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V L0 Vol. VI Monmouth, Polk County, Oregon, Friday, December 12, 1913 No. 14 Herald Attend the Nominating Convention Tonight at 1 REGULAR PORTLAND LETTER Tourists Will Have Chance To See Oregon NEW GAME REFUGE 36 MILES SQUARE Statistics Show That Poultry And Poultry Product! Add Much Wealth To State Portland, Ore., Dec. 9. What Oregon needs in the way of ad vert in i rig and how to get it, was outlined clearly by a number of prominent speakers at a monster convention held the past week at Roseburg. More than 1.000 persons, representing prac tically every line of commercial activity in the Northwest, at tended the meeting, and they pledged unanimous co-operation to support a statewide exhibit at Ashland during the period covered by the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco. "Ashland is! the natural gateway of the North-! west," said. Tom .Richardson, the originator of the movement, "and it is the first impression that counts." An official of the Southern Pa cific, who is also closely connected with the Exposition, announced that stop-over privileges would be included in all tickets over his line, that the railroad company is anxious to further any move ment which will result in an in crease of population in the North west and is willing to bear a fair share of the cost of the work. From a financial standpoint! Oregon is distinctly all right. A statement just issued by the State Superintendent of banks calls attention to the fact that the present cash reserve is 34.8 per cent, nearly 10 per cent more than required by law. Deposits in the 170 state banks and 86 national banks have increased $7,084,558 during the past year while total resources have in creased $9,596,338. The 256 banks in the state show total deposits or w,iKz,Voi, with total re sources of $169,462,838. Statistics gathered at the poul try show held in Portland last week show that poultry and poultry products annually add more wealth to the state than does fruit, three times a? much as wool, one and a half times as much as hops, nearly half as much as wheat and represents about 6 per cent of the total ag ricultural wealth of the state. It has heretofore been claimed that Oregon is not a poultry state, but with our agricultural college de voting time and money to the improvement of existing breeds, a great deal of interest in the in dustry is being aroused. The first spadeful of dirt on Jackson County's new highway over the Siskiyous was turned last week by Samuel Hill, the noted good-roads expert. The work of grading the 13 1-2 miles of mountain road has been under taken by a Tacoma firm of con tractors at a contract price of $107,000 and will, as far as possi ble, be completed during this Wirfter in order to have a settled roadbed ready for surfacing early in the Spring. For the past two months a party of deputy game wardens has been busy locating, the boundaries of the new game re fuge, 36 miles square, lying in Iake and Crook counties, in the central part of the stite. The primary object in establishing this refuge is the protection of the mule deer and antelope which are still found in considerable numbers in that vicinity. The refuge iu also a sort of natural park, containing many medicinal lakes, lava beds, hot springs and other objects of interest to the tourist and naturalist Baptist Church. By A McmU-r G. A. Pollard, Pastor. Sabbath School 10 A. M. Morning Service 11 A. M. Sub ject, "These Things Saith He." No. V "Thyatira." Young Peoples Meeting 6:30 P. M. Evening Service at 7:30. Sub- j('ct. A special Christmas Service f('r students. Special music. j You are welcome to all of these j services. Regular Prayer Meeting each j Wednesday 7:30 P. M. Cotton In California By mere chance it has been discovered that cotton can be grown successfully in Northern California, and perhaps even as well as in the Imperial Valley. To John Curran, an employe of the Southern Pacific Company, goes the credit of the discovery that has already prompted North ern agriculturists to further the experiment. Curran has charge of the railroad pumping station at Roseville. which is about 107 miles frcm San Francisco. A car of cotton from the South was sidetracked near Roseville, when Curran, happening along, picked up a handful of seed from curi osity. Curran is a man with a hobby, if so it may be called. He wants to settle on a farm some day and be a producer; that's what he is saving for. And while he is working and saving he is utilizing all the available snace about the station for garden pur poses. He decided to experiment with the cotton seed and was surprised later when he noted how it flour ished. The plants grew and grew and the bolls popped wide open. Just now the cotton is so heavy that the vines are bending under the weight. Ranchers and others heard ox his success and have already con tracted for seed. As a result, Northern California may get a comparatively big crop next sea son, for the Southern Pacific has offered to co-operate with the growers in every manner possible to insure a good growth. It is only four years ago that the cotton crop of Imperial Valley was but one hundred bales. This year, it is one hundred thousand bales; and next year will be even larger. No one knows what the possibilities are in the North. DRESSMAKING Will do all kinds of dressmak ing, fancy or plain, also tailor ing. Next door to the Herald office. Mrs. L. D. Oakes. STATE NORMAL SCHOOL NOTES Two Basket Ball Games Last Friday Afternoon DOMESTIC ART EXHIBIT NEXT WEEK Brick Work Of Gymnasium Will All Be Completed This Week Last Friday morning Miss Grace Davis entertained the faculty and student body by tell ing two beautiful Christmas stories in chapel. Miss Davis prefaced the stories with a short talk in which she emphasized story telling as an important factor in sctiool work. The sto ries which were told with much feeling for the original were "The First Christmas Tree" and "The Story of The Other Wise Man." Monday morning Professor Horner of the Oregon Agricultur al College gave an interested lecture on "The Holy Land." The basis of the lecture was the trip which Professor Horner took to Palestine, in company with Dr. Dunsmore and Dr. J. R. N. Bell. Many of the slides were beautiful pictures of sacred scenes. The students and faculty appreciated thiV opportunity of hearing Professor Horner. The third Speaker in the series of Senior chapel talks was Mr. Guy Richards who appeared Tuesday morning. His subject was "Everyday Patriotism," the kind that flourishes in times of peace. Mr. Richards brought out many practical ways of se curing this type of patriotism. He was cheered heartily as the first young man to appear this year. The Delphians, Vespertines and Normals have joined forces for the Christmas program and are busily engaged in making out an elaborate Christmas celebra tion that is to take the form of a pageant called Christmas in Other Lands." There are to be typical Christmas scenes embody ing the customs of England, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Germany and Holland. Christ mas carols, characteristic dances, processionals and quaint folk ways are all to have a place in making real the customs of other countries. The final scene will be a real American Christmas of fun and jollity in which all may have a part. Eighty people are to take part in the pageant which will be interpreted by special prologues for each' scene. Spe cial costumes are being designed so that every detail may be well worked out The Normal orches tra is to furnish music both be fore the pageant and during its progress. The basket ball game between the Junior and Senior girls last Friday afternoon was a hotly contested one, and the result was in doubt until the verp last. The game, however, resulted in the Seniors winning in a score of 14 to 9. The class spirit was well developed, and reflected great credit on the yell leaders. It is hoped that we may have more of these games. After this game the Star Theater the Normal boys and the All Stors had their second game which again resulted in a victory for the All-Stars, with a score of 26 to 12. Pres. and Mrs. Ackerman spent the week's end in visiting their daughter, Mrs. Lunn, at Cor vallis. Invitations are out to the fac ulty to be the guests of Miss Todd and Miss Davis next Wednesday evening at a dinner in the dining room of the dormi tory, which bids to be one of the most enjoyable social events of the year. The training school orchestra under the direction of Miss Ho ham, has accepted an invitation to play at the exercises to be given at the Christian Church this Friday evening. The little people are playing beautifully, and every one is proud of them. The brick work of the gymna sium will all be completed this week, after which its completion will proceed much more rapidly. The contractor, Mr. Stebinger, is crowding the work as rapidly as possible. Principal Arant, of the Union Schools, spent Wednesday and Thursday in visiting the Normal and training School. Mr. Arant is an alumnus of the school and is doing most excellent work. Mr. Pittman returned from In stitute at Silver Lake and spent a couple of days at home, and on Friday evening will speak at a parents' meeting at Rainier, and on Saturday will speak to the Yamhill School Board Convention at McMinnville. Miss Butler is planning an ex hibit of work done by the Do mestic Art Department to be given on Wednesday and Thurs day of next week, to which the people of Monmouth are cordially invited. It will be an exhibit well worth seeing, and no one should miss the opportunity of seeing these things. DELPHIANS The Delphians held their regu lar meeting last Friday evening. As usual all three societies took part in the musical program after which tney adjourned to their respective rooms. Business matters were dis cussed before the program for the evening began. Miss Bow land was elected vice president for the rest of the semester, fill ing the vacancy made by Miss Bently who has gone to Alsea to teach. Roll call was answered by "Hubbard Preachments," some very good advice and informa tion was given. , A, piano duet by Misses Mass and Laura Bell, and a piano solo by Miss Muir was enthusiastically received by the students. Miss Agnes Harris gave a very inter esting talk on Elbert Hubbard. A splendid debate, Resolved "That a censorship for the press should be established," was given, Misses Kerr and Schmidli taking the affirmative and Misses Williams and Smith the negative. A reading by Miss Halverson and a humorous monologue by Miss Mitchell completed the pro gram. VESPERTINES The regular meeting of the at 7:30 O'clock . . THE CITY COUNCIL IN SESSION Orders Claims Against City To Be Paid METER RATES WILL BE LOWERED Makes Order For Nominating Convention To Fill City Offices The city council met Tuesday evening and transacted business as hereafter recorded. The fol lowing listed claims were audited and ordered to be paid: ON GENERAL FUND J. A. Sturkin, marshals salary for November W. W. Newman, black smithing $15.00 5.00, 16.50 10.00 Graham & Son, cartage F. Moreland, labor' Edward Jones, marshal badge 1.25 Himes Eng. Co.. city man 15.00 D. M. Hewitt, election judge 2.00 B. Foster, " " 2.00 Jos. Craven, " " 2.00 Howard Mor'an, election clerk 2.00 E. M. Haley, election clerk 2.00 Total $72.75 ON WATER FUND P. H. Johnson, paint and brush $ 4.00 Fairbanks, Morse & Co., pipe fixtures 10.00 F. Moreland, labor 16.25 J. A. Sturkin, Nov. salary 85.00 Graham & Son, cartage 4.10 W. W. Newman, black-smithing- 25.85 Total i : . $145.20 The city recorder reported col lections on water fund during November, $177.65. The marshal reported that he had contracted with Ed More- land to have the tower moved from the city lot, in block 4, the consideration being the lumber in the old tower, Mr. Moreland also agreeing to cover the two wells that are under the tower. By recommendation of the water committee Supt. Sturkin was authorized to connect the two dead ends of the water sys tem between Broad street and the creamery with 1 1-4 inch pipe. An ordinance was then taken up and passed giving a new schedule for meter rates. The council then set Friday evening, December 12, for the voters of Monmouth to meet at the Star Theater at 7:30 o'clock to put in nomination candidates to fill the various city offices. . Council meets again December 30, at 8:00 p. m. Vespertines was held on Friday evening, December the fifth. The program for tee evening was as follows: Piano solo by Myrtle Muir, Reading by Ida Ehrenriech, Reading by Edna Cox, Paper "The psychology of boy crimi nals" by Ella Hayden, Paper "The work of Judge Lindsey" by A. A. Welsh, Paper-"The organization of the George Junior Republic" by Ida Mack. Another interesting feature of the program was the parliamen tary drill led by the February Senior class. Rvery one became very enthusiastic over this and made it very interesting.