Vol. V
Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, Sept 27, 1912
No. 3
REGULAR PORTLAND LETTER
Crater Lake Praised at Great
est Wonder of Continent
LARGE WALNUT FARM IN YAMHILL COUNTY
Salem and Albany Interested in
Movement to Deepen Channel
of Willamette River.
Portland, Or., Sept 24. -That
Crater Lake is the greatest
scenic wonder in America was
the decimon of the party of
seventy noted scientists who
have just visited Oregon. They
were amazed at the spectacle
and as a result of their visit this
great attraction will be widely
advertised throughout the whole
world. Hundreds of photo
graphs were made of the lake
and as many foreign geographers
of note were in the party, the
pictures of Oregon's great scenic
feature will appear in many
scientific magazines of the world.
The Portland Floral Society
will stand sponsor for a number
flower shows each year. A
chrysanthemum display will be
the first of the series and will
occur in November. Another
show of flowers is planned for
next Spring and in the late
Summer a dahlia show will prob
ably be held.
With a 20 per cent increase
over the grain crop of last year,
the Pacific Northwest states have
their granaries full to the burst
ing point and the railroads are
hustling to furnish cars enough
to haul the grain to market
Receipts in the Portland yards
already aggregate 800 carloads
more than for a like period last
year and the movement con
tinues heavy.
Thousands of young Douglas
fir trees will be planted in the
forest reserves of Oregon ' and
Washington this Winter. Twelve
thousand acres are to be re
forested end reseeded. For this
purpose 100,000 saplings, mostly"!
two years old, will be used, also
a large quantity of seed. In the
Siuslaw Mountains 6,000 acres
will be planted and in the Mount
Hood region 3,000 acres addi
tional. Loggers and lumbermen are
again having their inning. Af
ter a summer in which there
was less loss from forest fires
than for many years, the lumber
market is in better condition than
for a long time. Both rail and
steamship business is good and
indications are that the Winter
will be a good one for the saw
mill business.
, Salem and Albany are in
terested in the movement on
foot to have the Government
deepen the channel of the Wil
lamette River from Portland to
Eugene. The commercial bodies
will bring the matter to the at
tention of congress and it is
hoped to increase the depth of
, the channel six feet by proper
management of the water by
building wing dams and dredg
ing. . Eastern capital is seeking in
vestment in Oregon timber. It
is stated on good authority that
over $12,000,000 has been in
vested in Oregon timber bonds
since January 1. These bonds
are now said to be in favor with
Eastern investors and the ability
to realize on standing timber by
the bounding method has proved
of benefit to the Pacific North
west The planting of a 250 acre
walnut farm will be "begun in
Yamhill County. The culture of
walnuts has proved one of the
most profitable industries for the
farmers of Yamhill and a compa
ny proposes to go into it on a big
scale.
Public Sale
- At the J. T. James place, one
half mile East of Suver, Oregon,
commencing at 10, a. m.,
Saturday, Sept. 28, 1912
8 head of Durham and Jersey
cows and one calf, 6 months old.
9 head of horses, 1 to 9 years
old.
60 head of Cotswold sheep and
three fat hogs, a lot of farm and
dairy machinery and household
goods.
City Council Labored.
The common council of the city
of Monmouth met in regular
session Tuesday evening with a
full board present.
Bills were allowed as follows
against the general fund:
C. G." Griff a. - labor, pipe- V '
fixtures, etc, $44.61
D. E. Stitt, recorder's fee,
stamps, telephone, 8.60
Oregon Pcwer Company,
street light 29.70
AGAINST WATER FUND.
National Meter Company,
meters, $103.50
A. B. Morlan was appointed to
check over the fire apparatus and
the water meters to see if the
city had received all that was
billed to it.
L. M. Hall resigned the mar
shalship and George W. Sullivan
was appointed to fill out the un
expired term.
Mayor Powell reported con
tract made with S. Haines to drill
a1 10-inch well, and that the
pump . and fixtures had been
ordered for the well and that
agreement had been reached with
the Oregon Power Company for
electric power.
Street lighting was taken up
and the applications for light was
placed in the hands of the street
committee for investigation.
A motion then prevailed that
the city council proceed with the
construction of side walks where
ordered in and the owners of lots
abutting refuse to construct
same.
Bids were opened for the
superintendency of the water
system as follows:
George W. Sullivan offered to
take charge of the same for $35
per month.
T. J. Beery offered to take
charge of same at a liberal dis
count below any and all other
bids.
The contract was awarded to
Mr. G. W. Sullivan until Jan. 1,
1912.
The Marshal's salary ' was
placed at $15 per month.
The council adjourned to meet
Tuesday night, October 1st.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL NOTES
Total Enrollment it One
Hundred and Fifty Nine
THE SEVERAL CLASSES ELECT OFFICERS
Same Corps of Teachers Em
ployed as Last Year With
One Exception.
The training school of the Ore
gon Normal School, which con
sists of the first eight grades of
the public school, opened Monday
morning with a good, attendance.
The same corps of teachers is
employed as last year with one
exception, Miss Jessica Todd tak
ing up the work of the fifth and
sixth grade.
All departments of the Normal
School proper are running on
regular schedule time. The total
enrollment is one hundred and
fifty nine, and will probably
reach one hundred seventy five
by the end of the week.
Pres. Ackerman was in Port
land Tuesday and announces that
advertisements for bids for the
building of thedormitory will be
inserted in the papers of the
State on October 1 and that the
bids will be opened on October
21, and it is the intention to
crowd the erection of said build
ing to completion as rapidly as
possible.
The several classes completed
their organizations Friday by the
election of the following officers:
February Senior Class: Presi
dent, Miss Sadie Bell; vice-president,
Miss Mary Whitman; secre
tary and treasurer, Mrs. Eva
Soot Junior Class: President,
Mr. S. Hanns; vice-president,
Miss Veva Dunlap; secretary,
Miss Genevieve Thompson; treas
urer, Mr. Will H. Burton. June
Senior Class: President, Miss
Carlotta Crowley; vice-president,
Miss Gertrude Rohr; secretary,
Miss Florence Haan; treasurer,
Miss Mildred Frances. Sophomore
Class: President, Mr. Tom Ostien;
vice-president, Mr. Jos. Bell;
secretary, Miss Lyda Bell; treas
urer, Miss Osie Grice. Freshmen
and Sub-Freshmen: President,
Miss Ada Clinkenbeard; vice
president, not yet elected; secre
tary and treasurer, Miss Catherine
Gentle.
President Ackerman is in at
tendance at the combined County
Institutes of Jackson and Joseph
ine Counties at Ashland yester
day and today, and will return
Saturday morning. The faculty
is in great demand for Institute
work, practically every member
having received an invitation to
work in one or more Institutes,
and all have accepted.
On Friday evening the Senior
class gave a reception to the
faculty and student body. It was
admirably planned and every
thing was carried out in a very
commendable manner. The event
was a very pleasant one and
thoroughly enjoyed by all.
Star Theater
tomorrow night
This picture shows some good
detective work and the photogra
phy is fine. Don't miss it.
TRAINING 6IRLS FOR LIFE WORK
Mistake to Educate tor Society
Whirl Mothers Should See
They Learn to Sew.
O. A. C, Corvallis, Ore.,
Sept 21. "A mother who trains
her daughter for a 'society bud'
will regret it in after years, and
most surely the young lady her
self will regret it in her maturer
years; but the mother who trains
and teaches her daughter to be
come a good mother and house
wife will later be loved, respected
and venerated by that daughter,
as the latter herself reaps the
benefit of the training and teach
ing in after years," says an edi
torial in a recent number of the
Myrtle Point Enterprise.
"The mothers of the country
should think about these things
much more than they do, and thus
do better work as true home
builders for future generations.
In her home one woman can do
far more for the uplift of human
ity than did a thousand suffra
gettes in London who, in smash
ing windows, made only material
for sensational stories for the
yellow journals of the world, or
than could a thousand Carrie
Nations with a thousand hatchets
and a thousand votes."
The Oregon Agricultural Col
lege does not pretend to educate
young women for careers as
Carrie Nations and" suffragettes,
j but it does graduate each year
; large classes of young women
prepared to administer efficiently
a wholesome, happy home, and
in a most economical way. The
department of domestic science
and art opened its class work
Tuesday morning, September 24.
The domestic science work in
cludes courses in simple food
preparation, more advanced cook
ery, invalid diet and refresh
ments, laundering, the serving
of meals, camp cookery, food for
children, house sanitation, house
hold administration, home nurs
ing, marketing, the study of home
problems, a course on the evolu
tion of the house which gives
something of the history of home
making, and special training in
the theory and practice of teach
ing domestic science for those
who wish td take instructional
positions after leaving college.
In the domestic art department
the sewing classes learn some
thing of spinning and weaving
and the fundamentals of the art
and then learn to make under
wear, to darn and mend, to make
simple dresses and later more
elaborate costumes, to embroider
and crochet garments and house
hold articles, to care for their
clothing, to draft patterns, to do
tailoring and designing, to make
their own hats and trim them;
they learn basketry and . rug
weaving, stenciling and different
kinds of handwork; they study
house construction and decora
tion; and are given, if they de
sire, special training for teaching
these branches.
Thus the girl who has com
pleted the four-year course in
household economics is well pre
pared to establish and carry on a
home of her own, or to teach
other girls, in the schools and
colleges of the state, the requi
sites of a proper education for
home making.
INDEPENDENCE LANDED MILL
Falls City Lumber Company
to Rebuild Sawmill
CAPACITY OF 100,000 FEET IN 10 HOURS
Will Have Big Pay Roll and
Will Help Boost Business
in the Town.
After a hard fight to secure
a deed to mill site, Independence
citizens have landed a large
lumber business in securing the
Falls City sawmill, which is to be
built at that place, the deed for
the site having been secured last
Wednesday.
The new structure is to have a
lumber producing capacity of
100,000 feet in 10 hours, which
will necessitate a large force of
laborers to take care of the pro
duct, and as a matter accompany
ing large labor-employing insti
tutions, comes a handsome pay
roll which is a nice thing for any
city to have, and which, in the
nature of things, becomes a city
builder.
There is nothing that builds up
a city so rapidly as a large pay
roll, and yet there are often to be
found persons living in cities and
villages who oppose the intro
duction of business institutions or
movements calculated to bring
business . and consequently city
growth.
Why such conditions obtain is
hard to determine, except that
they are moulded after the fashion
of "Huckleberry Fin," who was
so used to his old method of liv
ing that he did not like to be dis
turbed with prosperity. His old
ba-rel to sleep in and his old
clothes suited his idea of life.
However, Independence has
won out and its wide-awake citi
zens are to be congratulated for
their push and energy.
At the
Star Theater
tomorrow night
2 Features 2
"The Trust" and "Dr.JekeUand
Mr. Hyde."
Two good ones for the price of one.
Admission 10 and 15 cents.
Mrs. A. J. Haley Entertained.
On last Sunday Mrs. A. J.
Haley entertained the following
guests at dinner: Miss Cora
Rossitter, of Manley. Iowa; Miss
Myrtle Cooley, of Smith River,
Calif.; Mrs. Beckley and two
daughters, and Mr. Haley's
father, Mr. Max Haley, of Port
land. Mr. Haley has been visit
ing his son for two weeks and
his wife joined him yesterday" for
a two weeks visit after which
both will return to Portland.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
High School opened Monday
with a vim, earnestness, and
determination on the part of
every one to dor the best work.
A few changes have been made
that will prove beneficial to the
school; also several improvements
such as encyclopedias, dictiona
ries and apparatus for the scien
tific subjects.
The attendance is good and is
growing every day and a very
successful year is foreseen,