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Vol. VI
Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, October 31, 1913
No. 8
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REGULAR PORTLAND LETTER
Southern Oregon To
Important Rally
Hold
BUYERS WEEK TO BE ANNUAL AFFAIR
Organization Of "Pi Clubs" To
Be Encouraged Among The
Young People
PoiU'LAND, Oki:.. Oct. LIS.
All invent invitation is being
Kent out to ollicials and members
of all Southern Oregon commer
cial liodies to attend a great
"booster" convi'iition at (Jrants
Pass on Thursday, November 0.
The Grants 1'ass Commercial
Cluh, assisted by the business
inch of all Josephine County, will
be in attendance to welcome the
visitors. There will be a morn
ing session at 9:30, but the gen
eral convention will meet at 1 :.'!()
1', M. The arrangement of a
program for this session is in the
hands of a committee of fifteen,
of which Judg" Win. N. Colvig,
of Medford, is chairman.
The principal object
of this:
cnnventionistoindi.ee the poo -;
ph. of every Southern Oregon
community to concentrate all j
ir. .i .
men enuiis unviini niinu uiik , . , ,, .... ,, , ,,
the tourist army, which is ct.r.jthe.r ballots Yes and not No
tain to visit the Panama-Pacific
Imposition in 1915. to the Willa
mette, Umpqua and Rogue River
valleys enroute. A great exhibit
of all-Oregon products is to.be
installed at Ashland for the pur
pose of entertaining and educat
ing the traveling public, and
strong efforts will be made, by
the wide distribution of Oregon
literature, to induce prospective
viwitnr In tliw Const in iinrehnun
their tickets by way of Oregon j
either coming or returning.
At a recent meeting of the
jobbers and manufacturers- of
Portland it was decided to make
Buyers' Week an annual event,
the next one to be held from
August. 10 to 15, 1911. An official;
report was made of the results
of the lu.crs' week during Sep
tember which showed that buy
ers from 203 stores in 150 towns
visited Portland. Of this num
ber 1(58 bought more than $500
worth of goods, entitling them
to a refund of their railroad fare.
While the most of the buyers
came from Oregon communities,
Washington, Idaho and Montana
were liberally represented and
every visitor went home at peace
with himself and his entertainers
and satisfied that his time and
money had been well spent.
With the development of re
clamation projects in Eastern
Oregon, the O.-W. R. & N. Co.
is planning a campaign to edu
cate the waterusers in the actual
application of moisture to the
land, according to an announce
ment made by President J. I).
Farrell. The company expects
to send an experienced irrigation
man from farm to farm to give
actual working instructions on
the best way to utilize the water,
i How not to irrigate is as essen
tial as how to irrigate and the
expert will put the farmer wise
to all the benefits and dangers
of the work.
A suggestion that might be
profitably adopted throughout
Oregon is that contained in an ,
exchange to the effect that the!
United States Department. otAg-!4"
riculture is to encourage and
assist in the organization of "pig
chilis among the young people
in every agricultural community j
throughout the country. It is
pointed out that pigs are every
where a profitable crop, that even
the smallest growers can make a
little money out of hogs and that
every family can at least lower
the cost of living by raising its
own pork
is a good
The "pig club" plan
one and worthy of
general adoption.
That Oregon horticulturists
have more than a local reputation
is indicated by the appointment j
of Mr. C. It. Grciscn, general j
manager and associate editor of j
the Fruit and Produce Distribu-j
tor, to the position of Industrial
Superintendent, of the National :
Apple Show to be held at Spo-,
kane, November 17-22, 1913.
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HOW TO MARK TICKET
Persons desiring to vote in
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workmen s comation act. for
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county attorney act. should mark i
as is nnsiaKeniy supposed uy
many voters. That is, the ques
tion before the people in each
instance is whether the measure j
shall pass. To vote "Yes" ac-1
cordingly, on the workmen's com-1
peiisation act is to favor passage j
of the bill, not to favor the refer-1
endum against it. To vote "Yes" j
on the two university bills means
a vote to give the university its
$175,000. As an illustration, the
shows how to vote to
pass any of the five measures re
ferred at this election of Novem
ber 4th:
State University Building Repair
Fund, etc.
300 X Yes
301 No
University of Oregon New Build
ing Appropriation, etc.
302 X Yes
303 No
Recovered Stolen Papers
Postmaster Wolverton received
a letter from George Arbuckle,
of Albany, the latter part of last
week, bringing the information
that a tin box, having his name
upon it, had been found in the
woods, a mile south of Orville,
on the Electric railway, contain
ing his private papers.
This box was stolen from the
postoffice 'here the night of the
burglary. Another box just like
it had been taken out but it was
unlocked and was found next
morning near the post office, but
this one was locked and was
carried away for examination,
Mr. Arbuckle is one of the sec
tion gang on the electric railway
and found the box. Mr. Wolver
ton went over Sunday and got
his property.
Surveying and Subdivining
Prompt service, work guaran
teed. Himes Engineering Com
pany, Dallas, Ore., Phone 502
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INSTRUCTIVE TALK 8Y SUPT. CHURCHILL
i Normal, Delphian and Vespertine
Societies Had Interesting
Programs Last Friday
The Normal was highly honored
Wednesday by a visit from the 1
Ipolk County teachers, Superin-1
tendent Sevmour haviinr . called I
ithe first day's session of his
: County Institute to be held at
! Monmouth. A very eommend-
able spirit was shown by the
teachers in that ihey immediate-
by went into the several rooms
and spent every minute of the
day in observation of the work
f the Normal and the training
school, and it is hoped that their
observation will be of much bene-
fit to them. In the afternoon at
3:45 a session of the Institute
was heid in the Normal chapel,
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The training school orchestra
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delighted the auJience with two
selections led by Miss Hoham,
Department of Mu-
sic. A most interesting and in- J
structive talk was given by State
Superintendent J. A. Churchill, j
taking for his subject, "The!
I Trained Teacher and Vocational!
j Education." No person could
(listen to his inspiring talk wilh-j
lout feeling that the State's edu
i cational forces were being led
by one who thoroughly under-'
stands the sul)ject of education,
and who has passed thru all of j
its phases, and therefore knows j
the educational wants of the ;
State as does Mr. Churchill, as
exemplified in his talk. Every
teacher and every student went
away feeling that it was one of
the highest ambitions for a per-
son to become a teacher, and
thus help to solve the educational
was served in the dining room of
the dormitory to one hundred and
thirty of the visitors who did
ample justice to the excellent
meal prepared by the kitchen
employees. Much credit is clue
to the kindness and helpfullness
of the students living in the
dormitory, from the fact that
they- gave up the dining room to
their visitors, and volunteered to
assist in serving; it certainly
showed the helping spirit.
Luncheon was served to those
who gave up the dining room by
the Domestic Science class and
directed by Miss Butler, Head of
the Domestic Science Depart
ment.. The students and faculty
take this opportunity of thanking
said Department and its class
for so ably assisting in making
the noon hour, a success. The
Normal thoroughly enjoyed the
visitors and its latch string is out
at all times for the teachers of
Polk County, either individually
or collectively. Come again.
The two parties held in the
gymnasium and in the Normal
building last Saturday evening
were unqualified successes, and
much credit is llue to those who
had the entertainment in charge.
The faculty was very pleased
with the atmosphere of both
parties, and it is hoped that many
j more delightful evenings may be
'spent in a similar way.
( (jf ih(; uniue and
unique
entertaining of the chapel talks
for this semester was given Fri
day, Oct. 21, when Miss Brenton
the art teacher, chose for her
subject, "cartoons."
She said in part that in order
to be a cartoonist one must have
original ideas as well as technic;
one must be connected with the
affairs of the community in order
10 secure material so that the !
cartoons may contain truth as!uP the monthly business tor the
,.!! , wit I city and to consider various ques-
Knowing that the students;
n n v inunt miti von:u 111 LUC
sonal affairs of the school, she
1 chose as her sketch presentation,
j the male members of the faculty,
j Miss Brenton exhibited rapidity
and deftness in clearly bringing
i out the peculiar characteristics
!0f each person that she sketched.
The Elkins school has success
fully completed five
work. An acre and
weeks of ;
a half of!
I ,and has been added to the school
j m unfis and tne bovs and eirls
j are ki lans for base ball
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ground and basket ball court.
A new well was drilled last week.
A short program was given by
the children Friday afternoon
after which the question of start
ing a Parent-Teacher's circle was
discussed.
The Delphians
The Delphian society met for
the second time this semester on
Oct. 24. The minutes of the
previous meeting were read and
accepted and then all took part
in the evenings entertainment.
All the members of the society
came dressed as school children.
!except tne gchooj teacher and
two members of the school board.
The pupils had a humorous pro
gram, consisting or Mother
j Goose rhymeSi songs and an in-
formal dehate: Resolved that
! Geo,ye Washington is greater
than Abraham Lincoln, Marie
Mitchell and Carol Hogue having
the affirmative and Loraine John
son and Hallie Montgomery the
negative. 1 he society gave the
decision in favor of the nega-
tives.
After the program the children
were treated with apples and
then allowed to go down and let
the Vespertines see them, then
school was dismissed. Everyone
reported having had the jolliest
time ever.
Vespertines
The Vespertines held their
second regular meeting on Fri
day evening, October the twenty
fifth. The Vespertines met with
the Normals and Delphians in
the early part of the evening for
the musical part of the program.
Two especially good numbers
were given by members of the
society; a violin solo by Miss
Elda McDaniel and a vocal solo
by Mrs. Goodwin.
Later a very interesting "va
cation" program was given in
the room of the society. Roll
call was responded to by a vaca
tion or nature quotation. The
program was as follows: Paper
My happiest Vacation Henri
etta Hoyser; Reading from Riley
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THE CMHCUi SESSION
Payment of Claims Against
The City Authorized
The Water Superintendent
To Make Estimate Cost
Of Removal
The city council met in regular
session Tuesday evening to finish
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Claims as listed below were
taken up, read and passed on to
the auditing committee and an
order entered for payment of
same:
ON GENERAL FUND
J. A. Sturkin, marshal's
salary $ 15.00
Oregon Power Co., street
light, $28.60 reduced to
26.60
21.00
25.00
Glass, Prudhomme C,
' registration supplies
Bushong & Co., city liens
D. E. Stitt, recorder's
fees, express charges,
stamps, stationery 22.20
Total $109.80
ON WATER FUND
J. A. Sturkin, Supt.'ssal $ 85.00
Oregon Power Co., power 58.70
Frank Moreland, labor 30.00
D. E. Stitt, col. water rent,
and express charges pd. 5.25
; National Meter Co., inch
meter 16.80
Total $195.75
Next an order was made au
thorizing the water superintend
ent to get an estimate of the cost
of moving the hydrant at the
corner of Knox and Main streets.
Marshal Sturkin was also in
structed to spread the gravel on
Knox street and have more hauled
if necessary to fix up the street
for traffic.
The council then adjourned.
The next meeting will be Novem
ber 11, 1913.
DON.T MAKE MISTAKE
To vote "No" on the two Uni
versity of Oregon appropriation
bills at the special election of
November 4th is not to save
$175,000 or any part of it in tax
ation. When the 1913 legislature
found how desperately the Uni
versity needed a new elassroom
building and repairs and additions
to four other buildings, it passed
by a huge majority $100,000 for
the one and $75,000 for the other.
The state officials included the
amount in the next levy.
The $175,000, therefore, has
been provided for, and if it should
be diverted from the University '
under this referendum, it will be
spent by the next set of legisla
tors. This levy for the Universi
ty amounted to only 18 cents per
$1000 throughout the state levy
and was the first in many years
for additional room at the uni
versity, which now has as its
main classroom building a struc
ture presented to it by the citi
zens of Lane County in 1876, and
one built by the state in 1885. It
has had no new building since
completion in 1907 of the already
badly crowded library.