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Ttoe Msimuaftto Herald
Vol. VI
Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, November 21, 1913
No. 11
Remember the Special Election and Vote for the Road District
REGULAR PORTLAND LETTER
Oregon Hen Produces 303
Eggs In One Year
NOVEMBER 18 APPLE DM IN OREGON
Farmer At Independence GeU
Good Results From Rail
in a (logs
Portland, Ore, Nov. 18
A short time ago the Oregon Ag
ricultural College announced the
fact that a cross-bred hen had
turned out 291 eggs in her first
twelve months of usefulness, and
stated that no other egg machine
had ever before reached that rate
of speed. Now. the college an
nounces, the original best-hen-in-t
he-world will have to take a
back seat, as another biddy at
the same institution has succeed
ed in laying 'M eggs in exactly
one year. This new hen. like'
the former record-breaker, is a
cross between the Barred Hocks!
and White Leghorns. j
Professor Dryden, in charge j
of the poultry department at the j
college, says that no special at- j
tempt, outside of the breeding, !
was made to secure high records, j
The methods followed in feeding
and general care were such as
might be profitably followed by
any farmer or owner of poultry.
The 303 e'rgs producer! by the
record-breaking hen weighed 42;
pounds, or about eight times the I
weight of the hen herself, and
were remarkably uniform in size, i
shape and color. Many requests j
have been received at the college!
to place the hen on exhibition, j
but on account of her great value j
as a breeder it has been decided !
that the risks are greater than;
the value of the advertising. j
Widespread observance of
apple day, November 18, is ex
pected to give the Oregon apple
one of the greatest, bits of adver
tising it has ever received. Apples I
and apple dishes will be served j
in hotels and restaurants all over!
the United States. Scores of I
menus and promises of co-operation
have been received at the
Portland Commercial Club, even
far away Alaska having fallen in
line, and newspapers all over the
country are boosting the matter
along.
Eight pigs, six months, 16:52
pounds, $123.00. This is a con
densed story of what has been
accomplished by a farmer at In
dependence, Oregon, who recent
ly hauled his pork to market and
disposed of it. Each hog was
6 months old and averaged 204
pounds, making an average value
of $15.38 a head, or $2.56 per
month per hog. "Never let your
pigs make hogs of themselves,"
is the advice of a prominent farm
expert in urging farmers to
hurry the growth of their pigs
and getting them to market when
from 6 to 9 months old.
Of great interest to every sec
tion of the great Columbia basin
is the announcement, made by
James J. Hill himself within the
past week, that a new line of
steamers will be put in operation
between the mouth of the river
and California points within the
next fifteen months. Two fine
combination freight and passen
ger steamers are now being built
at Philadelphia, and it is said
they will be the fastest vessels
ever sailed under the American
flag. Each will have capacity
for 800 passengers and 1.5(H) tons
of freight, and they are expected
to beat the present best railroad
time between Portland and San
Francisco by about four hours.
CITY'S NEEDS AND FINANCES
Mayor Powell Hopes for Expense
Reduction Soon, and That
Road District Meas
ure Carries.
Referring to the city finances
Mayor Powell being askeil for an
exprcssum said: It was thought
best by the council to continue
the same levy of eight mills for
another year as considerable ex
pense was necessarily incurred
in the installation of the water
system caused by the unavoid
able delays in getting water from
the new well. It will be possible
to reduce the cost of both care
and power for the system soon,
which should enable us to have
the city in a good financial con
dition, with the most important
asset of sufficient amount of pure
water."
In speaking of the proposed
road district he said:
I hope the voters will not over
look the opportunity of placing
the city in a separate road dis
trict at the special election next
Thursday. In my opinion this
should be done, as we receive
but little assistance from the
county fund, and Main street,
which is really a part of the
county high way. has been in
much worse condition than most
of the roads near town."
Shooting Gallery Amusement
C. L. Clemens, of Los Angeles,
has been conducting a shooting
gallery in R. M. Smith's building
on Main street during the past
two weeks where the marksmen,
and some that may not be called
by that name, congregate to try
their skill with the rifle. Prizes
have been offered for the best
scores and several have succeeded
in getting one or more. So far
Jasper Thompson has made the
highest score and F. J. Hall has
made the second best score.
Official Referendum Count Has
Been Made
Salem, Ore., Nov. 18. -The
official count of the recent refer
endum election returns, as re
ported by Secretary of State
Olcott, is as follows:
Repair fund of $75,000 for the
University of Oregon For, 56,
659; against, 40,600. Majority
for measure 16,059.
Appropriation of $100,000 for
erecting administration and class
room building at the University
of Oregon For, 53,569; against,
43,014. Majority for measure,
10,555.
Sterilization bill-For, 41,767;
against, 53.319. Majority against
measure, 11,552.
Act creating offices of district
attorney in counties For, 54,
179; against, 35,159. Majority
for measure, 16,020.
Workmen's compensation act
-For, 67,814; against, 28,608.
Majority for measure, 39,206.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL NOTES
O. M. Plummer, of Portland,
Gave Chapel Talk
BAND CONCERT LAST FRIDAY EVENING
School Closes Tuesday Evening
For The Thanksgiving '
Holidays
On Friday morning Mr. 0. M.
Plummer a member of the Port
land School Board, spoke in
chapel on "New Movements in
Education." Mr. Plummer in
his enthusiastic way briefly out
lined some of the work being
done in the Portland schools in
t he way of school garden, in-
dustnal work, and manual activ-
ity of all kinds. He urged the
students to keep in touch with
all the new big movements in
education; to carry the message
to country schools where it was
needed; to co-operate with the
life of the surrounding com
munity. The students appreci
ated Mr. Plummer's view point
as a business man and as a man
interested in the larger educa
tion. At the close of the chapel
hour Mr. Plummer greeted the
students as they "left- the hall.
The remainder of the day he
spent in Monmouth inspecting
the Normal school and showing
his hearty interest and sympathy
with the work it is carrying out.
Miss Davis, critic teacher of
the third and fourth grades in
the training school, spent Tues
day visiting the Portland schools,
and Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday in lecturing before the
Columbia County Teachers' In
stitute at St. Helens. The faculty
unanimously selected Mr. W, H.
Burton, a student teacher, to
take her place in the school dur
ing her absence.
The band concert given in the
chapel under the auspices of the
Monmouth Rand was a most en
joyable event; their music was
high class and well rendered, and
those who were not there missed
a treat. The other features than
the band music were the follow
ing: Solo by Miss Hoham, piano
solo by Mrs. Cook, of Independ
ence, violin solo by Miss Elda
McDaniel, solo by Mr. 0. A.
Macy, of Independence, and read
ing by Miss Arbuthnot, all of
which were well rendered and
well received. The proceeds were
divided between the Band and
The Norm.
Mrs. West, mother of Miss
West, left last Saturday morning
for Southern California where
she will spend the greater part
of the winter with relatives and
friends. Her many friends in
Monmouth will miss her and look
forward to her return in the
spring. ' Miss West accompanied
her mother as far as Portland.
A basket social was given by
the pupils at Elkins last Satur
day evening. A short program
was rendered, after which the
baskets were sold and a social
time was enjoyed by all. The
receipts from the sale of the
baskets were $34.30, which will
be used for school-ground im
provements. The question of organizing a
Rural Club or the Grange was
discussed. It was decided to
meet for organization of the
Grange, Saturday, Nov. 22.
The students presented a peti
tion to the faculty requesting
that they have school on Satur
day, November 22, and close for
the Thanksgiving holidays Tues
day evening instead of Wednes
day. The petition was granted,
and hence there will be school at
the Normal on Saturday, but not
in the training school.
The girls of the Normal have
issued invitations for parties
Saturday evening, and every one
is looking forward with anticipa
tion to these two events.
Sunday School Association
The Polk County Sunday
School Association will meet at
Falls City today and tomorrow.
A good attendance is desired.
British Firms For Open Canal or
War
London, Nov. 18. "I am
voicing the opinion of large
merchants shipping interests in
saying that we rely on our costly
Navy to prepare measures to
keep the Panama Canal always
open to British shipping," de
clared Charles Stewart Nairne,
representative of extensive
Scottish shipping interests, in an
address before the Royal United
Service Institution, here today.
"Despite the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty," said Nairne, "the world
is now faced by a fortifien Pana
ma Canal, instead of one entirely
for-the benefit of the commerce
of all nations. I see nothing to
prevent the United States Senate
from closing the Panama Canal
at will against thost having equal
rights in its use, if such a course
appears to their interest. I re
gard this as a serious situation,
if not an entire breach of faith
by the United States Govern
ment." Wets Don't Down
The wets and drys are having
a legal battle at Haarisburg as is
evidenced by the following which
is taken from the Da'las Observ
er: Attorney G. O, Holman
returned last Friday from Albany
where he was associated in a
case promoted by the "wets" of
Harrisburg in an effort to test
the recent election which placed
the town on the dry list. Mr.
Holman. and his associate se
cured an injunction in favor of
the saloon men awaiting a hear
ing. In the case, Holman con
tended that the election was a
special election; that the city
council took no action in regards
to the apportionment of clerks or
judges and that the clerk gave
no notice of election. It is also
further contended that the bound
ary line of the precincts are not
co-terminus with the boundaries
of the city and . therefore many
voted who were outside the city
limits, yet still remained with
the voting precinct.
The case is one which will be
watched with interest through
out the state, and it is probable
that should the fight by, the
"wets" prove successful, other
similar controversies will arise.
Zook the Painter, will hang
your paper for you.
WEAK LINES ARE
Bar Association Hears Rail
road Legislation Analyzed
OREGON COMMISSION MEMBER TALKS
Aitchison Doubts Regulation Will
Now Prevent Government
Ownership
Portland, Ore., Nov. 19.
Railroads, their problems and
their future as they affect both
investors and the public at large,
were discussed at length at this
morning's session of the Oregon
State Bar Association's annual
meeting in the Federal court.
W. W. Cotton, railroad attor
ney, and Clyde B. Aitchison,
member of the Oregon Railroad
Commission, were the speakers.
Both agreed that the serious
problems which have arisen are
the outgrowth of Government
regulation. Tracing the history
of efforts to regulate rates in
America, Cotton detailed each
step taken, and brought his ad
dress on "Railroad Legislation
From an Historical Standpoint"
to a close with the statement
that the weaker railroads of the
country were doomed to confisca
tion under existing conditions.
"The Interstate Commerce
Commission thus far has never
committed itself on what shall
be a reasonable rate or a reason
able return on property," he
said. "Until we get to that point,
no American railroad has any as
surance of proper returns on the
investment. The rulings of the
commission cannot be considered
as a criterion in any case except
the one in which they are made.
They are not general.
"Through unfortunate circum
stances all roads are not of the
same financial strength. The
weaker roads are competing with
the stronger ones. And they are
regulating the stronger ones, too.
through the rates that are made
by the commission. The weaker
ones must be confiscated, it
seems. It appears to be the in
evitable result. There is appar
ently no other way of getting rid
of them."
Mr. Cotton demonstrated that
the railroads are facing a serious
problem in the matter of selling
bonds. He showed by figures
taken from the records of five
dividend-paying railroads of this
country that there has been a
total decline in market value of
more than $704,000,000. Weaker
roads, in selling bonds of small
denomination to Europeans, have
left a bad taste in the mouths of
those across the Atlantic, he
said, because of failures of rail
roads which marketed their bonds
there. The drop in value of $704,
000,000 has taken place, he said,
in the past five years, during
which the process of Government
regulation was working toward
a final decision.
Commissioner Aitchison hand
led the Government ownership
problem frankly in his talk on
"Present Problems of Public
Service Regulation. "
Brown & Sibley, attorneys and
abstractors, 610 Mill Street, Dal
las, Oregon.