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Vol. IV
Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, July 5, 1912
No. 43
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REGULAR PORTLAND LETTER
Portland, Ore., July 2. -Instead
of an apple show, Portland
will hold a land products ohow
this Winter that will be the first
of its kind in the Pacific North
west. It is hoped to make it an
annual event rivaling in interest
the big land shows of the East
and Middle West.
November and December will
probably be the time of 'holding
the show anil it is planned toj
have it last two weeks. In scope
it will cover the entire Pacific j
Northwest and all the states in
cluded in this territory will be
asked to co-operate and send ex
hibits. It "s desired to have'every pro
duct of the soil assembled here
at that time. Commercial bodies
will be interested and it is hoped
to develop this event into an
annual attraction that will appeal
to people throughout the whole
country who may be attracted to
the vacant lands of the North
west states. The land show pro
ject has the supjwrt of the Ore
gon Development Ixague and the
chief organizations of Portland
and the state.
A thorough survey of the agri
cultural districts of the state is
now being made under the di
rection of the Oregon Statistical
Bureau of the state Immigration
Commission and the Oregon Ag
ricultural College. Represent-
alive fanns in each locality will
be investigated and careful sta
tistics collected showing pro
duction, cost of raising crops,
social conditions, etc. The re
sults of the inquiry will be used
in attracting immigrants and it
is expected the survey will be
useful in giving valuable infor
mation to settlers and in helping
to solve many, problems of the
farm.
A gridiron of electric roads
throughout the most fertile parts
of the Willamette Valley, costing
$8,000,000, is announced by the
Southern Pacific. Yamhill, Ic
Minnville, Corvallis, Alsea, ' Al
bany, Eugene, Molalla, Salem.
Falls City, Canby, Aurora, Leba
non and many other points are
to be reached by this new system
of roads, which will develop the
country reached as nothing else
can. With these big improve
ments going on and the biggest
crop in its history to be harvested,
the state . has nothing to fear
from the usual blighting effects
on business of Presidential year.
Eugenics may be expected to
have a prominent place at the
Salem State Fair. A plan is now
under way to show in each town
boys and girls under one year,
under two years and under three
years. The prizes will be award
ed on points rather than that of
doll-like beauty, and the best
children will then be taken to the
State Fair and entered in a state
" wide contest.
Managers 'of the' Pendleton
Roundup expect an attendance
this year of 50,000 visitors. ' The
. show will be bigger and better
than ever before, with more
varied attractions than last year.
The dates are September 23-28.
Salem's Cherry Fair promises
to be highly successful this year.
The dates are July 11. 12 and 13.
Cherry exhibits and entertain
ment features will, it is exacted,
be more extensive than ever before.
Social Hour Club Meeting.
The Social Hour Club met on
Wednesday of last week, June
26, 1912, at the home of Mrs.
Remjngton to elect officers for
the ensuing year. Miss Maggie
P.utler was re-elected pres dent,
Mrs. Mary Stine vice president
and Mrs. Nettie Boche. secretary.
The president apjinted a
committee of three to select lists
of books for next year, the com
mittee to consist of Mrs, Port
wood, Mrs. Boche and Miss P.
Doughty.
The next meeting of the club
will be July 17th at the home of
Mrs. Boche. Members are re
quested to come and bring needle
work. Straw Will Show.
Saturday afternoon three of
our old soldiers happened to be
together and got to. talking, over
the national disgrace that had
been in session at Chicago during
the week. They were all of one
accord in pronouncing it such,
although all of them had been
voting th? republican ticket all
their lives. They then and there
concluded they would throw off
the bondage, and pledged them
selves to never again vote or
register as republicans. Dallas
Itemizer.
Held Election of Officers.
The Endeavor Society, of the
Christian church, held their reg
ular business meeting last Fri
day evening, at the church. The
regular business was disposed of
and the election of officers, was
held, the following being elected
for the coming six months:
President, J. W. Leask; vice
president, Anna Wood; secretary,
Mrs. J. W. Leask; treasurer, Joe
Clark; organist, Gladys Parker;
chorister, Emma Parker. '
Free Demonstration.
A free demonstration of the
famous Wear-Ever Aluminum
Cooking Utensils will be given
in the sample room near the meat
market, Monmouth, Tuesday, at
2 o'clock p. m., July 9.
Acordial invitation is extended
to all. Lunch will be served.
A. E. Myers, Salesman.
Buys Wool and Mohair
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I Will be in the market for
wool and mohair, stronger this
year than ever, always paying
the highest market1 price. Mo
hair sacks on hand.
Allen T. Clark.
Mrs. L. K. Page and Misses
Olive Smith and Ida Piatt, who
have been attending summer
school at the Normal for the past
two weeks, will leave tomorrow
for their home at Springfield.
POLK COUNTY PIONEER DEAD
John L. Murphy Passed Away
After Lingering Illness.
John L. Murphy, a pioneer of
Oregon and for many years a
resident of Monmouth, died here
last Saturday after an illness
covering several years, at the
age of 69 years, eight months
and two days.
He was born in Knox County,
Illinois, October 27, 1813, and
moved with his parents to Ore
gon in Ibbz, where he has since
made his home.
He was married to Ruth Rohrer
and to this union seven children
were born, all of whom survive
him. They are as follows:hester,
Santa Cruz, Calif.; George,
Charles, William, Inez and Mary,
of Waldport, Ore., and Mrs.
Lenna Guthrie, of Corvallis. His
wife also survives him.
Mr. Murphy was a sturdy pi
oneer, a kind and helpful friend
and neighlMr, being ready at all
times to assist those in need, and
took a very active part in public
matters.
. For the pat two years he has
lived at Yachats, returning here
two months ago., The funeral
was held Sunday, at the Christian
church, at 2 o'clock p. m., and
was co.iducted by Rev. W. A.
Wood, interment being made in
the cemetery south of town.
The family have the sympaihy
of the entire corjpraunity in their
bereavement.
Harriman Lines Buy Valuable
Properties.
Eugene, Ore., July 2. -The
Portland, Eugene & Eastern Rail
way Company yesterday made
the last payment on a quarter of
a block of land owned by the
Methodist Church at the corner
of Tenth and Willamette streets
and a deed to the property was
delivered. The purchase price
was $40,000. This land, together
with the remainder of the block,
will be used by the Southern Pa
cific Company for the electric
railway depot. The block is 320
feet square, and the railway
company has acquired all of it
except the lot on which the Y.
M. C. A. 's handsome three-story
home is located.' Negotiations
have been opened for its purchase.
and it, is expected that the deal
will be closed within a month.
The trustees of the Y. M. C. A.
have asked $90,000 for, the lot
and building. The lot four years
ago cost $10,000 and the build
ing $50,000.
Big Sawmill Will Be Built At
Florence.
Eugene, Or., July 2. -The
Tidewater Lumber Company has
been organized among a number
of heavy timber owners on the
lower Siuslaw River, and a huge
sawmill, probably with a capacity
of 250,000 or 300,000 feet of lum
ber every day,, will be erected at
Florence. The company has
taken over the mill of the Ore
gon & California Lumber Co.
there, but it will either be dis-
mantled or operated separately
from the new plant. Extensive
wharves will be built, and the
company will operate a big fleet
of tugs and schooners.
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Automobile Accident.
Just as we were going to press
news reached us of an accident
which occurred in Dallas t 8
o'clock this morning, when a man
from Salem, whose name we
were urteble to learn, was driving
his wife and three children to
Falls City in an auto, and when
turning a corner the machine up
set, throwing the occupants out,
and injuring the man so severely
that he died at 12 o'clock, while
ihe woman is not expected to
live. One boy is quite badly
hurt but the other two children
escaped without serious injury.
I. O. O. F. Installation.
Monday night the I. O. O. F.
Lodge met in regular session and
the following officers were in
stalled by Paul Tacheron, Dis-r
trict Deputy Grand Master:
N. G., H. K. Sickafoose; V. G..
Jacob Smith; Sec, W A. Bress
ler; Treas., A. J. Haley. After
the installation the members
enjoyed ice cream and a social
time. .
Silverton Lets Big Contract
for
Paving.
Silverton, Or., July 2. At
the regular meeting of the City
Council held last evening, con
tracts were let to Clarke, Henry
& Co. for. laying approximately
31,000 yards of asphalt concrete,
on a macadam base, at a cost of
$63,454.72. The work is to be
started immediately.
An Unnecessary Question.
The office boy, with his legs
curled lovingly around those of the
chair, was tilted back in the cor
ner, gloating over "The Mysterious
Milkman : or. The Murder at Muddy
Ford," when a caller entered the of
fice. "Is the boss in?" asked the gen
tlemanly visitor courteously.
The lad looked over him with a
contemptuous expression. ,,
"You must be a Rube or you'd
know he ain't," he drawled. "Ain't
you got no power of deduekshun?
Would I be somV like this an' read
ing boixk like this if the boss was
in ? Not11 hardly. Come tomorrow.
An' then I'll lend vou this here
sinetiffie work, an' maybe you can
get next to a little wisdom. Good
byl" Exchange.
NORMAL SCHOOL NOTES
A number of new students
have registered for summer
school during the past week,
bringing the total enrollment to
date to one hundred and thirty
eight.
On Wednesday afternoon the
Normal school was honored by a
visit from the County Superin
tendents of Oregon. Special
assembly exercises were held at
1:15 at' which time Supt Bragg,
of Union County and Supt Gary,
of Clackamas County, gave very
interesting and helpful talks.
These men represent the educa
tional circles of Oregon and come
in closer touch with the teacher
than any other body of men.
They are intensley interested in
the progress of the Normal
School, for they realize that only
by having trained teachers can
the standard of the schools be
raised. We hope this is but one
of such visits.
Thursday being the 4th the
students of the Normal enjoyed
a holiday. Some spent the day
in Albany, some in Falls City,
and others spent a quiet day at
home. In the evening the stu
dents were guests of the faculty
at an informal party in the grove.
Various forms of amusements
were enjoyed and all joined in
voting it a most pleasant evening.
President Ackerman returned
home Tuesday evening from a
trip to La Grande where he ad
dressed the Chautauqua held at
that place.
Miss West left Tuesday after
noon for Eugene where she spoke
before the Library Association.
Want a Life-Saving Station.
Some things are needed and
other things are not neede d, but
our informant wants a life-saving
station established in the vicinity
of the second turn of the road
north of town, and gives as a
reason that while a couple of
Monmouth citizens were driving
home from Dallas a few evenings
ago an incident accurred that
warrants the' expenditure which
he proposes.
It was this way; the parties
had for safe delivery some thirty
loaves of bread, and thinking
their task nearly completed were
seized with consternation when
a couple of persons arose up from
the wayside and cried, "Hold
on!" ,
Thoughts, terrible, affright
ening, and visions of departing
treasure well a hurry-up order
was given the horse and a turn,
too quickly executed, landed the
outfit in the ditch hard by and
there was a general mixture of
men, bread and water soup if
you please, to the consternation
of the participants and : destruc
tion of the bread.
The parties who innocently
caused all the muss, only wanted
to ride home.
Our informant suggests a life
saving station for that locality
and that the A. Cs petition for
it.- ; - :."
Abstracts promptly made by
Brown & Sibley, attorneys and
abstracters.