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Portland, Ore., Oct. 10-James
j Hill helped make Oregon his
tory the past week when he drove
the golden spike marking" the
completion of the Oregon Trunk
Railway to Band. That it will
be the final terminus of the line
is not expected, but the event
was notable because it celebrated
the coming of the new era in the
interior, and the railroad will be
the greatest developer the county
could have.
"Go to work and build up the
country, for the cities would
starve to death if it were not for
the country," said Mr. Hill at
the spike driving. "Nations
thrt have neglected the cultiva
tion of the soil have faded from
the face of the earth. There is
no reason why Central Oregon
should not produce enormous
wealth. We have a good deal of
faith in it. We believe if this
soil is properly cared for, if it is
properly understood and fair
justice done to it, it will make a
happy home for thousands and
millions of people. I wish you
all Godspeed and every particle
of luck and prosperity that can
come to you."
Portland will raise money to
aid in the operation of two de
monstration farms in Central
Oregon. The railroads .have
pledged $5,000, Portland business
men will give $2,000 and Cook
County will raise by taxation $3,
000. One farm will be estab
lished in dry farming country
and the other in an irrigated
district. A local committee has
been named to secure the funds
and a dinner will be held at the
Commercial Club, October 18,
when plans will be made. On
the train returning from the
golden spike driving at Bend
(luring the past week, a con
siderable sum was subscribed by
Portland excursionists.
Consolidation with neighboring
cities is planned by Marshfield
under the name ' 'Coos Bay. ' ' A
resolution to that effect has been
Passed by the City Council and a
special election to dec:de the
matter will probably be held soon.
This will, it is thought, be of
pat permanent benefit in build
h up that section of Oregon.
Harrisburg women have turned
their attention to practical things
and will hold a potato carnival
October 18 and 19. This, it is
Promised, will be "An exhibition
of Painstaking potato culture,
Maying all the progressive
methods of planting, peeling and
Paring the ever palatable
Potato." Women are officials of
we show.
-Agricultural possibilities of
Uregon are shown by an inter
ring comparison just made by
Resident Howard Elliott of the
Northern Pacific Railroad of the
Ja of this state with that of
Jnmark, Holland, Belgium,
sace-Lorraine, Luxemburg,
Jjntzerland and the state of
J5!' Combined they have
square miles, while - Ore
has 96,030. On the other
anJ. the combined population
countries is 21,594,689,
We Oregon has but 672,765.
Monmouth,
has as great agricultural re
sources as the above group and
may very likely equal it in popu
lation when its lands are proper
ly tilled,
A herd of elk from Yellow
stone Park may be brought to
Oregon and liberated in the for
est reserves of Wallowa County.
Arrangements are now being
made by State Game Warden
Finley with the Government au
thorities. Steps will be taken to
protect the animals in their new
home.
MonmouthHeights
Roy Pitzer is working for Guy
Hewitt.
Claud Lewis, of Lewisville,
was a visitor here Thursday.
Grandma Clinton is visiting
relatives at Airlie this week.
Lydas Vorphal has been work
ing for his uncle, Will Mack.
R. M. Bosley is hauling wood
for John Stump, of Monmouth.
Miss Lettie Fishback was a
Salem visitor Monday and Tues
day. Mr. and Mrs. Locke, of Bridge
port, passad over the Heights
Sunday.
Grant Heffley and wife, of
Talmage, were in this vicinity
Thursday.
Roy Clark helped Riddell Bros,
with their threshing machine
last week.
Jesse Johnson returned from
Carlton Monday after visiting
friends there.
Misses Hazel and Daisy John
son were trading in Monmouth
one day during the past week.
Tom Marks and family, of
near Rickreall, Sundayed with
Mrs. Mark's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Walker.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wunder
spent Thursday visiting with
their son, Ed Wunder and family
of the Luckiamute.
Dick Ogle is putting up a new
house on his place here, which
he lately purchased of Grant
Heffley, of Talmage.
Messrs. Foster, Gerber and
Swooney, of Nortons were here
Thursday and Friday of last
week purchasing goats.
Elder H. C. Clark, pastor of
the Christian church at Indepen
dence, preached at the Antioch
school house Sunday afternoon
to a full house. Mr. Clark
preached in place of Mr. Myer,
of Dallas, who found it impossi
ble to fill the appointment.
A Maximum Age For Marriage.
According to Russian law no per
son over eighty years of age can
enter the bonds of matrimony. All
civilized countries fix a minimum
are for marriage, but nowadays ap
parentlv only in Russia is n maxi
mum laid down. The law in an
cient Rome was strict on this point,
no man over sixty or woman over
fifty being allowed to marry. Lon
don Chronicle.
Doesn't Want to Look Pleasant.
Photographer -Try and look
pleasant, please Short Tempered
Sitter-You get on with it. This
photo is for some relatives who
want to come and stay a month with
me. Throne and Country.
Subscrlbelslow
Polk County, Oregod
Star Theater
TO-NIGHT
Choice
Films!
The Star Theater will give an
extra show this (Friday) evening
for the pleasure of the students
who cannot attend through the
week. The scenes for this even
ing will be selected for the pur
pose and it will be one of the
best, if not the very best shows
yet given.
City Council Proceedings
The city council met Tuesday
evening with a full board present
except J. L. Murdock. Proceed
ings as follows were had.
C P. Cornwell was sworn in
as marshal.
By motion regularly put and
carried the mayor and recorder
were authorized to sign the
modified contract to sell the city
bonds to Sutherlin & Co., of
Kansas City, Missouri. This
contract provides for the sale of
only the amount of bonds neces
sary for the requirement of the
city in getting its water supply.
The contract was signed.
A bill for an ordinance dis
posing of the Water Works Bonds
to Sutherlin & Co. was then
taken up, discussed and carried
forward to the third reading and
laid over until Tuesday night,
October 24, for final passage,
after which the meeting ad
journed. Junior Class Organization of the
Oregon State Normal School ,
The Junior Class of the Oregon
State Normal School organized
Friday afternoon. This class,
which is one of the largest in the
Normal, is looking forward to do
ing great things for both itself
and the school. Every member
of the class of '13 is an encgetic
'booster' and is planning to prove
'13 the luckiest of lucky years.
The officers who are to uphold
the standard of this famous class
for 1911 and '12 are: Miss
Hesse, president; Miss Benson,
vice-president; Miss McCulloch,
secretary; Mrs. Condon, treasur
er. Miss Benson, Miss Sizemore,
Miss Graham, Miss Stienberg,
Miss Worth were appointed as a
committee to meet the committee
from the faculty and committees
from the other classes to arrange
about literary societies. A com
mittee consisting of Miss Perry,
Miss Kelly, Miss Whitman and
Miss Swain were appointed to
select class colors and confer
with the other classes. The
business was transacted in a
manner which showed a great
deal of school spirit convincing
all that the good times and class
loyalty for which Monmouth has
ever been noted is to be exem
plified in the Class of '13.
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Rah! Rah! Rah!
'13.
Dr. Allin, dentist, Cooper
Building Independence Oregon.
Both phones.
19-tf.
NORMAL SCHOOL NOTES
Rev. Sickafoose was present
at chapel last Monday and ad
dressed the school. His talk was
most helpful and the wish is that
he may come often. Miss Fox
addressed the students Wednes
day in the interests of the Y. W.
C. A., and as a result of her talk
there is a strong probability of a
Y. W. C. A. being organized by
the Normal students.
Word was received Wednesday
that in all probability Supt. L. R.
Alderman, a member of the Board
of Regents, will visit the Normal
next Tuesday and address the
students at Chapel time, 9:40.
An invitation is extended to the
citizens of Monmouth to be
present at that time.
Col. E. Ilofer, a member of the
Board of Regents, has kindly
consented to deliver his lecture
entitled, "Fiction in Modern
Life" at 7:30 Friday evening,
November 10. Col. Ilofer needs
no introduction to a Monmouth
audience; hence, we bespeak for
him a full house. No admission
fee will be charged.
All student activities are be
gining to take shape. The sev
eral classes completed their
organization last Monday, and
the student body has completed
its temporary organization.
Aluch interest is manifested as lo
who shall be the permanent of
ficers and already electioneering
is going on. That good officers
will be elected goes without say
ing. It has been decided to organize
three literary societies, one for
the boys and two for the girls.
Arrangements are also being
made to publish a school paper.
Several of the faculty have
been engaged in institute work.
Mr. Gentle wasatllillsboro Mon
day. Miss Harlan at McMinn
ville Wednesday, and Miss
Shearer and Mr. Evenden will
also be at McMinnville the latter
part of the week.
The new public school build
ing is nearing completion, and
when completed will furnish a
convenient and commodious
home for the training school and
for the more than fifty high
school students.
Several students have enrolled
during the past week, and those
who have been doing institute
work report much interest on the
part of teachers in the work of
the Normal.
The Normal was honored last
Thursday by a visit from a dozen
of the Dallas teachers who spent
the day in visiting the several
departments and the training
school. The Dallas teachers
have the honor of being the first
teachers to visit the school since
it reopened and it is hoped that
others will do likewise. The
faculty hopes to make the work
so strong that it will ever wel
come inspection. It seeks also
to be of assistance in every way
possible; hence, county superin
tendents and others need not
hesitate to call on it any time and
if possible the wish will be
granted.
At Chapel, Thursday, the De
partment of History under the
No. 7
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Monmouth High School opened
on Monday. September 2f, with
the largest attendance ever be
fore known in its history. The
enrollment numbers at present
fifty-two and more are coming.
Although rather crowded in their
present quarters, pupils and
teachers are looking forward to
their entrance into the new build
ing, which will be in a few weeks.
The student body met on
September 27 and elected the
following officers: Pres. Leto
Wdverton; vice pres. Ruby
Lorence; secretary, Mildred
Force; treasurer, Neta Waller;
sargeant-at- arms, Byron White.
They are taking hold of their
work with zeal and are planning
largly for the school year.
On Friday, September 29th,
the Laurean Society organized
and elected their officers which
are: President, Byron White;
vice president, Dwight Quisen
bcrry; secretary, Loette Shore;
treasurer, Neta Waller; sargeant-at-arms,
Jennings Lorence; edi
tor, Clara Howard; chorister,
Doris Herren; organist, Mable
Johnson; program committee,
Edna Parkes, Braxton Powell,
Marion Clark. This society will
render its first program on Oct.
13, which will be as follows:
Sv.a, Sctiety; Conaic R;Md'.,
Marie Smith; Recitation, Clara
Howard; Piano Duet, Doris Her
ren and Mable Johnson; Horo
scope, Neta Waller; Select Read
ing, Braxton Powell; The Remind
Me's, Byron White; Vocal Duet,
Ruth Murdock and Gertrude
Heffley; Advertisements, Ruby
Fream; Critics Report, Miss
Jackson; Song, Society.
Four new scholars came into
the high school Monday, two of
whom are seniors. This makas
seven in the senior class.
Misses McNiell and Jackson
were in Salem on a business trip
recently.
School will be closed on Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday of
next week on account of the
teacher's institute at Dallas.
direction of Prof. Butler, gave
an excellent program appropriate
to Columbus Day. While but
little time was taken in its
preparation, yet it reflected credit
on the Department and revealed
talent that will be of material
assistance in future literary
work.
Mrs. Dell Butler left Tuesday
for her home in Portland after
spending a week here visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. II.
Newman.
J. L. Murdock was in atten
dance Tuesday at a meeting of
the representatives of many of
the Willamette Valley creameries,
the meeting being held at Salem,
to see if agreement could be had
on the price of butter fat, and
for other mutual benefit that
might come through organiza
tion. The price of butter fat
seems to be the particular bone
of contention, and as most of the
creameries are not willing to pay
butter quotations for that article,
there was no agreement arrived
at.'
The
conclusion is that this state