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Vol. IV NORMAL SCHOOL NOTES President Ackerman in compa ny with Mr. Gentle and Miss Shearer are in Baker attending Institute, this week. While en route, Mr. Gentle and President Ackerman visited the Multnomah County Teachers' Association in Portland and delivered addresses there. The meeting held at Baker represents the Eastern division of the State Teachers' Association, so that the opportu nity will be offered them of meet ing the teachers from all over the Eastern part of the State. It speak3 well for. the Oregon Normal School that its faculty should be called upon so heavily to appear on the program in these meetings. School will be closed at the Normal on Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday for Thanksgiving. This gives the students who live around about in the valley an opportunity to visit their homes and enjoy the privilege of home surroundings for a few days. Many will avail themselves of this, and those who remain " will find amusements and entertain ments to fill in the odd times. A number of local features will be given through the week and from all indications we feel safe in saying that everybody has the promise of a jery enjoyable Thanksgiving season. The student body published their first copy of the school paper, "The Norm, " this week, and while in all respects it is not a work of art so far as work manship is concerned, yet the general appearance of the publi cation so far as the work of the students is concerned is well up to standard. WTe congratulate the students upon the enthusias tic spirit and loyalty with which they have taken hold of this work, and it presages a series of valuable publications for the benefit of the school during the year. The student body on Monday last elected the representative of the school to the Executive Com mittee of the State Oratorical Association. The contest will be held this year at. Forest Grove and Miss Sara B. Mickelson who was elected to represent the State Normal will be present at the meeting. A most pleasant and enjoyable evening was spent at the gym nasium on Tuesday evening. The fore part of the evening was given over to amusements and games for the benefit of students who do not indulge in the pleas ing pastime of the "light fantas tic" while those thus inclined were given the latter part of the evening1, Good music was fur nished and the whole evening was voted a pleasant success. The Institute at Independence last Saturday was well attended from the Oregon Normal School by both faculty and students. Mr. Ostien gave a very interest ing paper on the "Vitalizing of Mathematics" during the morn ing session, and in the afternoon Miss Harlan took charge of some work in musicr giving practical demonstrations of what can be Monmouth, done in the grades by means of some fifteen or twenty children from the third and fourth grades of the training department who were enthusiastically received by the teachers from the County. Miss Harlan also took with her the Normal Girls' Glee Club, which entertained the teachers with renditions of several songs, nmong them some of the songs which Miss Harlan is going to recommend for universal adop tion in the schools of the State. Misses Grace Davis, Ellis, Lynn and Mickelson gave jl rendition of two dialect songs, which were also well received, Prof. Gentle gave the principal address of the afternoon upon the subiect of "Finding the Waste Tlaces in Education." After his address the Glee Club aided Miss Harlan in teaching various songs to the teachers present in order that they may use them in their re spective schools. The teachers of Independence were the host of all the visitors at a very pleasant dinner given in the Odd Fellows Hall. All present voted Independence as a nice place for the holding of such Institutes. The students enjoyed a rare treat in the talk of Mr. Cyrus H. Walker on Thursday of last week. Mr. Walker gave in a very vivid way incidents of early life and the traits and habits of the Aborigines on the coast. Mr. Walker speaks from first knowl edge in this respect for he him self from early boyhood has lived in the West, and has come in personal contact with the Indian and knows their life at first sight. Mr. Walker is a type of tha sturdy pioneer and was present at the Whitman massa cre, though but a babe at the time. Mr. Walker is interested in the Grange of the State and is interesting it in the future work of the Normal School City Council Doings. The common council met Tues day night to open bids for the construction of the proposed water system and other regular business. After order was called and minutes of preceeding meet ing approved bids and corres pondence was taken up. A tel egram was read from Sutherlin & Co., of Kansas City, Missouri, stating that his lawyers refused to approve the bond proceedings. There were but two bids re ceived, that of G. Jaeger, of Rich Hill, Missouri, stating that he will put in the system for $13450, and the other from Welton, Kibbe & Cochran, of Portland, Oregon, offering to put in the system for $13880. After considerable discussion the bids were-laid over until the next regular meeting for con sideration. A communication of the Eu reka Hose Co. was laid over till the next meeting. Next the proposition of the Oregon Power Company was taken up and sane changes asked and granted and the proposition continued till December 12, for the agent to get the instrument re-written. Claims against the 'city were then audited and ordered paid as Polk County, Oregon, Friday, REGULAR PORTLAND LETTER Portland, Or., Nov. 28-Oregon and the Pacific Northwest will fare well when Congress makes appropriations for river and harbor improvements at the coming session, provided the recommendations of the Chief of Army Engineers is followed. His budget calls for appropria tions amounting to not less than $3, 152,250 for the betterment of waterways in this section of the country. Among the projects for wnich money is expected to be forth coming is $1,000,000 for the Columbia River jetty, while be tween Portland and the sea channel improvements are esti mated to need $175,000. The Ce lilo Canal is listed for $600,000 and improvements above Celilo call for $30,000 more. Other recommendations includ ed in the report are: Columbia, Bridgeport to Kettle Falls, $25 000; Willammette, above Port land, $20,000; Siuslaw River, $120,500; Snake River, $25,000; Coos River, $3,000; Tillamook Bay, $5,000;. Clatskanie River, $1,000. Although Governor West has no use for hemp, this state can grow it successfully, says N. S. Merrill, of Merrill, Oregon. He has made experiments on a small tract of ground and grew hemp plants 14 feet high. The seed germinated freely and evenly and Mr. Merrill says the fibre is of great tensile strength. Nez Perce, Idaho, lays claim to a model citizen in the person of a Chinaman. Lately that town has raised a publicity fund to ex ploit its resources and theChina man subscribed $120. His name is Fong way. . Incidently, Nez Perce, with a population of 1500, is raising a promotion fund of $10,000 to carry on a two years' work. The semi-anual meeting of the Western Forestry & Conserva tion Congress, which is sched uled for Portland, December 4 and 5, will be a forest fire con ference and government and state officials, as well as private holders of timber, will be repre sented, Delegates will attend from throughoutthe West, from Montana to California. Ways and means to check the annual loss to the forests through de structive fires will be the chief topics presented. Attractive prizes are offered for poultry exhibited at the an nual show of the Oregon Poultry & Pet Stock Association, which will be held in Portland Dec. 4 to 9. Premiums will be given to follows: F. Moreland, Dept Mar. $ 2.00 Fred Scott, Dept. Mar. 2.00 A. J. Leask, Dept. Mar. 2.00 Jas. Hart, Dept. Mar. 2.00 A. Johnson, lmbr., cement, 63.52 Monmouth Herald for pub. Notice to Contractors, 6.00 D. E. Stitt Recorders fee, stamps and express charges, 23.45 J. L Davis, hauling gravel, 7.50 W. R. Coulter, same, 2.50 C. G. Griff a, water, 2.00 Ore. Power Co. light, 24.25 Dec. 1, 1911 children who have taken up poultry raising, as well as to fanciers generally. Multnomah County has voted a special prize of $50 to go to juvenile poultry raisers. The poultry department of the Oregon Agricultural College has two hens that have tied for the egg-laying championship of the United States, having laid 259 eggs each during the past tw elve months. Until now the record was held by a Main hen, which had 251 eggs to its credit in a year. The contract has been lot by the Southern Pacific for the first 23 miles of the new railroad pro jected from Eugene to Coos Pay. Between $6,000,000 and $7,000, 000 will be spent in the construc tion of this new line toth. Const. NOTICE TO TEACHERS. Those teachers who wish to write in the December examina tion for a Primary paper, will please note that the thesis for the primary papers will be as follows: Nature Study, Reading in Primary Grades, and Busy Work. Dated this 27th day of Nov. 1911. II. C. SliYMOUR, School Superintendent, Polk County. The High School Entertainment. The members and teachers of the Monmouth High School treated the patrons and citizens of the district to a good enter tainment last Saturday night and the school harvested a reward of success which must even have surprised its membership. The general program was well carried through but there were several features which merit spe cial mention. Miss McNeill ples'd the audience with her selection in reading as did Arthur Burk hcad with his solo, but perhaps the thing that pleased most and received the greatest amount of favorable comment was, "High School Gossip," by Misses Ruby Lorence and Mildred Force, which was not only an orginal production, but was well ren dered. The booths, each class of the High School having one, were an attraction that received very general attention after the pro gram was finished, and al together, the school cleared about $110, which frees it from the inheritance of last year, which gives pleasure to faculty and scholars, all of whom appre ciate the aid rendered by citizens and patrons. Public Library Mr. and Mrs. O. Hawlev and Miss Masririe Butler were truest s of honor at the Public Library bunuay alternoon. The hour was devoted to poet ry, Miss Olive Davis, the reader for the day, having chosen se lections from the early English poetry to that of the present day, including Kipling and Van Dyke. The twilight hour was made enjoyable by songs led by Miss Harlan, with solos by Miss Grace Davis and Miss Ellis. Miss Harlan presided at the tea-table, assisted by Miss Hyde and Miss Ellis. This will be the last of the present series of readings, though the library will be open to the public Sunday afternoons till further notice. No. 14 Book Shower. Program for Public Library Entertainment to be held on Friday Evening, December 1, In Normal Asssembly Hall at 8 o'clock. Music, Orchestra Opening remarks, Pres ident of the Association Song, Hiph School Short Talk, Thos. II. Gentle Vocal Solo, Jay F. Powell Address, President Ackerman Music, Miss Harlan At the close of the program a book shower will be given and contributions will be received for the Library. No admission will be charged, but the public is invited to donate any good book they may have, or contribute as liberally as they feel able. C. E. Cornelius came up from Portland, Saturday to remain until after Thanksgiving day. Dr. Lowe, the optician, will be in Dallas December 6 and 7 and in Independence the 8th. Re member the dates and consult him if you need glasses. Test Of Griffa's Wells. Mr. D. E. Stitt, Monmouth, Oregon. Dear Sir; The analyses of water sent by you to this labora tory resulted as follows: No. 1, north well, contained 6,480 organisms per c. c. and no colon bacilli. No 2, south well, contained 100 organisms per c. c. and no colon bacilli. Yours very truly, Calvin S. White, Stale Health Officer. P. S. Neither of these speci mens are contaminated and the south well contains as good water as can be found anywhere. How ever, please continue sending specimens each week as directed in previous letter. School To Teach Domestic Art. The Independence Schools are to be envied because of the fact that a new department, namely, Domestic Science, has been added. The board appropriated suffi cient funds for the establish ment of the new branch and enough will be appropriated from time to time, to maintain it. During the last few days Miss Pimm, a graduate of the Oregon Agricultural College, who will be at the head of the new depart ment, has been busy purchasing furniture, fixtures and supplies for the institution and everything is in first class condition for the opening, which will probably take place on Monday, Nov. 20. Independence is to be congratu lated also from the fact that she is the first city in the county to institute a school of Domestic Science. For some time past, classes for the purpose of teach ing the culinary art, have been held in private houses, but not until the last meeting of the school Iward was any definite step taken toward anything of a permanent nature. Already twelve of the girls of the city and surrounding country have been enrolled in the class, and, under the leadership of Miss Pimm, the class should be increased to twice that size by this time next year.-Independence Enterprise.