croisan et al to S W
Nichol, et al, lot in McNary Orch
ard, $500.
J L Bell to Alice Bell, land in
Dallas-, $10.
J C Peterson et al to James II
Peterson, land in t 6 s, r 7 v, $10.
George F Peterson et al to J C
Peterson, land in t 5 s, r 7 w,
$10.
O A Knox to E L Knicker
bocker, 346.25 acres, t 6 s, r 6 w,
A L Goodnough et ux to Wra
SCHOOL ELECTION '
As a slight irregularity was
found in the ballot of the school
election held to bond the district
for the purpose of building the
new school house, the work has
to be done over again and the
school board has posted notices
declaring a special election July
21, 1911, for the purpose of re
submitting the bonding of the
district.
Now if Monmouth was infested
with a class of people who took
IT 1 i ,
ueugni in placing persons in an
County Fire Warden Appointed
By State Forester
Under the authority given him
by the Oregon Forest Fire law
11 i 1 1 . T 1
enacted oy tne last Legislature,
State Forrester F. A. Elliott is
actively engaged in perfecting
his campaign for the prevention
of forest fires during the ap
proaching dry season. Aside
from the local fire wardens, of
whom there will be about six
hundred in the state, supervising
wardens are being appointed in
each of the heavily timbered
undesireable situation, or as it is counties. In that portion of the
land Automobile Club and repre- J Dixon, 5 acres, t 7 s, r 6 w,
sentatives from every prominent
city on the Coast are expected to
attend. A number of automo
bilists will come down in their
cars from Seattle. Some good
work may be expected for good
roads as a result of this conven
tion and particularly for the
great highway projected along
the coast line from Canada to
Mexico.
That the whole state will be
represented in framing proposed
good roads legislation is assured
nw that Governor West has
named a commission of promi
nent men from all parts of Ore
to assist in the work. It is
believed this will prevent a flood
of hasty legislation at the next
election and u-ni rr,,
. m mi give L11C UIllllC
state just what is needed for
h'ghway betterment.
Mining men will meet at Grants
on July is. The recent
"ds of rich gold ore in Southern
Uregon will probably make the
coming convention a very in
teresting one. Invitations to at
tend the gathering have een
nt to commercial bodies and
mining organizations of the
whle Coast.
Surveys of the mouth of the
lumbia River, completed dur
n2 the past week, are expected
o show an increased depth of the
niP channel at the river's mouth.
J ?ain of 18 inches, or a total
aepth of 27.5 feet, is unofficially
ported. The measurements
ofth?6 Show that the sweep
the river current and the tides
c enective when confined to
ine Channel a 4.1- : :
j , v- auu Lilt; increasing
ePth demonstrates the value of
$10.
Martha A Hill to Nettie E Bo
hannon, lot. in Independence,
$167.50.
Jeter Hanson et ux to H G Be
dient, 23 acres in Polk county,
Isabel C Eborall to Belinda Pa
tee, 40 acres, t 6 s, r 8 w, $800.
M L Thompson et al to Ray
VVerton, 23.25 acres, t 8 s, r 6 w,
$10.
C J Pugh et ux to A F Courter
et ux, 24.02 acres, t 8 s, r 6 w,
$1.
A F Courter et al to C J Pugh,
land in Falls City, $10.
Roy II Campbell et ux to C J
and Sarah C Parsons, land in In
dependence Fru't Farms, $25000.
J S Ashbaugh to Myrtle GGov
ro, lot in Dallas, $900.
E L Sperry et ux to W W Ui
rey, lanP in Dallas, $100.
Salem. -The discovery of
wholesale forgeries of names on
the referendum petition attack
ing the University of Oregon ap
propriations may yet save those
appropriations. Burns' detec
tives, working under the direc
tion of ex-Supreme Court Justice
Slater, declare that 8000 names
are tainted with fraud and that
at least 4000 are self-evident
forgeries.
Otto Newman, who was in
dicted in Portland for forging
the H.1H3 paving
sometimes expressed, "In a
hole," they might try to defeat
the bonding proposition. But,
we do not believe that Monmouth
district has that kind of resi
dents, neither do we think such
purpose will be instituted, but
that the question of bonding will
carry again, and this
should lie unanimous from the
fact that the school board have
gone ahead in good faith, made
the contract for the building and
since it is done it must be paid
; for, and if we are not mistaken
in the construction of the school
law under such circumstances,
the board could make levies up
on the district to meet the obli
gations when it become necessa
ry to do so.
However, we think such action
will not be necessary nor that
any such disposttion is or will be
manifest. The way to succeed
and build up a town is to work
together.
the
the
jetty work at the mouth of
nver.
tnrps to
nPtitions. and is now out on bail
is named by Slater as being evi-! $2i,290.0p.
FOLK COUNTY STATISTICS
Superintendent H. C. Seymour
of Polk County was the first su
perintendent of the state to file
his annual county report in the
office of the department of edu
cation at Salem. Among other
things the document gives the fol
lowing statistics of the schools of
Polk County for the year ending
June 17.
Total number of pupils on reg-
ister: Male law, lemaie mm, to
tal 2375.
Number of teachers employed:
Male 25, female 112, total 137.
Number of eighth grade diplo
mas issued: Male 86, female 00,
total 176.
Average daily attendance, 2,-
683.40
Number of districts, 60.
Number of schoolhouses, 76.
Number built during year, 9.
Number legal voters, 2,291.
Library books purchased dur
ing the year, 833.
Total number of library books,
7,505.
Number of private schools, 2
Receipts, $193,340.36.
Disbursements, $179,028.19.
Cash on hand, $14,312.17.
Estimated value of schoolhous
es and grounds, $203,250.00.
Estimated value of furniture,
dontlv connected by the alleged
forgeries. Slater says that there
are 20 more under suspicion.
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Average monthly salary oi
male teachers, $71.21.
Average monthly salary of fe-
$50.'.00
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State having but a small amount
of timber, two or more counties
will be looked, after by one su
pervising warden. Mr. Frank
Ileydon, of Falls City, Oregon,
has been appointed to the posi
tion of supervising ..warden for
Pollvcounty. This appointment I
time it ' was mau by the . State Forester
after a very careful consideration
of the recommendations received
from the principal timber-land
owners of this territory. Per
sons residing in localities not
covered by a local lire warden
should consult him in regard to
burning of slashings and infor
mation concerning the fire law.
The supervising wardens will
have general supervision over
the county or district placed in
their charge. They will be ex
pected to keep in touch with the
local fire wardens, whether serv
ing voluntarily or under pay for
the timber owners, county courts
or otherwise, and to lend them
every assistance in their power
for the enforcement of the laws.
They will be empowered to issue
burning permits where the terri
tory is not covered by a local fire
warden, and to act as referee in
cases where there is a difference
of opinion between any local
warden and a resident or com
pany relative to the advisability
of issuing a burning permit.
Logging camps, sawmills, rail
roads, etc., where steam engines
burning other than oil for fuel
are being operated, will be in
spected from time to time to see
that proper spark arresters are
kept in use. In addition, super
vising wardens will advise with
farmers, loggers, and others who
have slashings to burn, instruct
campers concerning camp fires,
distribute copies of the law, post
fire notices in places where they
will do the most good, and keep
the State Forester fully informed
in regard to the fire situation in
their district.
It is not the intention of the
forest fire law that the State
should be called upon to fight
forest fires, and there is no ap
propriation made lor that pur
pose except in extreme emer
gencies. The real intent, how
ever, is to prevent fires and in
case fires do get started to see
that the proper persons, that is,
those who are the most interested
in the locality of the fire, whether
timber owners, sawmill men, log
gers, farmers or others, do get
an adequate force of men on the
ground immediately to properly
handle and extinguish the fire.
PROVIDE GOMT TO KEN
Special provisions for taking
care of babies and their mothers
upon arrival at a railroad station
is the latest experiment that is
being tried by the Southern Pa
cific Company at its Sacramento,
California depot. The idea is
only an experiment and is at the
suggestion of one of the patrons
of the Southern Pacific Company.
A special room has been fur
nished for the purpose just oil
the main waiting room of the
depot and two women attendants,
pract'eal nurses, are always pres
ent to look out for the needs of
the women travelers who have
their infants with them. Couch
es have been provided for the
convenience of the mothers and
ja numper of specially constructed
cots for the babies have been installed.
In this manner, when a woman
traveler with a baby is compelled
to wait in the depot for her train
or for those who should have
met her at the station, she is
provided wun an tne com torts
she would have in her own home.
The nurses in charge of the room
prepare a bed for the baby and
for the mother and they are al
lowed to rest for - as long a time
as may he necessary. Apparatus
is to be installed to facilitate the
heating of the food for the in
fant?., and if Hi". eynnrl.c'Tt"
proves to be a success it is possi
ble that it may be extended by
the Southern Pacific Company to
all its principal stations.
The idea is not original with
the ollieials of the company. . It
was offered by a woman traveler
and is being experimented with,
as all suggestions that are offered
in this way if they appear to the
officials to be practicable.
Result of Piano Vote
The result of the Chase Broth
ers Tiano Contest is shown in the
following list of names with their
accompanying figures, which give
the result of the ballot up to
Wednesday evening, July 5.
Moore s
n,nlfrv Yard. Independ-j for
dock's, Monmouth, Oregon. 25
Abstracts promptly furnished
at reasonable rates, by L. D.
Brown, Dallas, Oregon. tf
Ruby Frame
Mrs. E. Yeater
Mrs. L. Mason
Ruth M unlock..
Myrtle Witlirow
Ina Fishbaek
Mrs. Mary Nott
Mrs. Wm. Jones
Lillian Bogert ... .
Clara Brunt
Hazel Lorenre.
Loraine Haley
Dora Zook
Ethel Lucas
Emma Parker.
Mrs.'J. M. Tedrow...
Mane Morlan
Florence Burton
Fay Shipley...
Lidia Powell
Harold Haley
Lora Craven . . ...
Agnes Clark
Erma Brown
Gladys Parker
Wilda Fuller . . ...
Mrs. J. F. Smith
Stella Chute
Minnie Wunder
Edith' Wolverton
Vern Gibson
Mrs. F. Y. Mulkey..
Esther Moreland
Amy Chaney...
Franris Quisenberry.
Mrs. R. W. Coulter.
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131350
82120
7192.5
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GO940
51125
40580
44915
41095
38270
20525
23110
21830
21720
10315
14525
12340
11200
9300
8900
8075
03,30
5750
5070
4125
3750
2425
2100
. 1370
750
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