Vol. IV
Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, July 12, 1912
No. 44
REGULAR PORTLAND LETTER
Oregon Has Chance For Big
Wheat Prize
PORT ORFORD TO HAVE AGATE CARNIVAL
Old Battleship Oregon Moored
at Porta nd, Oregon for
Firtt Time
Portland. Oke., July 9.
Oregon should capture the prize
for the k'st five bushels of wheat
grown in the American North-
. west this year, but to do so will
require careful selection and in
deed it may be necessary to hand
p'ck the wheat. It will pay to
do it, for a prize of $5,000 is
offered by the Northwest De
velopment League for the best
five bushel exhibited at the
MinneajKilis Iand Show in No-
- vembcr, With the splendid grain
crop assured for Oregon, th s
state should have any quantity of
lirst class wheat to enter at this
show.
Commercial bodies of the state
are showing an interest in the
collection of Oregon exhibits to
be shown this Winter atthe land
shows of the Middle West. In
resiwnse to a call sent out by
Manager Chapman of the Oregon
Development League, many, out
side societies have been heard
from, each promising to collect
samples of the best products
,' grown there this season and it
. seems a good collection is assured.
No locality should allow itself to
be unrepresented.
Following its success of last
' year, " Port Orford will hold
another agate carnival early in
i August. A big feature of the
enertainme t will be a repro-
duction of the famous Indian
fight of Battle Rock.
Coos Pay claims the largest
saw log. The C. A. Smith Co.
has sawed a giant spruce log es-
timated to have weighed over 18
tons, that scaled 19,600 feet of
lumber. It was 75 feet long,
Reven feet in diameter at the butt
and five feet eight inches at the
top. This is thought to be the
, largest log ever hauled on a train
anywhere.
Portland is ablaze with lights
and streaming banners of purple
, and white this week in honor of
the grand reunion of the Elks.
Thousands of visitors,, from all
parts of the country are here,
and to many of the delegates,
this is their first introduction to
the Pacific Coast. Oregon lodges
are co-operating heartily to wel
come their visiting brothers from
the Eastern states.
Moored in Portland harbor is
the famous old fighting machine,
the battleship Oregon. For the
first time in its long and eventful
history, it is visiting its own
state. . Its arrival arroused great
interest and big crowds have
been visiting this sturdy old
fighter.
Surveys at the mouth of the
Columbia River show that the
entrance is growing deeper. The
area of deep water is growing,
"apparently through the action of
the river current, which, directed
by the jetty, is scouring out the
channel to a greater depth. Stead
ily improved conditions are looked
for at the mouth of the river,
particularly as work on the north
jetty progresses.
Sherman County farmers have
come to appreciate their experi
ment farm, located at Moro.
Many at first doubted its utility
but such valuable help has been
given in conducting inquiries in
to better methods of agriculture
that they are now thoroughly
interested. A recent farmers'
day brought hundreds of visitors
to the station.
MARRIED.
A quiet wedding took place on
Saturday evening, July Cth, at
the home of the bride's mother,
two miles south of Monmouth,
when Miss Clara Brant was
united in marriage to Mr. Roy
Pitzer. Rev. W. A. Gueffroy
officiating. After the wedding
dinner the young people drove to
Dallas where Mr. Pitzer is em
ployed in the saw mill, and where
they will be at home to their
many friends.
TO I K C R EASEJFA RM PRODUCTS
How Oregon Can Add to Wealth
in Next Five Years Shown by
1 Dr. Withycombe.
O. A. C, Corvallis, Ore.,
July 6. That the annual agri
cultural productions of this state
could be increased $10,000,000 in
five years without adding one
square rod to the farm acreage,
was the contention of Dr. James
Withycombe, director of experi
ment stations at the Oregon Ag
ricultural College, in a recent ad
dress on the value of demonstra
tion farms. He advocated the
establishment of a demonstration
farm in each county under com
petent supervision, the superin
tendent to act as advisor to the
farmers of his district, and to
assist in the formation of rural
organization foV the improvement
of educational, social and financial
conditions.
"In many foreign countries the
value of demonstration farms
and special agricultural educa
tional work is strongly in evi
dence," said Dr. Withycombe.
"The little country of Denmark
has made phenomenal agricul
tural progress under the system
of demonstration instruction.
With an area equal to but one
sixth of Oregon Denmark sup
ports 2,690,000 people and ex
ports annually over $100,000,000
worth of butter, eggs and bacon.
This is accomplished under ad
verse agricultural conditions,
much of the country being so
bleak that it is necessary to
blanket the cows in pasture to
keep them comfortable in sum
mer. "If such results can be secured
under such unfavorable condi
tions, what results might we not
justly expect from a similar sys
tem here in Oregon where condi
tions for dairying and general
farming are so favorable."
, Brown & Sibley, attorneys and
abstracters, 610 Mill Street,
Dallas, Oregon.
CITY COUNCIL 010 BUSINESS
Water-Work Contractor Got
Big Pile of Cash
PASSEO A NEW SIDE-WALK ORDINANCE
J. W. Leask took the Contract
to Concrete the South
Well Cistern
The city council met Tuesday
of last week, but the recorder
being ill, the proceedings were
not written up for last issue.
Bills passed were as follows:
AGAINST WATER WORKS FUND
John Keating on con
tract $7,423.31
L. C. Kelsey, engineer 380.05
Total $7,803.36'
AGAINST GENERAL FUND
F. M. Suver, surveying $35.60
W. O. Meador, labor 3.50 j
Total $397T5 i
An order was made for 120;
pieces of six-inch tiling for
College street, in front of L. II.
Treat's property, and the recorder
authorized to order same from
Geo. F. Shew.
A communication was read
from the Eureka Fire Hose Man
ufacturing company offering to
give in exchange for Red Cro.cis
hose contracted for at $1 per
foot, Paragon hose at $1.05. The
offer was accepted.
The well committee was au
thorized to receive bids for con
creting the cistern of the south
well, up to 8 o'clock pi m., Ju'y
5, said bids to be referred to the
common council.
Bill for ordinance No. 155 was
then taken up and read for the
last time and adopted, the same
being an ordinance for the con
struction of concrete sidewalks
throughout the city when neces
sary to order in new walks.
The council then adjourned to
meet July 5, 1912, at 8 p. m., to
consider bids for concreting the
south well.
At the meeting July 5, there
was only one bid received for
concreting the south well, which
offered to do the work for $775,
and the bid being considered too
high, was rejected.
The council met again Tuesday
evening in regular session and
discussed conditions, but little
action was taken outside of, ar
rangements to prosecute work on
the south well. There were two
oral bids in, that of S. R. Walker
to do the work for $275 and that
of J. W. Leask to take the con
tract for $250. x The council was
inclined to the latter offer and
authorized the committee on wells
to enter into contract with Mr.
Leask, which has since been done.
The council then adjourned.
Special Feature.
. Damon and Pythias. A story
on which the Knights of Pythias
is founded. See this at the Star
theatre Saturday night.
We have calls for all sizes of
small farms so if you wish to sell
your place send us a description
of it and we will get the buyer.
McIntosh & Wiltse,
Independence, Ore.
Monmouth Heights
Miss Lena Brown's new resi
dence is nearly completed.
The farmers are very busy
these days in the hay fields.
Clarence Laforge was a guest
of Minnie Wunder the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Mack visited
relatives near Monmouth Sunday.
Jesse Johnson and Lettie Fish
back spent Sunday with friends
in Monmouth.
Miss Ina Fishback returned
home Monday after spending five j
weeks at Carlton.
Mr. Rich and son, Kenneth, I
and Mr. Hudson, of Falls City, j
were here on business Tuesday, j
Mr. and Mrs. Will Bogynska.
Robert Fishback and Hazel John
! son celebrated the 4th at Carlton.
Mrs. Huggins and children,
Naomi and Kenneth, of Falls
City, visited at the Shipley home
last week.
Miss Helen Marks, of near
Rickreall, is staying with her
grand-parents, John Walker and
wife, this week.
C. J. Holem spent the 4th
with his parents in Elk City.
Harrv Stine left for PpnHletrm
j Thursday morning where he will
! teach school this winter.
I Mrs. Dell Harrington, of
1 Albany, visited her mother, Mrs.
A. Bookey this week.
Joe Clark, our typo, had a
birthday this week and received
a birthday cake, fresh and de
licious all the way from Indiana,
and his mother didn't bake it
either.
State Normal Excells.
' The summer school at the State
. Normal is proving a success and
.gives greater promise for the
; future.
The registration is nearing the
one and a half hundred mark
with the outlook good for more,
while the registration now ex
ceeds that of the summer schools
at the O. A. C. or the U. of O.,
according to report received, by
one of our citizens who visited
the Agricultural College city dur
ing the week.
Picnic on Teal Creek.
A party of young people from
here, consisting of the Misses
Tena Brown, Ruby Fream. Hazel
Work, Loette Shore, Blanche
Stitt, and Mrs. Orvil White, and
Messrs. Orvil White, Ed. Huber,
Guy Scheible. Ernest Force, Joe
Clark, Russell Quisenberry and
Vernon Brown, left early Sunday
morning for Teal creek to spend
the day rusticating in the mount
ains. The party arrived at its
destination at 10 o'clock and vari
ous amusements were indulged
in; some climbing the hills, some
taking it more quietly and rest
ing, while others tried their luck
at fishing along the creek. At
noon all repaired to the camping
ground where coffee was made,
beef cooked, and, best of all,
about three dozen large trout
fried; then luncheon was spread
on a large rock and the party
having worked up a good appe
tite, did justice to the many good
things set before them. In the
afternoon most of the crowd vis
ited Mr. Teal's fish hatchery,
which was a little further up the
creek, and found it to be an in
teresting sight, especially to see
the water full of nice, large trout
when Mr. Teal threw some meal
in the pond for them. Lunch was
spread again in the evening, to
which Dwight Quisenberry, Fred
Smith and Byron White, who
drove out in the afternoon, were
invited. After this all made ready
to start for home, declaring they
had thoroughly enjoyed the day.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL NOTES
Greatly Increased Attendance
Expected Next Year.
A NEW STEREOPTICAN IS INSTALLED
A Department of Domestic
Science and Art Has Been
Authorized.
The summer semester of the
Oregon Normal School is closing
its third week with a commend
able interest. The total enroll
ment up to date is one hundred
and forty five, and in all proba
bility will reach one hundred and
fifty by the close of next week.
The Registrar reports that the
correspondence indicates a great
ly increased attendance next
year. Therefore those who are
planning to rent rooms and serve
meals next year would do well to
be planning for this increased
attendance.
The Normal has just received
a two hundred dollar stereopticon
which will be placed in the chapel
at once. The educational value
of this cannot be estimated; by
its means classes in Literature,
Science, Art and History can be
taken into the chapel and pictures
may be thrown upon the screen,
and thus enable the teacher to
appeal to the eye, rather than to
che text
The Board at its last session
authorized the President to have
the chapel painted and tinted,
and also to have it seated with
opera chairs, He was also
authorized to have the exterior
of the building painted.
It might be stated that the
Board authorized a new Depart
ment in the Normal, that of
Domestic Science and Art. The
Head of the Department has not
yet been selected, but as soon as
she is the fixtures will 'be in
stalled. The social side of the school is
not being neglected, and as a
part of this work the tennis
courts are occupied most of the
time.
It is hoped to have President
Campbell and Prof. Ressler ad
dress the student body before the
summer session closes.
That Auto Accident.
The name of the party killed
in the auto accident mentioned
by the Herald last week was
Marion Wilson, of Liberty; The
accident occurred between Dallas
and Falls City, and Mrs. Wilson
died since. The children have
been cared for by a relative in
Falls City.
The Dallas Itemizer gives the
following to clear Mr. Wilson of
any unjust suspicion:
"At the Wilson accident on the
4th, the auto did not turn turtle,
simply over, pinning Mr. Wilson
under it; he was not running at
excessive speed, and there were
no intoxicants aboard. This is
as stated by the first arrivals,
and a refutation of some, papers
inaccurate accounts. He tried to
run back upon the grade, when
he should have kept on down."