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Moiimouth
Herald
Vol. V
IHE CITY COUNCIL IN SESSION
ScttledWith Fairbanks, Morse
& Company
SETTLED CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY
Was Ordered That Various
Sidewalks Should
Be Built
The common council of the
city of Monmouth was in session
Tuesday cveningnnddid business
as recorded below:
Mr. Walker, a representative
of Fairbanks, Morse & Co., was
present and settlement was
made for the deep well pump
and fixtures purchased from this
company, the amount agreed up
on being $22!5.(K from which
there will be a considerable re
duction when the company dis
poses of material which has been
relurned. The recorder was
authorized to draw a warrant
for $2lMMJ.(M)
company, full
in favor of the
adjustment to be
made when the material returned
lias been disjiosed of.
Claims as listed following were
audited and payment ordered:
ON WATKIt FUND
J. A. Sturkin, Sunt. Sal.
J. A. Sturkin, coal oil
K. Stewart, labor
J. Moreland, labor
U. Bogynska, labor
Clares Powell, installing
lights
M. White, labor
Monmouth HERALD,
printing
I). K. Stitt, collecting
water rent
Total
85,00
AW
37.50 '
42.501
."J7.50
3.1u
.2. 0
10.50
3.00
.$213.05
ON GENERAL 1TND
J. A. Sturkin, marshal's
salary
1). R Stitt, recorder's fees
A. B. Robinson, record
ing deed
Total
$15.00
25.05
1.00
$11.05
Next was an order entered
authorizing the city recorder to
have City Attorney Swope to
prepare an amendment to the
city charter setting oil' the city
of Monmouth as a separate road
district.
An order waa made authorizing
settlement of delinquent tax
against city property, the propery
having been assessed to C. G.
Grill'a after its purchase by the
city.
Mayor Powell appointed W. R.
Graham and A. I!. Morlan, mem
bers of the water committee of
which the mayor is chairman and
the city recorder is clerk.
The marshal was authorized to
put up sign boards at the en
trance of all roads to the city
with notice as follows:
"City Limit Slow down to 12
miles per hour."
A resolution was then passed
ordering that certain sidewalks
be built as follows:
One on the west side of Knox
street between Main and Clay
streets, 5 feet wide.
The north side of Main street
between Knox and Warren
streets, 8 1-2 feet wide.
West side of Ecols street from
junction with Main north to Bap
Monmouth,
tist church property, 5 feet wide.
Main street from its intersec
tion with Broad street to its inter
section with Kcols street by
building f-foot walks along both
sides of the street.
Main street between Knox and
Warren streets, south side, by a
sidewalk K 1-2 feet wide from W.
W. Newmans west line to a
point 70 feet east of the north
west corner of block i).
The city recorder was then
authorized to order 2500 feet of
three-fourths galvanized pipe,
with other fixtures, from Fair
banks, Morse & Company.
Adjournment was then taken.
To The Public
Subscription Price To
The HERALD Is
Raised
For some time we have been
considering a raise in the price
ot subscription 10 tne herald.
I We art wt'" awar' that suon
moves are not popular, out as a
newspaper is an aid to a town
and a benefit to all persons in a
community, we feel that the
burden of its prxluction should
be shared by the community
generally, and not fall too heavily
upon the publisher.
The cost of publishing the
1 1 KHALI) has increased while-
:,).,.,. h l..n .! ..orr.,n,iimr
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!gain to offset the extra expense.
r This being true, we feel that the
i nillilif (if -it luiisl iho aw.itnr
part of our patrons, will be
willing to help maintain the
Herald by acceeding to the
raise in the price of subscription,
so that on and after this appears
the price of subscription to the
Herald will be $1.50 year.
If the Herald had a large
advertising patronage behind it
this move would not be necessary,
but the number of advertisers is
limited and we do not wish to
seek outside help as it is Mon
mouth and Monmouth business
which we wish to advertise.
BLAMES AIviERCAN ENGINEER
Survivor Of Wreck Of State Of
California Says Youngsters
Make The Charts
Oakland, Cal., Aug. 25. -That
the blame for the wreck last
week of the State of California
near Juneau, Alaska, was due to
negligence in government sur
veys was the statement of J. J.
Robertson, a survivor who re
turned today to his home here.
The point of rock which caused
the disaster was not on the ship's
chart, asserted Robertson, who
is an engineer.
"I noticed that the Canadian
surveys are perfect, but the
American engineers have done
their work hurriedly and not
completely. Of course, it is a
volcanic region and a pinnacle or
rock may arise in a short time.
The American survey chiefs stay
in the towns and send the young
sters out to do the work."
Robertson placed four women
in lifeboats and went down with
the ship. lie was picked up
clinging to a piece of wreckage.
Polk County, Oregon, Friday, August 22, 1913
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL NOTES
Nearly All The Rooms In
Dormitory Are Reserved
WILL GIVE LIST OF FACULTY SOON
Building Hat Been Thoroughly
Cleaned And Is Ready For
The Winter Semester
In the absence of the faculty
and student body things have j
been very quiet in and about the j
Norrnal, but during the last few j
days quite a number of people ,
have been in town looking for j
houses and rooms and the Presi- j
dent says that nearly all the !
rooms in the dormitory have been : Harlan were picked up and every
reserved. effort made to resuscitate them
Mr. Scott reiwrts that the i but without avail. The natives,
building has been thoroughly much experienced in these mat
cleaned and renovated and will iters, did all in their power to re
take next week as his vacation j vive them. From marks upon
week. ! their bodies it is believed they
Mr. Evenden has returned I
Ns now
busily engaged in directing the
erection of his bungalow which
is being erected in the western
part of town.
Miss Todd is expected home
next Monday at which time
preparations for, opening the
dormitory dining room will be
completed.
The President reports that
I several girls wish places to work
lor ineir room anu ooara anu. ne
would be pleased to have those
who desire such girls to furnish
him with a list of their names.
A woman to do second assistant
work in the dormitory kitchen is
wanted. Good wages will be
paid to the right woman and
work will begin September 13.
She can live at the dormitory if
she chooses. Application should
be made to Miss Todd, matron of
the dormitory.
President Ackerman hopes to
be able to announce the com
plete list of the Normal Faculty
in the next issue of the Herald.
Victims of State of California
Disaster Fully Identified
Realizing that the many friends
of Miss Harlan and Miss Fridd
are anxious to know the full de
tails of the late disaster we have
been permitted to interview Miss
Mabel G. West who visited Se
attle, identified the bodies and
made full arrangements for the
transportation of the bodies to
their homes.
Miss West says that she talked
with Mrs. Floyd, who was a
traveling companion of these
ladies, and from her she learned
the following details:
Miss Fridd and Miss Harlan
were with Mrs. Floyd on the
deck of the vessel enjoying a
morning of sight-seeing w'hen the
boat struck. Mrs. Floyd remarked
to the ladies that she felt there
was danger and suggested that
they get warmer wraps. They
immediately went to their state
room and evidently began to
gather some of their more valua
ble effects together,, for a bundle
of Miss Fridd's jewelry was
afterwards picked up, and the
ladies were not seen again. The
accepted belief is that they were
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m 11 nn, 1a icii iiiwiiiT.iii, i,gu 1 1 j 1
Mrs. Floyd was still on deck with
her husband and they were
hurled into the water by the ac
tion of the vessel and the oncom
ing of the waves. They were
fortunate enough to gather some
wreckage and keep themselves
afloat until picked up by a boat.
Considering the few moments of
time available from the time the
boat struck until it plunged from
the rock it is a chance whether
the ladies might have been saved
or not had they returned immedi-
ately to the deck, with their
wraps, since Mrs. Floyd did not
Ket into a lifeboat. Within an
hour after the wreck occurred
the bodies of Miss Fridd and Miss ;
might have been struck by some j
Their hodies :
were brought to Seattle where
they were fully identified by Miss
Todd, Miss Marvin and Miss
West and their remains embalmed
and arrangements made for their
transportation east. Miss Fridd's
brother came in from Pasadena,
California, and accompanied her
remains to Valley City, N. D.
It might be of interest to note
that the bodies were diverted of
all their jewelry and since each
of these ladies wore one or more
rings, besides necklaces and other
jewels, and as they were not
found among the effects gathered
from the wreckage, it is a ques-
tion what might have become of
these articles.
Rushing Work On The Siletz
Branch Out From
Airlie, Oregon
There were some twelve to
fifteen teams of horses passed
through Monmouth, last Sunday,
bound for the Airlie section, to
be used in construction work on
the Siletz branch of the railroad
to be constructed into the Siletz
country.
The work to be accomplished
leaves, or commences at the
Southern Pacific Co.'s track, this
side of Airlie and reaches west
ward into Kings Valley.
There is a large force of men
at work, so says report, and there
is a demand for more, as there
are eight miles of the line which
are to be completed this fall.
This line, when fully com
pleted, will open up a large tim
ber belt and give easy ingress
and outlet to a large scope of
territory.
FISHBACK-JOHNSON
A pretty wedding took place
on Monmouth Heights, Sunday,
August 24, at 3 o'clock, at the
home of the bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lafe Johnson, when
Robert Fishback and Miss Hazel
Johnson were united in marriage
by Rev. W. A. Wood, of Mon
mouth. Only relatives were pres
ent. A delicious lunch was served
following the ceremony, which
was verv much enjoyed by all.
They received many useful presents.
No. 5C 7
Yegmen Blew Safe Open
With Nitro-glycerine
CURLED IRON DOOR LIKE
Got Away With $230 In Cash
And About $500 In U. S.
Postage Stamps
Postoffice visitors, Wednesday
morning, about 6:30, among
whom were W. J. Mulkey and
j Calvin Holem discovered, by the
'general mix-up that there had
been nocturnal visitors there and
that they had left disorder in
their wake
Postmaster O. A. Wolverton
was notified and on arrival found
his safe blown open and the con
tents carried away. The party
had entered through the west
window which had been pried
open, and having accomplished
their purpose had left with the
booty, leaving wreck and dis-
order behind.
On investigation it was learned
that the safe was a wreck, the
doors were demolished, the outer
one being torn and curled up by
the power of the explosive, which
doubtless was nitro-glycerine, as
a small bottle with that liquid in
it was left behind.
The explosion threw bits of
concrete from the bottom of the
j sate into the letter boxes to tne
j front, while in one of the upper
I boxes a large piece of concrete
was jammed in mucn as 11 it naa
been clone by design, and a part
of the combination was found on
i the shelf above the letter boxes
in the northeast corner ot the
inner office.
The party, or parties had used
mail sacks and an old piece of
carpet which had been brought
for the purpose, no doubt, to
deaden the sound of the explo
sion. Besides the old carpet, a
small handkerchief, with a blue
border, was left behind.
Before visiting the postoffice a
visit was made to the tool house
where the railroad section tools
were stored. The lock was broken
and a large crowbar and a pick
were secured. The handle of the
pick was sawed off close to the
eye and these tools were left in
the office.
From the safe were secured
$230 in cash and about $500 worth
of stamps, and as the safe was
cleaned of its contents a lot of
private papers were taken also.
The work of a few weeks ago
when the place was broken open
where the early mail to leave the
office was stored and the mail
sacks rifled, looked like a bungle
some job, but not so the wTork
done Tuesday night. This job
shows the work of an expert.
The explosion was heard by a
number of persons but it seems
that none of them entertained
any conception as to its cause,
and so far there seems no clue as
to the person or persons who did
the work.
Hop-pickers Notice
WANTED-Hop-pickers. Will
move pickers to the hop-yard and
move them back when through
picking. Apply to A. F. Huber,
Monmouth, Oregon. 48t4